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  • The last one minute of this song is so beautifully calm down.

  • The last one minute of this song is so beutifully calm down.

  • Tanto tiempo buscando algo que lo dijera todo... y aquí estaba.... ):

  • I miss The Cardigans and 90s music. I was young at that time. So much memories and people gone away. Sometimes I think only music can make us remember of the time gone forever and of the years behind us.

  • Honestly I thinki 90s music was the best. Today music is crap.

  • @Francesko263 There's great stuff out today. Even this is from their post 2000 record. ;) Don't let MTV's sellout trick you, music is still alive and well. Has always been stronger than MTV or any radio station. Great music will always find its way through, eventually.

  • @TheOpiumDistrict I don't see nothing new in today music. Maybe I'm too old. Give an example.

  • @Francesko263 Depends on what you mean. You mean this year or post 90's. Choosing songs along this line: Humpty Dumpty by Aimee Mann ... All good things by Nelly Furtado .....Call it off by Tegan and Sara .... (un)Chosen One by Lia Ices.....Wordless May by Venus Hum ...... Eisley has a few songs: Trolleywood, Telescope Eyes, etc ....The key is to check out Pandora (dot com). It's the best way to find music with MTV selling out to fake reality tv. Opened my eyes, and ears.

  • @Francesko263 It's not you, it's the way music is programmed today. Check out Pandora, check out youtube channels, and online lists. I'm putting together a playlist here now with post 90's songs. I was surprised myself that good music was still being made. Online radio saved me. :)

    80's and 90's still rule my heart, but post 90's music is actually great too. Just harder to find than before.

  • @TheOpiumDistrict Opeth!!!! Seriously.

  • @Francesko263 I'm coming closer to your side. Sadly I think you're more right than me. But it can improve. I resurgence has to happen.

  • @TheOpiumDistrict Well, maybe you're right. Everything is possibile, but I don't see nothing new in today music. But not because music has come to an end. Honestly majors music corporations are to blame, that's for sure.

  • @Francesko263 Them and the corporate otlets that showcase music. They have united to undermine and or exploit whatever they can, while pushing only a few types of acts. There are a few standout acts, so hopefully they'll influence more than the sheep acts. Maybe veteran artists who still love music need to own more labels.

  • The effects makes the picture look like a warm flame. Nice job! Great song.

  • my favorite song....

  • i love love love this song! in fact all thier songs!

  • Is this about abuse or that love feels this way, full force and powerful like a getting hit by a car? Maybe both? Pretty song

  • @unicorndeath this song is actually in reference to a famous poem that likens love to a violent and dangerous thing. It pushes us, it punches and abuses us - our hearts. Not our actual physical bodies. Like a terrible abusive relationship, it keeps us in its throws and keeps us coming back for more. It's the pain that keeps us alive.

  • @amberlucas What poem?

  • @amberlucas hey, could u tell me what poem it referrs to?

    i've been troubling getting the the song that i am anxious to know it!! thnak u ;)

  • my favourite of all time!

  • A very very nice song, I love it.

  • i mean EVERY year

  • her voice gets better ever year!!

  • I love... One of My favourite song...

    And It always Be...

  • linda

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  • Oh, it's striking...it's lyric is similar to Regina Spektor's "belt"... both of these songs are very particular, in their own style...

  • this song should have no comments...

    everybody should just be enjoying it and hitting the play button over and over.

  • @dukisDX i agree

  • anche questa te la dedico pescez.....

  • The most beautiful and soul wrenching song ever!!!

  • This really opened my eyes. I can't hit a women, but I have made my girlfriend feel exactly like in this song, with only words and tone of voice. I am so glad we could work it out. This song really changed me... It really can mean so many things...

  • @lvu88 "This song really changed me"

    Good for you, for both your sakes.

    That's not an easy thing to do -- esp if you had parents w/ an abusive relationship; it's almost hard-wired.

    But as hard as it is to change behaviors, it's at least possible.

    Character is even harder to change.

    Everyone undertaking a struggle like that deserves all the support, encouragement & appreciation they can get.

    I wish you, and everyone else working on such issues, all success.

  • i think they meant to give the lyrics these two sides so it could be interpret both literally and metaphorical. i think thats the beauty (don't get me wrong now - there's nothing beautiful with a violient relationship) of the lyrics and makes it so powerful and interesting

  • I don't take it as being about a violent relationship- that is too literal!! I think she is talking about the way love hits you: she said "you hit me really hard, you hit me right in the heart". She is saying love is a powerful force, that it's like war. I have felt black & blue in love but no one has ever hit me.

