bob hund

bob hund - bob hund (the 1994 album)

Allseende ögat
The all-seeing eye


Mer än så kan ingen bli
More than that no one can be


we've never said you should go there, have we?
we've never done anything deliberately wicked, have we?
you can call me an idiot
I've nothing against that
I am an idiot
but more than that, no one can
if you dare to be scared I'll go down on my knees
if you dare to be scared I'll go down on my knees, if you ask me to
we've never said you're ugly, have we?
we've always sent Christmas cards, haven't we?
you can call me an idiot
I've nothing against that
I am an idiot
but more than that, no one can be

100 år
100 years


there's gossip about mistakes and betrayal by friends
my memory's completely full of such things
but I hope I forget everything eventually
100 years is nothing to me
100 years is nothing and if I could fly I stayed here
I am old and sit and forget
mutter and condemn
all my old mistakes I boast about now

15 år bakåt och 15 år framåt
15 years backwards and 15 years forwards


all the plants were still there with their roots in the ground
despite us going past
and all the girls were still there with their feet on the ground
despite us going past
all the hips swung nicely when summer began early
although it was forbidden
we were dumbstruck with surprise
we were dumbstruck with surprise
all the sounds are still there like gnomes out in the forest
despite us choosing other ones
and the earth will go on in its path round the sun
despite us keeping on
we're dumbstruck with surprise (x4)

En rikedom av sandkorn
A wealth of sand-grains


I don't know what it looks like
but think it must be coming our way soon
a wealth of sand-grains seems good
if it's going to compare my thoughts to a picture
truth like butter melts at room temperature
I feel that something terrible's going to happen
I feel that something terrible's going to happen
seam by seam I grow apathetic
began to swallow the same day I became a man
now I'm horribly distanced
and just think that it's tough discussing it
when are you going to say something to me again?
I feel that something terrible's...etc.

Länge, länge
Long, long


go back to sleep
if your day feels long
I always hope that you think of me
in the same moment, I give a thought to you
go back to sleep
if your day feels long
I hunted a long time for an idea
without realising I'd had three
we've waited far too long, long now
the fragile light might go to pieces
long, long (x24)
long, long, long, long time before sleep came
a bottle of whisky filled with apple juice
I see a town without mashed potato
the fragile evening has so many lights
we come up with something before they run out

Ett gipsat löfte
A promise in plaster


one that's being fed, one getting cosy, one that forgets, one feeling cold,
one that's itchy, one that's clinging, one that's resting, one that's closing,
one succeeding, one being fooled, one being collected, one making jokes
a dish of the day that's far too weak
a promise in plaster knows no law
say omelette till you puke one day
and eat yourself full on a breath
one slumbering, one that shivers, one playing an old king,
a pantomime, a cabaret, a big audience, a proud government.
a dish of the day that's far too weak
a fat one gleaming with pleasure
say omelette till you puke one day
and next day be like new again
a dish of the day that's far too weak
and sang a duet with a Kingdom's team

Det skulle vara lätt för mig att säga jag inte hittar hem men det gör jag; tror jag
It would be easy for me to say I don't find my way home but I do; I think


everything hurts; so unreachable
a little tailwind; pretty unbeatable
joy so hard to contact
gets easy you sleep when everything goes slowly
it would be easy for me to say I don't find my way home 
   but I do; I think
up there only good thoughts fly
here on the ground they shrink and hide themselves
Rocket Sweden: this month's place
a slap on the cheek for the guy that's too nice
it would be easy for me to say I don't find my way home 
   but I do; I think
it would be easy for me to say I don't like you
   but I do; I think
   (continue refrain)

Den nollgradige
Freezing point


break me and crack me and put me in a crystal glass
see how I split and the strawberry juice gets cold
I'm drowned in sweetness in redness maybe that sounds pompous
just now I'm more than halved, in just over a minute 
   I'll be dissolved

Dur och moll omvartannat
Major and minor mixed up together

[sound here] [ljud här]

just when you think everything's sorted itself out,
   you want to be happier
just when you think everything's sorted itself out,
   you want to be happier
a simple melody major and minor mixed up together
can get out more than words can from between shame and luck.


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Robert Cumming, robertcu@bredband.net, last updated/senast uppdaterad 961124