thirtynine

One of the most beautiful Swedish songs ever.
Too bad most of you don't understand Swedish...




well I made an attempt at a translation:

you see the other half of the sun as it sets in to the west
I'm sitting here alone, wondering about where things will end up next
with you on the other side of earth, I'm able to find the time for nothing at all
while the night comes, blue cold shadows "falls" around

we could survive whatever comes, we could never say the word no
and what you "trust upon me", I shall "trust upon you"

there is a storm brewing tonight, search and confess
the son of god will come down from the heavens again
you will stand naked in front of the truth, and all the dilemmas of the world

he is going to test your strength
he is going to test your moral

we walk silently the line where summer ends
as teenagers on our way home from yesterdays première
now nothing would ever be like it once was, we were in another league
we could hear the dark waters of autumn roar beneath the bridge

we could survive whatever comes, we could never say the word no
and what you "trust upon me", I shall "trust upon you"

and just now, i got to listen to the trickle of your laugh
and it told me, that you missed me, tonight, I missed you too
it is so silent here in the streets, unusually silent
its like the night have felt it all, and just quietly sings along

an elegy for all the sorrows this fall will be about
for a mother that fell down sick, she never woke again, for the child that never came
for the shadow in the garden where the sun never could shine through

for a silence in-between the walls, that could cut through all cement
two pair of eyes in emptiness from September until advent
for a man who went to work, like nothing happened at all
for the woman who said everything is broken, it's all burnt

an elegy for all the paths we've yet to wander
for a time that passes by, and that will never come again.

we could survive whatever comes, we could never say the word no
and what you "trust upon me", I shall "trust upon you"


Lars WInnerback - Elegi



I'm not sure how I feel. Moody... and silent.