Ulf Lundell — Isabella song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Isabella" by Ulf Lundell.
Lyrics
Faller regn ver stan igen
Faller regn hare I din park
April are en kall och nyckfull vn
Du are en ung Jeanne d’Arc
Jag gick som en tiggare lngs krlekens vg
Se mannen och hans hunger
Han brinner I mrkret som en bengalisk eld
Stare hare under ditt fnster och sjunger
Du vet dom sa till mig: «Bst du aktar dig
Dare kvinnan are, are krig om guld»
Dom sa till mig: «Hll ditt tempel rent
Och lmna det aldrig fare en kvinnas skull»
Men mitt tempel blev ett fngelse
Jag vntade I mrkret p en Baskerville-hund
Men I natt vaknade jag av en drm om dig
Sen kunde jag inte f en blund
Isabella
Lt inte dom djvlarna ta dej!
Dom som talat vitt och brett om en enda vg
Dom skriker framt och hugger din fot
S att senan gare av I ditt steg
Det kan hnda s mycket p bara ngra are
Du kan tappa den dare blicken som are s klar
Tappa dina drmmar, tappa alla svar
Tappa allt du har
Isabella
Isabella
Isabella… kom ut I natt!
Stt p dina tank-girl boots
Den svarta klnningen och din mammas vigselring
Ta dina U2 biljetter och din Cohen bok
Smyg ut ur huset, sg ingenting
Vi ska ha ett hemligt frhllande som tv agenter I kriget
Vi ger varandra meddelanden under personligt eller p nt museum
Jag are en gladiator som rymt, det are ett pris p mitt huvud
Men jag slss fare dig om du vill p den hare stans Colosseum
Du vet dom sa till mig: «Va inte en sn idiot!
Lt den dare kvinnan ta hand om dig»
Dom sa till mig: «Hll dig I skinnet nu
Och kom ihg, det are inte synd om dig!»
Men allt det dare, Isabella, det knner du nog till
Du are ju dare sjlv som en prinsessa I ditt torn
Har du bestmt dig n? Ska du g den skra vgen?
Ja, alla dom dare tillhare en frlorad generation
Isabella, lt inte dom djvlarna ta dej
Du are en kvinna full av liv
Dom vill fnga in dig och tmja dig
Men du ska va vild och fri
Dom sger att det finns en regnbge I smrtan
Utan trar fanns den inte dare
Kommer maj stare allt I blom
Kommer maj are snart sommaren hare
Isabella
Isabella
Ah, Isabella… kom ut I natt!
Du vet frlskelsen are en tokig idiot
Du slare igenom drren I ansiktet p honom men han klmmer in sin fot
Nare jag ser dig vill jag ta dig till en vingrd I Toscana
Till Tangier, till Spiddal, till Vermont, till South Ventara
Allt jag kom hit fare att tnda lite hopp
F det att sjuda och sjunga en stund I din kropp
Det are hrda tider, folk gare p knna, vi mste lmna allt det hare igen
Ja, are det inte alldeles klart, min vn?
Du var inte fdd nare jag dansade I gryningen
Nare visionen tog mig som hller liv I mig are
G inte in I det! Det finns ingenting att hmta dare!
Bara den stora hungern som aldrig kan mttas, min vn
Du mste kpa ihjl dig fare att f kunna jobba ihjl dig
Du mste va som alla andra fare att dom andra ska se dig
Hur mnga drmmar har du kvar nare du fyllt tjufem?
Hur mnga stora planer? Hur mnga vgar hem?
Vem slss fare Gud idag
Vem slss fare kvinnan, fare dom svaga
Allt det dare det lter som en gammal riddarsaga
Fare mycket folk verallt, skogarna dare, haven dare
Allt rusar in vidare I mardrmmen och ingen tycks veta varfare
Och frndringarna dom tar hundratals are
Det gare lngsamt, s lngsamt men, Isabella, det gare
En dag ska du lra dina barn nnting bttre du med
Lra dom att lyssna, lra dom att se lite mer, lite mer, lite mer
Vacker are den som reser sig, som vgar tro
Som trs ett ja I alla nej, som vgar bygga bro
ver hav av bitterhet, ver dsligt nattkvarter
Vacker den som are srbar, vacker den som ser
Du are vacker Isabella, som ett rdjur I skogen
Som en stjrna p himlen, som en flicka mitt I natten p krogen
Som ppeltrdgrdarna I maj runt Kivik
Som vinden, som regnet, som sjlva livet
Men lt ingen dyrka in dig I ett fngelse av sknhet
Dare du blir en docka som lever I en hrva av yta och dumhet
Isabella, lt inte dom djvlarna ta dig
Ser du lngt dare borta, ser hur det ljusnar
Det gare en spricka I natten ifrn st till vst
En strimma av hopp fare alla trtta och frusna
Kom ut s ska jag skriva den hare sngen till dig
Det are vad jag gare, det are vad jag kan
Hare du hur fglarna sjunger?
