Kinda lose your sense of time
'Cause the days don't matter no more
All the feelings that you hide
Gonna tear you up inside
You hope she knows you tried

Follows you around all day
And you wake up soaking wet
'Cause between this world and eternity
There is a face you hope to see

You know where you've sent her
You sure know where you are
You're trying to ease off
But you know you won't get far
And now she's up there
Sings like an angel
But you can't hear those words
And now she's up there
Sings like an angel
Unforgivable sinner

You've been walking around in tears
No answers are there to get
You won't ever be the same
Someone cries and you're to blame

Struggling with a fight inside
Sorrow you'll defeat
The picture you see it won't disappear
Not unpleasant dreams or her voice you hear

You know where you've sent her
You sure know where you are
You're trying to ease off
But you know you won't get far
And now she's up there
Sings like an angel
But you can't hear those words
And now she's up there
Sings like an angel
Unforgivable sinner

Maybe one time lost
But now you're found
Stand right up before
You hit the ground
Maybe one time lost
But now you're found
Stand right up before
You hit the ground, hit the ground

You know where you've sent her
You sure know where you are
You're trying to ease off
But you know you won't get far
And now she's up there
Sings like an angel
But you can't hear those words
And now she's up there
Sings like an angel
Unforgivable sinner


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  • +3
    General Comment

    "You know where you've sent her You sure know where you are You're trying to ease off But you know you won't get far"

    This is such a sad but incredibly powerful song. It's about a guy who's responsible for his girlfriends death "You know where you've sent her" and yet no matter what he tries he cannot get over the guilt and the loss of the girl. Even when he finds someone new, the memories are not forgotten.

    "Maybe one time lost But now you're found Stand right up before You hit the ground"

    xbrokenstarsxon June 17, 2004   Link
  • +3
    General Comment

    I personally think this song means that a boyfriend had hurt his girlfriend so bad that she took her own life, and it's always eating at him because he feels it's his fault. Just what came to mind when I looked at the lyrics, ;]

    Fallin.Foreveron April 26, 2008   Link
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    General Comment

    I love this song.. I always thought it's about a guy that does something terrible to a girl, maybe rapes her, or just murders her, or anything, and that makes him an Unforgivable Sinner..I remeber I read an interwiev with her once and she said that "no one can ever find out what 'unforgivable sinner' is about", which makes me beleive it was someone really close to her, like a sister or mayeb a best friend, who died.. But all this is only guesses..

    kevlar_soulon July 15, 2002   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    Yeah, I agree with all of these things. I've always thought it was about murder, and the guilt that eats this person up each day. "someone cries and you're to blame"

    burning_bridgeson October 05, 2004   Link
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    General Comment

    Considering the video is about a group of children and one single boy and one single girl, and then later the grownup man, I have always thought that the kids kill the girl, while the the boy does nothing to stop it even though he knew what was going on. And then he has to regret it for the rest of his life.

    miamariaon January 07, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    about regret, depression, loss...is about a guy who had a girl and maybe lost her coz she died, and he is always hoping to see her face, and he knows he did wrong and he should have been "better" while she was here, and somehow he got depressed coz he knew he could have been much better, but now there's only Him left to blame, there's only regret left with him... But at same time i agree with kevlar_soul, i think that maybe this is lene talking to herself about someone really closed... :D :) :'(

    the_tormented_oneon August 14, 2002   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I was driving down the dual carriageway the other day and it hit me how this song affects me. It made me quite emotional in an inside kind of way. My mum died when I was eight, this reminds me of her a bit. Really lovely song. Shows Lene has so much more brains than many artists around.

    PoisonDonnaon December 29, 2005   Link
  • +1
    My Interpretation

    I was wondering what this song could be about and I read some of the remarks above but found they didn't fit properly. The remark about Lene herself stating nobody would know what it was about stuck with me and after reading the entire text once more, I found it very ambiguous: yes, the person the song is about did something terrible to someone else, but apparently he (or she: there is no way of telling!) feels bad about it and apparently cared a lot for this person. However, this person is dead because of him (or her). Now, of all the possible explanations, I find this one the most plausible: The subject of the song (who can either be male or female, but I'll say "he" for short) killed a loved one out of kindness, but feels very bad about this: it was an act of love, but he cannot be sure if he did the right thing, because he cannot ask the person he killed. If he could hear her sing with the angels, he would probably be reassured. Now, as for the title: "Unforgivable sinner". What is considered THE deadly sin? Matricide/patricide methinks. My theory is this: someone's father or mother once said: "If I ever end up as a vegetable (or suffer from serious dementia), please kill me." The person involved does so, thereby committing an unforgivable sin in the eyes of the church and the law. Obviously, he is not happy about it, but he still believes it is what his beloved mom or dad would have wanted. The last lines can be taken several ways, but "Maybe one time lost / But now you're found" implies that this is not merely an emotional rollercoaster we are talking about! I assume this is where the law comes in: the 'parent-murderer' is arrested or, by some out-of-control cop (no offence to police men and women; aren't we all misguided by Hollywood in this respect? ;-) ), even shot. The second thing makes more sense in my mind, because of the repetition of "hit the ground", a kind of ghostly after-sound.

    This is my personal idea anyway. It may seem far-fetched, but it seems to fit and cover all of the lyrics, and didn't Lene herself say no-one would guess it? I would love to be able to put all the pieces together, so if anyway has any constructive criticism about my interpretation, it would be very welcome.

    Co1980on October 29, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    My imediate thoughts were, that it's about criminals, murderes, or rapists, that do terrible things, (maybe 'cause of peer pressure), but ends up regretting it afterwards.

    starfaeryon December 20, 2012   Link
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    General Comment

    its a really good song which describes the feeling when life isnt going 2 well but eventually u see the light at the end of the tunnel

    baby_wiccanon July 06, 2002   Link

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