Svefn-G-Englar

Album: Agaetis Byrjun (1999)
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  • I'm here again
    Inside you
    Its so good staying here
    But I stay a short while
    I float around in underwater hibernation
    In a hotel connected to the electricity board and nourishing
    Tyoowoohoo
    But the wait makes me uneasy I kick the fragility away

    And shout I have to go - help
    Tyoowoohoo
    I explode out and the peace is gone
    Bathed in new light
    I cry and I cry - disconnected
    A ruined brain put on breasts
    And fed by sleepwalkers Writer/s: Agust Aevar Gunnarsson, Georg Holm, Jon Thor Birgisson, Kjartan Sveinsson
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Arek from PolandVideoclip contains a group of people with down syndrome dancing happily. Recognised down syndrome fetuses are aborted in Iceland.
  • Eric from Detroit, MiIt is all well and good to listen to them on your stereo, but to truly understand and appericate, just how utterly complex and awesome sigur ros's music is you must see them live. It is an artstic expression on the highest level. A sigur ros show is beyond any normal concert experince you might have. You will be moved, and the greatest part is you won't understand a single word that is being sung
  • Seth from Butler, Pathis song is spoken in plain ol' icelandic. here's a translation:
    I'm here again
    inside of you
    It's so nice in here
    but I can't stay for long

    I float around in liquid hybernation
    (in a hotel)
    drinking all the electricity
    (on board)

    tjú, tjú, tjú
    tjú, tjú, tjú

    But the wait makes me (uneasy)
    I kick the fragility away
    (and I shout), I have to go, (help)

    tjú, tjú, tjú
    tjú, tjú, tjú
    tjú, tjú, tjú

    tjú, tjú, tjú, tjú

    I explode out and the peace
    is gone

    (Bathed in new light
    I cry and I cry, disconnected)
    An unused brain is put on breasts
    and is fed by sleepwalkers

    tjú, tjú, tjú
    tjú, tjú, tjú
    tjú
  • Finnur from KÃ?pavogur, IcelandThis band is great...
    "Svefngenglar" translates to "sleep-walkers", not "sleep-talkers" like someone stated above. The last part of the title "Englar" also means "Angels".
  • Anna from Aberdeen, ScotlandHopelandic isn't technically a language to be understood. It was created by the to effectively see the voice as another instrument, rather than placing a lot of focus on the lyrical aspect of the song/s. Their third album, (), is sung entirely in Hopelandic.
  • Meg from Philadelphia, PaSigur ros is an awesome band from iceland. In my opinion they're right up there with bjork. Anyone who likes this song should listen to Untitled #1 (my favorite!). I love the symbolism in this song, and I wish I could understand hopelandish.
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