  • i think that they made this song so it could taken both ways. ya know? for like multiple audiences.

  • The song could be interpreted as being about sex in many ways. although i think it makes more sense as being in a violent relationship...just an idea though.

  • So I don't mean this in a mean way, but the second line of the song "they wouldn't quite blow me like you" ....well, is this supposed to be a dirty reference? I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt here since I like this song a lot, but maybe they could have meant it as in "blow me away" rather than something else, as in a dirty reference. This is a legit question, I swear. It was just a thought that popped into my head.

  • While it's a possibility, given the rest of the lyrics (you hit me, black and blue, haunt me with your violence, etc) it seems like it's just another way of pointing out that it's an abusive, co-dependant relationship she's singing about.

  • Whoa.....I never thought of the hitting/blood/sore/halo/sport references as litleral ones; I just always thought they were metaphorical. This song totally makes sense now. Thanks!

  • No, I'm pretty sure that was to stay consistant with the "beating of the heart" theme. How there are references to abuse in this song, "yeah, you hit me really hard", "punched me right in the heart", "signed with a halo around my eye". "Blow" I think, was like, "a blow to the face". A blow as in a "punch", a hard force. Plus, she's a girl. Can girl's get "blown"? No, just eaten out. :/

  • I denie to believe that this song is about violence in relationship! :((

  • Definitely blew me away.

  • I have heard Nina talk about this song and how in abusive relationships the women still stay out of love and can sometimes even interpret the violence that is directed towards them as an act of love. But yes, it can be interpreted metaphorically as well..

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  • ♥_♥

  • I looooooooove this song :) Normal that this song be so good 'cause it's Cardigans :D

  • Amazing song.

  • Perfeita!

  • uno de los mejores temas k he escuxao en mi vida, excepto el caxo de bluuuuuuuue bluuuuuue y tal... pero bueno... k tampoko es malo pero...vaya temazo

  • the never ending clash of male & female and the sport it becomes. it exposes what goes unsaid in a crazily beautiful way.

  • Actually i think i like cardigans better than A Camp (Ninas new band). Anyone knows if cardigans will come back? Btw love this song. Favorite <3

  • nuestra canción.... parece q la escribieron para nosotros.... y pareciera q saben q ya no estamos juntos y entonces escribieron la segunda parte... pero siempre estás conmigo cuando la escucho.... ojalá pudiera decirte cuánto te extraño.... te extraño mucho ojos... mucho mucho

    true love is cruel love.... its a mystery how people behave!

  • Perfeita!!

  • ... beautiful ... :)

  • The combination of those llyrics with her voice, it just makes it surreal. Great song.

  • Love it

  • hmmm..."you gave me your name and signed

    with a halo around my eye"

    halo around eye?

    metaphoric way to say bruise?

  • :")

  • this has become one of my favorite songs. i havent stopped listenging to it on repeat for the last 4 or 5 days.

  • Long Gone Before Daylight is the second best of them , I changed my mind! I used to think it wasn't as good as it is .But now I love it

  • hi I really love this song it's beautiful, with good lyrics - wondering, does anyone know what the song is about? I'm debating abuse in a relationship, or a really deep metaphor for the strength of love. Again, great song. Love when the tempo changes to "blue blue black and blue" :)

  • i was wondering the same thing... i guess its all about what you want it to be hahaha.. for me the deep metaphor works better XD

  • Oh, and there I was wondering if I am the only person who thinks about it :D.

    I mean, it looks quite simple, just a story about abuse in a relationship told with poetic words... but I cannot help thinking there's something more, something hidden in the lyrics.

  • Well, i think that it's about her love story which makes her wonder about the deeper strength of love. It's really kinda strange...

  • This song has two parts. This one, part one, is about falling helplessly and deeply in love with some one. In part two it tells of how her heart was broken by what seems to have been an abusive relationship. Both parts use the same tune only the lyrics are different. With both parts in succession it tells of a tragic love story.

  • deliriousintent - thanks for the enlightenment. It was SO well hidden in the lyrics, I never would have worked that out without your insight. Good use of YouTube.

  • can´t stop listning to it..

  • it's the same for me.. it has become one of my favorite songs

  • The most beautiful song I've found for a long time... Hits me like never fefore.

