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Open Mic at Bara Vi
03:06
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It's open mic at Bara Vi again
so come and sing
and see the best
of Stockholms underground
Youthful minds put to the test
flourish here
and with their music
for a while
shall all your cares beguile
Welcome back to your second home again
wherever you look
there's Marilyn Monroe
and grinning skulls in the bathroom
Shelves packed with unread books
and cheap shitty beer
but with music
for a while
shall all your troubles die
well atleast
well atleast simmer down
Yeah with music for a while
shall all your troubles die
well atleast
well atleast simmer down
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2. |
Tom Paine
03:32
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(1) The pomp of courts and pride of kings
(3) I prize above all earthly things
(5) I love my country, the king
(7) above all men his praise I sing
(9) The royal banners are displayed
(11) and may success the standard aid
(2) I fain would banish far from hence
(4) "The Rights of Man" and "Common Sense"
(6) Confusion to his odious reign
(8) that foe to princes - Thomas Paine
(10) Defeat and ruin seize the cause
(12) of France, its liberties and laws
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"Little Isaac mine was born
on the same day as our king
he could fit into a quarters mug",
his mother used to sing
He was raised in the apple orchards
out on Woolthorpe's countryside
He frightened all the locals
with his highflying kites
who soared among the seagulls
in the flash and thunderin' night
Enrolled at the university
by the time Cromwell had been lynched
turmoil, plague and frolicking
and restoration of the monarchy
"nanana
nanana
nanananananana
nananana na na na na na"
undergraduates would sing
"oh waitress of our cheapside inn
thou hast beauty yet to unfold
thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels
thy neck with chains of gold
nanana
nanana"
Pious Isaac stayed in his room
to do alchemy all day
a dedicated life to
chastity and prayer
yet Rome was the whore of Babylon
and the pope the antichrist himself
But the motions of the planets
they kept whirling in his head
the riddle of ellipses
solved at Halley's dare
He stood on the shoulders of giants
and saw new horizons rise
while the rest just sat preoccupied
or squinting with their eyes
nanana
nanana
He never sang a song
and he never saw the sea
yes he died a gruesome virgin
who never saw the sea
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Go away from my window
this is no place for thee
I just want to sit and read Ecclesiastes on my own so
please leave me in peace
You say I don't know what you've been through
and you're quite right, I don't
but there's such a thing as solitude which I'd
like to bestow
So don't you dare prompt me
with such wicked schemes
laced with servility and
contradictory, silly bounds
Created sick
commanded to be sound
I decline to be spoken to
in that tone of voice, you see
I don't want eternal peace and love
let alone - no choice
I just like a few moments by myself
to contemplate
on sex and death, music and life
and some other things aswell
So don't you dare prompt me
with these wishthinking dreams
packed with stupidity and
countless laws so slyly compelled
Created ill
commanded to be well
Go away from my window
you're blocking my light
I'm only halfway through The Song of Songs so
get out of my sight
and don't you dare prompt me
with such wicked schemes
laced with servility and
contradictory, silly bounds
Created sick
commanded to be sound
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5. |
Believe That Too
04:13
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The bird of life is singing on the bough
his two eternal notes of 'I' and 'thou'
hearken well for soon the song sings through
and would we hear it, we ought to hear it now
The bird of life is singing in the sun
short is his song nor only just begun
a call, a trill, a rapture, then so soon
a silence and the song is done
Not quite yet, there's more to be said
to all those worldwide ghastly cults of death
who talk of heaven
there's no heaven but here
who talk of hell
there's no hell but here
who talk of another life
they ought to know
perfectly well
there's no other life
but here
and didn't you know
hell is other people?
What's a man that deems himself divine?
what's a man that claims infallibility?
I look upon these fellow primates of mine and utter;
"this kind of modesty is too arrogant for me
yeah, do really think that unto such as you
a maggot-minded, starved, fanatic crew
god gave a secret and denied it me? well
well, well, well, what matters it... believe that too
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6. |
Termodynamikens 1a Lag
02:47
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Termodynamikens första lag
den går som så
energi kan ej gå förlorad
hur man än bär sig åt
heller ej skapas
eller uppstå
bara övergå till en annan form
en annan form av energi
Och cirkeln sluts i en harmoni
med denna enkla princip
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7. |
Profeterna
03:51
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Min bäste vän är pank
men han har goda vänner
och en massa sånger
Ja min vän, han har inga pengar
han lever på livet
och rikskuponger
Han sjunger om
Frödings dragbasun och
kanon på vinden
om löjtnantens hemkomst och
främmande vidder
om forna folkslag
i vardagslivet
men låt er inte luras
hans grejer är högst kontemporärt
och han säger;
"vem som helst kan va' en clown
och de flesta är en
skärp er för fan"
Vår främste vän är Sokrates
såsom han varit
i alla tider
Ja vår vän han var fattig även han
han levde på frågor och
inre strider
han ställer ens
dagliga liv inför förhör
"säg mig varför,
varför gör du det du gör?"
och en ilsken sol
svider i din pannlob
där alla dessa frågor de
väcks för att aldrig dö
så låt dem inte skingras
hans lärdom är här
den är här och nu
och han säger;
"du är bara vis när du vet
hur pass lite
du egentligen vet"
och jag säger er;
glöm varenda profet
särskilt den
du anser ha auktoritet
Man gör nog bäst i
att tvivla på allt
för nåt som förklarar allt
förklarar ingenting alls
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8. |
Pastorn & Doktorn
05:32
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Doktor Glas han
står och drömmer
fönstret dansar
i vinden
"Vad blir av denna
grymma bris, detta
ljuva mord, som jag
begrundar?"
Pastorn ligger på den
kala britsen, han har
bröstet blottat och
han flämtar
och han stönar;
"är det allvarligt?"
"nä men det är farligt,
vi får nog ta en,
en helt vanlig
papperskniv...
för du vet det här är en
rätt enkel
en rätt enkel operation"
och hans hjärta klämtar
ner till buken
i doktorns ficka
bultar uret
"men var ej rädd nu
lilla pastorn
ty du vet ju att
det här är ett
respektabelt jobb
precis som ditt är mitt
ett högst ansenligt jobb"
Äntligen
han är död nu
vilken frid
i mitt sinne
vilken lättnad
han är borta
och jag ler
när jag ser
ja jag ler
när jag ser
ett sånt
högfärdigt lik
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9. |
Ave Verum Corpus
03:24
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Ave verum corpus
natus de natura
per mortem
de stellas
(English translation);
Hail the true body
born of nature
through the death
of stars
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10. |
Chanson d'Automne
02:39
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Les sanglots longs
des violons
de l'automne
blessent mon coeur
d'une langueur
monotone
Tout suffocant
et blême quand
sonne l'heure
Je me souviens
des jours anciens
et je pleure
Et je m'en vais
au vent mauvais
qui m'émporte
déca, déla
pareil à la
feuille morte
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Love Varg Stockholm, Sweden
Based in Sthlm, Love Varg is a songwriter and variety-singer born and raised in Gotland (*Nov 1988). Musically active since
his 15th year - he has performed at hundreds of venues, in various capacities and countries, and released eight albums.
Instruments; Vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano.
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