Inn í þig
(Það er) svo gott að vera (hér)
En stoppa stutt við
Ég flýt um í neðarsjávar hýði
(á hóteli)
Beintengdur við rafmagnstöfluna
(og nærist)
Tjú, tjú
Tjú, tjú
En biðin gerir mig (leiðan)
Brot (hættan) sparka frá mér (og kall á)
Ég verð að fara (hjálp)
Tjú, tjú, tjú
Tjú, tjú, tjú
Tjú, tjú, tjú, tjú, tjú
Ég spring út og friðurinn í loft upp
(Baðaður nýju ljósi
Ég græt og ég græt, aftengdur)
Ónýttur heili settur á brjóst og mataður af svefn
Svefn-g-englum
Tjú, tjú, tjú
Tjú, tjú, tjú
Tjú
This song contributed to, honestly, one of the best experiences of my life. My girlfriend and I on the last leg of our vacation, decided to visit the Quebec City Aquarium. We walk into a dark exhibit, the entire room full of colours and jellyfish, and this song starts to play, it was absolutely unreal. The feeling was otherworldly. I wanted to kiss her, cry, propose on the spot, and die simultaneously. Whoever chose this song for the jellyfish exhibit was an absolute genius. I will never forget this moment. Thank you Sigur Ros, and the Cool Fucking Dude who chose this song for the jellyfish exhibit.
No need for regrets, for mistakes made yesterday. The past is gone, no looming fate, no uncontrollable destiny. No hunger, no sickness, no fear. No death. Nothing ahead, nothing behind. Just stillness. Light, warmth, the pain you felt, the pain you may have caused others, it’s behind you. No looking back, no fear of what will come, just the pulse of time. Invigorating, soothing. Bask in my light; take comfort knowing I am here. You will never be alone
I'll never forget the first time I heard this song. I had been driving many hours after midnight just trying to get home, the rain was pouring down the whole time, my dog asleep in the back seat; we were exhausted. About a mile away from my house, this song came on the radio. It kept beat with my windshield wipers and I was so deeply moved by the melody. I sat in the driveway listening, and I cried. One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
Listening to this at a late ass time, my 22 year old self is wondering. About the future, about himself. I'm confused and nervous and excited and unsure. This "style" of music always manages to get through my head and make me think. I kind of wish I had someone to listen to this song with. To talk, to wonder, to think. I;m still young, so I guess he only thing to do is move forward.
I'm not sure if its just me, but when I'm casually playing my playlist on shuffle in public or studying or whatever, I always skip ethereal songs like these. Not because I am tired of them, because I am afraid I'll get tired of them. I'm afraid the emotion and connection may drain out. I have to skip songs from this album and pretty much all of Arcade Fire's 'Funeral' because they are just too beautiful to keep listening to casually. Not just those albums tho. Anyone else?
I and my best buddy used to listen to this song while smoking a cigarette sitting in our dorm room balcony on the 4th floor, looking at the city underneath in night. We used to talk about many things in that balcony but mostly the discussion was about absurdity of life and how hard it is to find people with similar way of thinking, how hard it is to find meaning in life and how exciting would meeting like-minded people be etc. It was a good experience. Now we're thousands of miles away.
This song comes on at a really poignant moment in Beautiful Boy (Steve Carell, Timothee Chalamet). I expect a lot of people will be coming to visit this in the coming weeks, is used to great effect.
Just reading people's comments made me cry, the way this piece has touched people in the same way, beautiful experiences being recounted about how much being alive is appreciated.
peace x