  • whoa...heavy....epic

  • every time i listen to this song i feel like i'ts the first time..

  • my favourite song

  • I just love Nina and the cardigans, but this has to be the very best i have heard from them.Can anybody tell me what album its off, i have have to get a copy.

  • the album is:" Long Gone Before Daylight" my favorite song from the cardigans......

  • Thanks for the info i will order a copy. your right it is a great song. ! ! !

  • @jhan517925 Their best album for sure!

  • @78910pj , I could be wrong but - I never thought that in this song someone has actually physicall hit someone; I viewed it as metaphor, as this album contains plenty of metaphor and allegory. eg, "Love is a sport" (this song), "Go to bed, world", "You're the storm". Then again, her mention of blood might reiterate the physicality. Who knows.

  • @ofmassappeal but u do know there's a second part to this song ..."And then you kissed me II" that does tell the story of physical abuse ... so i think ... (just my opinion) this is the first phase of an abusive relationship where everything is exciting and new and u know ...honey moon phase ... and the second part is after the "magic" fades ... sorry if my english isnt that good ...

  • @pinwinessa oow is it that like! Yeah i feeled something like that to come.

  • @78910pj , I could be wrong but - I never thought that in this song someone has actually physicall hit someone; I viewed it as metaphor, as this album contains plenty of metaphor and allegory. eg, "Love is a sport" (this song), "Go to bed, world", "You're the storm". Then again, her mention of blood might reiterate the physicality. Who knows.

  • beautiful....

  • seee, porq sera muy cierto todo esto........

  • I can feel the sorrow from her voice... fantastic singer...

  • It doesn't matter if you don't like this song....the rest of us have lived it!

    Nina Persson has the best vocals...period.

  • Amen to that!

  • TRUE LOVE IS CRUEL LOVE.thats all i have to say

  • It's hard for me to say how much this song means to me, words are not enough to express the gratitude I feel towards you Nina.

  • how OLD are you?

  • What kind of shit comment is that?

  • This is it kids!!..here we have it, the missing link... finally we found the Neanderthal. As I discovered it I think I'm going to name him Cogui the silly monkey :)

    Cheers to Cogui(Meanagh) the missing link

  • i<3it!

  • She sounds like Sheryl Crow.

  • this is so-so-so-SO beautiful. The song gets another meaning in the period you are in, hard to explain.. but I listen this song ALWAYS. and it always suits in my mood and love..

  • er everyone's entitled to his/her opinion. if he doesn't see what's so good about this song that's his business. i love this song but i hate how some people are bashed for giving their opinions

  • Du

    er vakker ,sammen spiller dere helt utrolig bra sammen ,nære relasjoner til hverandre gjør en bedre kjent ,Nerver

    Mvh Christian Colling (Norge)

  • This song means the world to me. God I miss you.

  • Que bonito!

  • that I can say of this song, only say that is incredible!!!!!!!!!

  • love this song!!

  • powerfull song

    and gr8 song

  • well sorry!!! it was my first video and i just loved this song so much that i wanted to post it, geez!!!!

  • Don't worry, I love the video! It has a nice candle or flame effect. Perfect

  • haha :p poor thing, ignore that bastard, lovely song :) thank you

  • esa cancion es perfecta

  • yeah.. perfect song

  • I love this song .. <3

  • clearly the song is all about the "perfect" relationship between a Sadist and a Masochist.

  • you haunt me with your violent heartbeat..

  • This song is rain is coffe is winter .....

  • i believe it´s kinda bivalent...i mean, violence´s not only physical.

    When you fall in love, you have to take the chance to get hurt and go through it all in name of love (and unfortunatelly sometimes it means physical violence also). Anyway, this song gets the best of both, and i think they got it right.

  • great song

  • on their latest album, theres another version of this song...same lyrics but different music...its even better!

  • Yeah 'sort of'. I don't agree at all it's better either.

  • it' s the most beautiful song I've ever heared. thx Robek for yuor love.. and for this song I love u because of its

  • i think this song can be interpreted in both ways it literal talks about domestic violence... but also is a nice metaphor about how love hurts and how is"a sport" it has its up and downs and how"no one can be blamed" basically the best things are the hardest

  • i think it's more likely that she's going for the metaphor in relation to herself. it's quite clever.

  • i love this song!!!

  • it 's an amazing performance by Nina and the Cardigans..

    tnx for the lyrics!

