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Ålesund Lyrics
No this is not my guitar
I'm bringing it to a friend
And no I don't sing
I'm only humming along
Up here in the air
I'm just mumbling at the clouds
Wanting to be known
While I pass the lonely hours
I came down from the moon
I saw you in the rain
Laughing with some people
Hair dripping down your face
Your calm hypnotic eyes
Your Scandinavian glow
I felt them like a flame
Candle in my cold bones
Tonight you were my muse
As I belted and I strummed
Trying not to drown
In the helicopter drone
Alesund
From the crowd I heard
You sing a pretty line
Was it: "there's so much love -
that I wanna cry".
I thought about it long
Had you repeat it in my ear
I couldn't place a thought
without you being so close
I should've played it then
From the intro to the end
When they offered me the stage
At the bar we landed in
But I turned and walked
Away from all the fun
And back into the black
Seaside night of Alesund
Alesund
I'm bringing it to a friend
And no I don't sing
I'm only humming along
I'm just mumbling at the clouds
Wanting to be known
While I pass the lonely hours
I saw you in the rain
Laughing with some people
Hair dripping down your face
Your Scandinavian glow
I felt them like a flame
Candle in my cold bones
As I belted and I strummed
Trying not to drown
In the helicopter drone
You sing a pretty line
Was it: "there's so much love -
that I wanna cry".
Had you repeat it in my ear
I couldn't place a thought
without you being so close
From the intro to the end
When they offered me the stage
At the bar we landed in
Away from all the fun
And back into the black
Seaside night of Alesund
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I love the guitar in this song. Such a beatiful rift. As soon as I get my acoustic guitar, this is the first song I am going to learn. Thank you Mark Kozelek. This song has helped me in life more than any single person will ever realize.
beautiful song !
I thought about it long Had you REPEAT IT in my ear
rather than
I thought about it long Had you repeated in my ear
Got a kick out of the opening lines. I read an interview with him where he talks about touring, and while he's in the airport, people always ask him if he plays guitar or if he's a musician to break the ice and chat with him. He just says "No, I'm bringing it to a friend" so he doesn't have to talk to them.
@kangace here http://www.caldoverderecords.com/interview.htm
@kangace here http://www.caldoverderecords.com/interview.htm
@kangace here http://www.caldoverderecords.com/interview.htm
@kangace here http://www.caldoverderecords.com/interview.htm
heard this song on a Sons of Anarchy episode. amazing song. and my mom told me the song is about Ã…lesund, where i live. Mark Kozelek played at a musicfestival outside the city, and wrote the song after falling in love with my city =)
Should've played it then From the intro to the end
what class lines.I almost cried when JAX let his kid go and pain on his face simultaneously resounding of word ALESUND...This song is lovely
My thoughts. its about a lady he saw in Alesund. He was given a chance to be with her, but didnt take it. Regret follows.
In case someone hasn't caught the reference yet, the pretty line "there's so much love I wanna cry" is a verse from Red House Painters' Wop-A-Din-Din. That's the song he "should've played it then from the intro to the end"
From the crowd I heard You sing a pretty line Was it there so much longer That I wanna cry
As it is written here is actually:
From the crowd I heard - you sing a pretty line. Was it: "there's so much love - that I wanna cry".
Just FYI. (Taken from the vinyl sleeve of the LP).
I adore this song.
I always sing "I couldn't place it though, but loved you being so close.
My favorite part of the song. Remembering the feeling of someone you love being close, or hoping for the feeling in the future--what better reason to keep going?