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The Story Of​.​.​.

from MONUMENTS EP by Frans Swahn

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The oldest track on the EP, based on a poem by Rimbaud. It's about leaving Sweden, the magic of coming to a new country. This time, it was France.

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I have seen enough
The same mirage in all directions
I have had enough
Of the noise of the cities
In the evening

I have done enough
The same mistakes in every season
I have dwelled too long
In the city of rooks
And I’m leaving

I can see the monuments
The good old days
Past tense
Forerunners of common sense
Ooh-oh
Stay and stay and stay and sta-ay
Stay and stay and stay and sta-ay

I have known enough
Throughout the changes of a life
Rumours and mirages
I depart into affection
Among new sounds

Cities of the ancient
Lay before my eager senses
I’m suddenly a stranger
To these new grounds

I can see the monuments
The good old days
Past tense
Forerunners of common sense
Ooh-oh
Stay and stay and stay and sta-ay
Stay and stay and stay and sta-ay

I have seen enough
The same mirage in all directions
I have had enough
Of the noise of the cities
In the evening

I have done enough
The same mistakes in every season
I have dwelled too long
In the city of rooks
And I’m leaving

I can see the monuments
The good old days
Past tense
Forerunners of common sense
Ooh-oh
Stay and stay and stay and sta-ay
Stay and stay and stay and sta-ay

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from MONUMENTS EP, released October 25, 2010

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