december songs 2

i am making it a goal this december to find a video a day that just says it. maybe it is bitter, hopeful, tragic, or celebratory. maybe it inspires. i do hope that some of you may also find it cathartic. let me know...

december song 2 is by sigur ros, and it is called glosoli. it is challenging for me to pick just one sigur ros video, as they are all so artful. this is a favorite song of tristan's. he used to ask me to play elf music in the car, and specifically the song that rocked out. glósóli is it! lyrics follow.

Nú vaknar þú

allt virðist vera breytt

ég gægist út

en er svo ekki neitt

úr-skóna finn svo

á náttfötum hún

í draumi fann svo

ég hékk á koðnun?

með sólinni er hún

og er hún, inni hér

en hvar ert þú....

legg upp í göngu

og tölti götuna

sé ekk(ert) út

og nota stjörnurnar

sit(ur) endalaust hún

og klifrar svo út.

Glósóli-leg hún

komdu út

mig vaknar draum-haf

mitt hjartað, slá

úfið hár.

Sturlun við fjar-óð

sem skyldu-skrá.

og hér ert þú

fannst mér.....

og hér ert þú

Glósóli.....

Translation

Glowing Sun

Now that you’re awake

Everything seems different

I look around

But there’s nothing at all

Put on my shoes,

I then find that

She is still in her pyjamas

Then found in a dream

I’m hung by (an) anticlimax

She is with the sun

And it’s out here

But where are you…

Go on a journey

And roam the streets

Can’t see the way out

And so use the stars

She sits for eternity

And then climbs out

She’s the glowing sun

So come out I awake from a nightmare

My heart is beating

Out of control…

I’ve become so used to this craziness

That it’s now compulsory

And here you are…

I’m feeling…

And here you are, Glowing sun…

And here you are, Glowing sun…

And here you are, Glowing sun…

And here you are…