Blá nótt yfir mér
Horf-inn út um gluggann
Minn með hendur
Faldar undir kinn
Hugsum daginn minn
Í dag og í gær Sigur Rós – Starálfur
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Blue night across the sky
Blue night over me
Looking out the window
With my hands
Folded under cheek
Thinking about my day
Today and yesterday
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Track 2 of Ágætis byrjun features Sigur Rós’s signature sound of a cello bow played against guitar strings with heavy reverb. Over ten minutes, the song’s lyrics describe the birthing process from the perspective of the soon-to-be newborn.
Considering the album title translated to English is “a good start,” starting the album lyrically with a birthing tale seems ideal. But what, exactly, is being born?
The song title is an Icelandic pun for “Sleep angels” or “sleepwalkers.”
Ég græt og ég græt, aftengdur)
Ónýttur heili settur á brjóst og mataður af svefn
Svefn-g-englum Sigur Rós – Svefn-g-englar
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(Bathed in new light
I cry and I cry, disconnected)
An unused brain is put on breasts and is fed by sleep
Sleepwalkers
Now having to adjust to the outside world, they cry. No longer being supplied food through a cord, they feed and sleep and begin their new life. Being able to perform physical activities while in a state of low consciousness is known as sleepwalking. Newborn babies do exactly that.
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I explode out and the peace is gone
The birthing process is rather violent and the peace of the womb is now replaced with reality’s noises.
(á hóteli)
Beintengdur við rafmagnstöfluna
(og nærist) Sigur Rós – Svefn-g-englar
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Inn í þig
(Það er) svo gott að vera (hér)
En stoppa stutt við Sigur Rós – Svefn-g-englar
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(I) am here once more (anew)
Inside of you
(It is) so nice to be (in here)
But I can’t stay for long
An introduction to being entombed in a womb. It’s nice and comfortable but they are not destined to stay in this place forever. Curiously, we are being told they are there “once more,” meaning this isn’t the first time they’ve been there.
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“Intro” includes a backmasked sample from “Ágætis byrjun,” track 9 and title track of the album. The sample, when played backwards, appears to be a loop starting from four minutes and thirty seconds into the song and is most of the original mix minus singer Jón Þór (Jonsi) Birgisson’s lead vocal.
Backmasking is a recording technique in which a sound or message is recorded backward on to a track that is meant to be played forward.
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But the wait makes me (uneasy)
I kick (the fragility) away from me (and I shout)
I have to go (help)
They are comfortable but they know their stay isn’t permanent, and that makes them anxious. They kick to build strength and make a ruckus until it’s time to go.
Remove the image omg