Beautiful new folk-electronica single that captures the creative point between being asleep and awake, by the Icelandic singer-songwriter and musician Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson from his fifth album, also out this week, Time On My Hands, out on One Little Independent. Ásgeir explains:
“The lyric is about a man that’s between being awake and asleep, dreaming that he’s on his way to paradise to meet his lover. In this sort of hallucinatory state, he can hear her voice talking and singing but he always wakes up before he reaches her. This state is often connected to heightened creativity.”
To explore and enjoy more of his work, see also the other YouTube and Bandcamp embedded links for the album, as well Spotify below for other songs.
I've got you on my mind
Soaring through silent skies
Over the coastal city
'Cross the ocean
And I'm carried on a breeze
Up north is where I'm going
On the borderland of sleep
Where you're living
I want to be with you
I know you through and through
Dreams form and days go by
My companion
And I'm carried on a breeze
Up north is where I'm going
On the borderland of sleep
Where you're living
I fall asleep
Get numb in my feet
And hear something in my soul
You're telling stories
Sing me a verse in
Languages no one knows
Halfway I wake up
Thwarted by bad luck
Wind's blowing from the west
Slowly the night moves
I'm feeling mournful
My love is gone away
But I know where I am bound
In time I'll be returning
Back when all the lights go out
And I'm dreaming
I'll be carried on a breeze
Up north is where I'm going
On the borderland of sleep
Where you're living
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