  • woooooooo!

  • this song made me fall in love with my last girlfriend! great song =)

  • Hopefully, it wasn't the lyrics that inspired you. This song is about domestic abuse. That's okay, many people were confused about The Police's "Every Breath You Take" and its stalker/obsessive subtext.

  • She's using abuse as a metaphor. "Love makes you wake up sore, with fists that are ready for more." It's not literally about domestic violence.

  • But you all... there is still a metaphore of someone hitting his girlfriend... But she is so in love that... Of course we can see severals things... but this too.

    I'd rather "you're the storm"

  • I dont believe so.for me it means she was hit into the heart by love..thats really a good metaphor for falling in love.the best one.I feel the same way.

  • this song makes me fall in love, really hits home, only wish i had someone to love =\

    love without lover

  • ican relate 2 the lyrics and completely feel this way. :( poor me. The song is excellent. mare

  • yeah deep song this one. love it

  • this is a true song...simply beautiful.

    i don't find another word to describe it

  • oh man, i don't know why but their songs really do hit me all the time and more than one just makes me feel like crying without a reason. it's like i hear the words and even though i don't stop to think of them a part of me understands exactly what they say and the words just reach my heart. oh why is it so? real beautiful songs only make me blue, so blue.

  • You hit me really hard!!!

    I love this song

  • wow ... speachless,what a amazing song

  • this song is just sooo deep. it hits me like never before

  • beautiful song

  • "And, it hit me like never before that love is a powerful force...

    And it hit me that love is a game....like in WAR....no one can be blamed...

    Yes it struck me that love was a sport...so I pushed you a little bit more...

    Man that says so much right there...on so many levels. I wish our Parents had told us this...had known this was so....that this was what we would all face when we ventured out to make our lives.

    Deep....deep, stuff. 5-stars.

    -Prometheus.

  • Powerful. Beautiful. Amazing :)

  • Beautiful.

  • wow this song makes me shiver. I love it, it's so beautiful and deep.

  • this song is one of the best song's ever'' i mean it.. way to go the cardigans..  /Rasmus

  • hmm...almost dont remember this feeling.but I know it was sweet..goosepumps.

  • What a brilliant song. Heartbreaking, but brilliant...

    It's one of those songs that pretty much applies to everyone who has loved and lost :(

  • a bit of comfort to us battered...tnx cards

  • songs for the weekend mornings. Like it.

  • love it

  • voww..great song.ı only look for different song..im happy for find it..:D

  • this one reminds me of zan;) nice ! yeah! yeah it hits a lot..

  • man, you hit me!

    yeah, you hit me really hard

    baby you hit me!

    yeah, you punched me right in the heart

    and then you kissed me...

    and then you hit me...

    oh, you haunt me with your violent heartbeat at night

    oh, you strike me with your silence baby, tonight

    why you haunt me with your violence baby, come hit me!

    you haunt me with your violent heartbeat...

  • wow this is such a great song.can anyone tell me how many albums they have relised,the names and if you can get all of them in th usa?please and thank you.

  • I think they have released 5 or 6 albums..check out their website: cardigansdotcom I think u can buy some of the albums in the us..anyway, they're great!=)

  • los mejor de the cardigans.......

  • Wow. Cardigans! I feel like I've been in a cave my whole life! Thanks for posting this video.

  • Love Love This Song mmmmm Makes My Toes Curl !!! This Band Rocks My Socks Off!!!

  • and then you kissed me

  • ..but I never quite knew how it feels, when love makes you wake up sore.. <3

  • <33333333

  • nirvana rule

  • i never knew i could like these kind of feminine songs so much.. just change he to she...makes my day

  • my wedding song...

  • Just make sure it's not and then you kissed me 2, haha

  • yeah i'm not too crazy about and then you kissed me part 2.........

  • i prefer and then you kissed me 2 personally

    although its similar to this one

    i think its better, just my personal opinion

  • The story of my life.

    love that song.

  • For tabs sth like Intro D c Am Verse: Em D G c Am Chorus: D  C Am/G (Just guessing) great song though
  • Amazing song. I <3 the Cardigans.

  • this is one of my favourite songs ever.

    blue, blue, black and blue, red blood sticks like glue.

  • love it.

    does anyone have chords or tabs for it? it would be great!

  • try swedetabs. se

    it's not big so you should get around it (i don't speak swede either^_^)

  • oh what a tender song...love it=)