Underneath the Water

Written on May 28th.

myspace.com/fredrikakarin

Lyrics:
Peacock spreads its fan
I try to catch the horizon
with my hand
my hand

Paint me a rainbow
I'll tell you all the colours that I love
I love

Send me up the river
I can do it on my own
Load me up with bricks and rocks
And throw me overboard
Underneath
The water
I can teach myself
To breathe

Bind me a rope
Of all the hardship
of my bone
my bone

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Karin
• Fredrika
• Underneath
• the
• Water
• Original
• Music
• Singer
• Songwriter
• female
• artist
• unsigned
• folk
• acoustic
• guitar

[zenaru1]

are you from helena mt? i think i might known you from school =D

[KarinFredrika]

Not really, I'm from Gothenburg, Sweden.

[ktm5124]

you sing this song in the only way a song should be sung... that is to say, ecstatically

(i paraphrase john updike =P)

just the choice of words in your first line, "peacock spreads its fan", is so original, and such a pleasant surprise =)

and the way you toss your head, and all your facial expressions... they are a portrait of delight :)

i should probably quit harping on this video =P but i only just remembered it and my excitement on first seeing it. i feel compelled to flood the comments.

[KarinFredrika]

Well thank you for those words, oh though Peacock spreads its fan is everything but original. I'd say it's directly stolen from Leonard Cohen.

[ktm5124]

this is a real gem : ) it has the magical quality of great art.

i really love the sophisticated slant rhyme in the lyrics. the first stanza blows me away.

i also like the shock value of the last stanza. bind me a rope, of hardship... of bone. however, the one thing i'd be critical of is the last line of the last stanza, "my bone". since the irony has already been accomplished, it seems a little awkward to hear it again.

very minor criticism though. i really love this song.

[KarinFredrika]

I see, I believe I sing it twice because of the rhythm

[FrogerSrb]

Lovely!!!

Regards from Serbia :)

[fael097]

not sure how i ended up here, but thats great

[ScottBradleyCopeland]

Thank you..........

[MuscleDad420]

Oof. I'm sure plenty of others have told you this already, but you are gorgeous.

[macman1138]

Not bad at all.

Pretty good, soulful.

[jorisewout]

@ronian12 What do you mean? Is this a cover??

[petekazu10]

marvelous, so when can I buy your cd?

[zburnight]

You're beautiful