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Gruset
03:52
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The Gravel (Gruset)
Little one, stop despairing and dragging yourself through the gravel
Will you wait for a lifetime to let yourself go?
When you're dragging yourself you knock the others over
Oh, you think that they're laughing at you where you go, little one
That they know all about the unconscious ambitions you have
Better to take on a whole concept
Oh, you think you have found something inside yourself that is you
But in fact what has happened is you have been ground by the gravel
Were there a you, you have hated it out
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Ooord
03:47
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Words (Ooord)
Same words once again
All of them and none
Read through to the end
but never reading
Words are whole
but we are partial
Words can be late
but we cannot unveil them
Others only think
what I am saying
We all fall asleep
We're all the same
Words are whole
but we are partial
Words can be late
but we cannot unveil them
Translation into English: Kristin Ahnlund
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Varulv
03:45
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Werewolf (Varulv)
You think you know me, but I'm another Anna
The only thing you know are my footprints in a snow long gone
I turn another Anna every time I see you
When you are near I turn into who I think you think I am
You're the moon
I am a werewolf
You're the moon
I am a werewolf
I'm thinking that I could try resisting
your pallid shimmer, well, that's easy to believe when you are absent
I turn another Anna every time I see you
When you are near I turn into who I think you think I am
You're the moon
I am a werewolf
You're the moon
I am a werewolf
Translation - Kristin Ahnlund
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4. |
Antiatom
02:54
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Anti Atom
If I have an anti self
somewhere far away
we can never meet
never, ever meet
For that
would end both of us
both of us
Is that how it is,
is that how it is?
That is something that we will always miss
For when we no longer do
we will no longer exist
Together we are nothingness
Together we are nothingness, nothingness
Translation into English: Kristin Ahnlund
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5. |
Vinglar
03:22
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Swaying (Vinglar)
We all sway between the barren, bleak world
and the warm and sunny emerald valley
Heavy is the burden now to carry
soon it will be light
And mother said
(And mother said this is)
This is how it will be for you
(This is how it will be before you die, you old lump)
Unintentionally I throw you hard blows
(I say the same words once again)
They whistle through the air like poisoned arrows
The strokes burn and ache, the heart is shaking
(I only wanted to be yours)
when the head penetrates
And no-one said
(And no-one said this is)
This is just how we want it now
(This is what we want before we die, go up in smoke)
You dig a hole in me
(You're digging deep, deep holes in me, even when you aren't around)
and fill it up with ink
I'm writing with it now
The fiery vision of happiness turns to smoke again
The fiery vision of happiness rises again
Translation: Kristin Ahnlund
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6. |
Gröna Röda
03:11
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Green & Red (Gröna Röda)
Then; I turned shy, I heard nothing of what I said
Magnetic were you, we were green and red and two
Time was nonexistent, nothing of what they said
was meaningful then, we were deaf and silent and blind
We shared the same outlines all the way from the top
to the shadows, were playing, but now they´ve come to a stop
Translation: Kristin Ahnlund
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Sju Sorters Kakor
03:20
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Strumpan
03:56
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The Sock (Strumpan)
Were you real? Your sock was left here
I asked no questions of you
You gave me no answers
Were you real?
We suffered no pain
To me, you were a shadow
To you, I was a shell
Colors from inside find their way out
Leaving us here in a gray zone
Morning draws nearer in spite of us
Heats and annoys with its rays
Were you real?
Your sock was left here
I asked no questions of you
You gave me no answers
Were you real?
We suffered no pain
To me, you were a shadow
To you, I was a shell
Translation; Kristin Ahnlund
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9. |
Kalaset
04:10
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The Party (Kalaset)
I´m fleeing to the party
Now, at last, it is time
Far from the little smarty
She who sat in my hair
such a long time
with too big words
and too heavy words for me
You can say that I am naive
for I am, but isn't that why I am living?
You can ask “What will happen then
when it's over and all of the bottles are shattered?”
I'm fleeing to the party
Then, at last, it is time
Far from the little smarty
She who sat in my hair
such a long time
with too big words
and too heavy words for me
You can say that it's all over now
That all the options and prospects are gone in a whirlwind
You can ask “Where did I put my time?
That which is over and only was used up to scour for another hour”
I'm fleeing to the party
Then, at last, it is time
Far from the little smarty
She who sat in my hair
such a long time
with too big words
and too heavy words for me
Translation; Kristin Ahnlund
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10. |
Glömmer Aldrig
04:18
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I Never (Glömmer Aldrig)
You disremember yourself, become part of what
you do
You simply live and breathe without thinking,
without end
But I never lose sight of
my roof, my floor, no, never
myself, my walls
One, two, three, four
I never lose sight of...
There is such a thing in your world
Your senses tell you what you want
But I pick every obvious question and answer apart
'Cause I never lose sight of
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11. |
Tellus Korona
04:12
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A translation of the poem "Ed è subito sera" by the Sicilian author Salvatore Quasimodo.
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Anna Ahnlund Stockholm, Sweden
Buy my vinyls: www.havtornrecords.com/store
ANNA AHNLUND
Singer, composer
and producer based in Stockholm, Sweden. In addition to her own music, Anna is a member of the band Dina Ögon.
Besides this she writes music for dance and acrobatic performances.
Anna Ahnlund was awarded ”Lyricist of the year” at Manifestgalan 2015 for her debut album Omnejd.
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