Snart stare morgonen I brand!
Isabella
Ah, Isabella
Isabella… kom ut I natt!
Kom ut I natt!
Lyrics translation
Falling rain over town again
Falling rain hare in your park
April is a cold and whimsical vn
You're a young Jeanne d'arc
I walked like a beggar
See the man and his hunger
He burns in the mrkret like a Bengali fire
Stare hare under your fnster and sing
You know they said to me, " Bst you watch yourself
Dare woman are, are war for gold»
They told me, " keep your temple clean
And let it never fare a woman's sake»
But my temple became a fngelse
I was waiting in the MRI of a Baskerville dog
But last night I was awoke by a drm about you
Then I couldn't get a wink
Isabel
Don't let those djvlarna take you!
Those who spoke far and wide of a single vg
They scream forward and stab your foot
S to tendon gare off in your step
It can happen a lot just a few years
You can lose that dare look that is done
Lose your DRM, lose all answers
Drop everything you have
Isabel
Isabel
Isabella kom come out tonight!
Stt p Your tank-girl boots
The black dress and your mother's wedding ring
Take your U2 tickets and your Cohen book
Sneak out of the House, sg nothing
We're going to have a secret arrest as tv agents in the war
We give each other messages under personal or P nt museum
I am a gladiator who escaped, there is a price on my head
But I'll save you if you want in the hare Town Colosseum
You know they said to me, " don't be an idiot!
Lt the dare woman take care of you»
They said to me, " get out of here
And remember, it's not a pity for you!»
But all that dare, Isabella, I think you know
You're just like a princess in your tower
Are you in trouble? Are you going to do that?
Yes, all those dares belong to a lost generation
Isabella, don't let those DJs take you
You are a woman full of life
They want to catch you up and tame you
But you're going wild and free
They say there's a rainbge in smrtan
Without trar there was no dare
Will may stare all in bloom
Coming May are soon summer hare
Isabel
Isabel
Ah, Isabella kom come out tonight!
You know the feeling is a crazy idiot
You throw the Drin in his face but he clogs his foot
If I see you I'd like to take you to a vineyard in Tuscany
To Tangier, to Spiddal, to Vermont, to South Ventara
Everything I came here fare to tnda some hope
F it to simmer and sing for a while in your body
These are our times, people are going to know, we have to leave all that hare again
Yes, it is not very clear, my vn?
You weren't fdd nare I danced at dawn
Nare the vision took me who lives in me are
Don't get into it! There is nothing to hmta dare!
Only the great hunger that can never be metted, my vn
You have to kill yourself fare to be able to work you out
You must be like everyone else fare the others to see you
How many DRM have you left when you've filled chufem?
How many big plans? How many people go home?
Who slss fare God today
Who slss fare the woman, fare the weak
All that dare it sounds like an old Knightly tale
Fare much people verallt, forests dare, seas dare
Everything rushes into mardrmmen and no one seems to know where
And the frndringarna they take hundreds are
It's gare Long, s long but, Isabella, it gare
One day you're gonna lra your kids nnting bttre you too
Lra them to listen, lra them to see a little more, a little more, a little more
Beautiful are those who rise, who vgar faith
As trs a yes in all no, as vgar build bridge
ver sea of bitterness, ver dsligt nattkvarter
Beautiful the one who is srbar, beautiful the one who looks
You are beautiful Isabella, like a beast in the forest
Like a star in the sky, like a girl in the middle of the night in the tavern
As the ppeltrdgrdarna in May around Kivik
Like the wind, like the rain, like life itself
But let no one worship you in a fngelse of sknhet
Dare you become a doll living in a hrva of surface and stupidity
Isabella, don't let those DJs get you
You see nothing dare gone, see how it brightens
It gare a crack in the night ifrn st to vst
A glimmer of hope fare all trtta and frozen
Come out s should I write that hare snag to you
That's what I'm gare, that's what I'm capable of
Hare you how the birds sing?
Soon stare morning on fire!
Isabel
Ah, Isabella
Isabella kom come out tonight!
Come out tonight!