The Curse of Being a Girl

This stanza should be:

It should be unforgettable The crowded skies should be convertible And in the end in this monkey hole Full of concubines and replicants

Submit ppl! Excellent song, really surprised me when I heard this... A bit dreampop, MBV, etc.-thing in there, n it's nice! Also the video to this is top

These are the actual lyrics: You pretend that you're alright The worst noise Is when you are keeping quiet Seeing now the kind of girl you will dramatise, traumatise Don't fold your hands, don't hold your tongue The other girls will try to prove you wrong The words will torture like a storm you can't step aside, you can't resign

It's just the curse of being a girl tonight you must hold your head up high Be aware that you're the purest pearl Tonight you'll blow reflections back in their eyes

You're reaching out to grab his hand He must be the world's most tired man and so began his compliments If he sees it all he must use it all It should be unforgettable The crowded skies should be convertible And in the end in this monkey hole Full of concubines, the rabid kind

It's the curse of being a girl Tonight you can hardly make the change Look around it's more than half the world tonight You must go through that same rage

One of their best songs

Can't believe I haven't checked out these lyrics before now. Loved this song musically and was blown away by the lyrics too. So spot on.

Best part: Don’t fold your hands, don’t hold your tongue. The other girls will try to prove you wrong.

Girls can be so mean to each other.

This song, is BEAUTIFUL. And it's just a word ...

I can completly see me in this lyrics.

I wish I could meet, one day, someone who is attracted by beauty, as I am. Someone that sensitive, that could understand something like this, for me.

Kasper Eistrup CAN write. He's really great.

According to the booklet, these are the lyrics:

You pretend that you're alright The worst noise Is when you are keeping quiet You say you're not that kind of girl Who will dramatize or traumatize

Don't fold your hands Don't hold your tongue The other girls will try To prove you wrong Their words will toss you like a storm But you can't step aside, you can't resign

It's just the curse of being a girl Tonight You must hold your head up high And be aware that You're the purest pearl Tonight And shoot their reflections Back in their eyes

You're reaching out to grab his hand But he must be the world's most tired man Acerbic in his compliments If he sees it all Your new shoes and all

It should be unforgettable The cloudy sky should be convertible And then we end in this smokey hole Full of concubines And replicants

It's just the curse of being a girl Tonight You can hardly make the change Look around It's more than half the world Tonight Who must go through That same rage

i guess this song is pretty self-explanatory until midway through. what makes the first verses so extradinary is the quite conflicting and still connected metaphors and the way they grasp what being and girl and growing up is about. being a guy, i can completely identify with this eponymous girl. i am guessing kasper eistrup must have felt the same, or else he wouldnt have been able to write such strong lyrics. the allusion to the worlds most tired man are more cryptic i am guessing he is a worn out and pitiable and he picks up the girl in an attempt to find some love. but for him love equals drug dens and concubines which is where he takes, and the girl knows she just doesnt belong here. she is no prostitute and she deserves much better. but then she realises that every other girl goes through just the same as her. to make the make, to metamorphasize and emerge a woman takes character and will to not buckle under the pressure and succumb to the sleaze and degeneration