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Einar
But, I'll teach the little angles
I?ll take the harp away
But I?ll teach them how to use the harmonica
I?ll just do something like....
My punctuality is well known
When the revolution takes place
I?ll be late and
I?ll be shot as a traitor
Björk
When the sun rises
Einar
When the sun rises
I will not see
I regret nothing
It was worth it
Going through life without a timepiece
Did pay off
Björk
The sun rises
Einar
My reward to be free
And alone even now at the pillar
Blindfold at sunrise
Hearing the drums
Of catalan beating my time away
Björk
The sun rises I will not see
Einar
My heartbeat keeps time
With the drums.
But soon my only pulse will fade away
Björk
The sun rises I will not see
Einar
I smile just knowing
When the sun rises
I will not see.
But, I'll teach the little angles
I?ll take the harp away
But I?ll teach them how to use the harmonica
I?ll just do something like....
When the revolution takes place
I?ll be late and
I?ll be shot as a traitor
When the sun rises
When the sun rises
I will not see
I regret nothing
It was worth it
Going through life without a timepiece
Did pay off
The sun rises
My reward to be free
And alone even now at the pillar
Blindfold at sunrise
Hearing the drums
Of catalan beating my time away
The sun rises I will not see
My heartbeat keeps time
With the drums.
But soon my only pulse will fade away
The sun rises I will not see
I smile just knowing
When the sun rises
I will not see.
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this is one of the best songs ever written. I am not sure exactly what it means, but my favorite lines are: "I smile just knowing When the sun rises I will not see."
I think it's about being perse/(exe)cuted for your beliefs and/or insincerity, but keeping your convictions and not using a facade. It is a song about martyrdom.
oh yeah, catalan is a romance language spoken by people of catalonia (in spain i believe, but also in other nations like italy's island sardenia).