Music  /  S  /  Sigur Ros  /  Lyrics  /  Svefn-G-Englar  /  Lyrics
Sigur Ros
Genre
Ambient
LetsSingIt Music Player
play all songs
LSI Rank
660 (−131) history
Fans
23, 0 of your friends
add to favorites
Moderator
MaryShaw
Options
add song
request lyrics
add album
request album
add news
edit biography
this song :
edit
Poll for May 26
"Do you trust anybody easily?"
yes
no
suggest a poll | old polls
Song score
Rhythm  9.9
Melody  9.7
Instruments  9.9
Lyrics  9.9
Vocal  9.9
This song has been reviewed 14 times. Overall score for this song, 9.9.
Song video
Top 10 Sigur Ros songs
Hoppípolla lyrics
Svefn-G-Englar lyrics
Sæglópur lyrics
Starálfur lyrics
Ágætis Byrjun lyrics
Ny Batteri lyrics
Vaka lyrics
Glosoli lyrics
New Batteries lyrics
The Heart Pounds lyrics
       
9.9
brilliant
14 reviews

Sigur Ros - Svefn-G-Englar Lyrics

Song details
TitleSvefn-G-Englar
ArtistSigur Ros
AlbumInni [2011], Track 2
Inni [2011], Track 1 Disc 2
Vanilla Sky [2002]
album from the movie Vanilla Sky [2001], Track 11
Ágætis Byrjun [1999], Track 2
Genre
Rank2,394 (+537) history »
Charts- view all »
Referring urlsview all »

Song lyrics
ég er kominn aftur
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, tjú, tjú

en biðin gerir mig (leiðan)
brot (hættan) sparka frá mér
(og kall á) verð að fara (hjálp)

tjú, tjú, 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-g-englum

tjú, tjú, tjú
tjú, tjú, tjú
tjú
submitted by jónsi
corrected on 21-08-2005


19 comments 

 Song comments
  16 days ago jgxxxx 
jgxxxx
 
5 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
  05-01-2010 00:25 Acoustic_Max 
Acoustic_Max
 
2 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
This is a song that comes along and lasts forever in a moment of your imagination, easily taking you away to another point in time, a past memory or feeling you once had, very moving and rich in sound!
I love it!
  01-04-2008 03:36 aa2z 
aa2z
 
10 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
I love Sigur Rós.
  07-05-2007 00:17 kiiabby 
kiiabby
 
6 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
I always used to say this song sounded like flying... and then a friend told me the translated name of it.

Beautiful... this is the kind of song you could just melt away out of existence to and it would not hurt in the slightest...
  28-03-2007 17:22 lenagg 
lenagg
 
5 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
A question to the icelandic people. what does tjú mean?
I understand much of the text because I'm from Iceland, but I stopped talking icelandic when i moved to Denmark. (;
  30-08-2006 13:31 Dodgy 
Dodgy
 
11 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
i simply adore this one...
  28-03-2006 05:40 lamp_shade_303 
lamp_shade_303
 
154 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
eep.. lol sorry wat am i saying?
i just thought sigur ros' songs were all sung in 'hopelandic' im sorry, i am wrong =]
saw the film clip for svefn-g-englar, untitled#1 and vidrar vel til loftarasa the other nite... pretty brilliant videos man =] ive seen their other 2 videos last year wen they first came out. talk about atmospheric!
this video is strange in a beautiful way, and i agree with the person who said 'sigur ros' music isnt about understanding, its about interpretation' i think thats so true, well at least, for a non-icelandic speaking person.
  05-03-2006 22:24 dudekrulz 
dudekrulz
 
3,618 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
The 'Made-Up' language is called 'hopelandic' and is used in the song 'Olsen Olsen'

Anyway, another awesome song
  23-11-2005 16:55 eplabaka 
eplabaka
 
20 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
jei ég líka og ég er að fara á sigur rós á sunnudaginn..!!
  16-11-2005 20:26 subbukisi 
subbukisi
 
3 posts
nei ég er líka íslensk ..sjibbí
  13-10-2005 18:10 kosk 
kosk
 
10 posts
i'm from iceland(and speak icelandic) and i understand this song.. it is in icelandic. i think only some of theyr songs are sung in a made up language..
  10-10-2005 15:29 subbukisi 
subbukisi
 
3 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
no they sing in icelandic most of the time.. i speak icelandic and i understand every word in this song
  30-09-2005 10:58 lamp_shade_303 
lamp_shade_303
 
154 posts
actually, this isnt sung in icelandic.
it is sung in a made up language that sounds similar to icelandic, which of course wud be very hard to tell, considering the amount of people in here who probly dont speak icelandic.
but this song is not actually sung in icelandic, none of their songs are.
the title 'svefn-g-englar' is actually a play on words in icelandic.
btw... their latest song 'glosoli'... if you know the meaning of 'glosoli' or 'glosoalia' it in fact means 'a faux language created similarly to an existing language to sound like this language, when in fact it is not that language'
so theres some interesting information.
  16-09-2005 17:20 kleinmeisje 
kleinmeisje
 
4 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
it's just sooooooo beautifull.... icelandic is the most beautifull language ever altough I just understand one word: takk, it means thank you, doesn't it sounds great...... and the music is even more beautifull than the song...oooh...
  29-06-2005 22:01 kosk 
kosk
 
10 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
the language is not made up.. its icelandic
  03-05-2005 15:40 Sedders 
Sedders
 
47 posts
I thought the language was made up
owell i yeah they are really powerful and even though i dont know wot is goin on u kinda can feel it... tju
  27-01-2005 02:37 denizthetipsy 
denizthetipsy
 
2 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
you can feel this music in every cell of you. so soft and stunning. reminds me the love of my life cause was speacial between us. tjuu
  07-01-2005 01:08 Carl_Winslow 
Carl_Winslow
 
10 posts
rhythm  
melody  
instruments  
lyrics  
vocal  
its not about understanding, its about interpreation. This is a band I'll never forget.
  19-11-2004 17:12 paranoid31 
paranoid31
 
7 posts
good band.... althoug i dont understand


All Sigur Ros on LetsSingIt