Monday Morning Beauty

I watched a music video by a guy named Jonsi who was previously a member of an Icelandic rock band called Sigur Rós.

I think it's safe to say that English was probably not this guys first language. So, I'm watching this video, assuming he's singing in Icelandic, but every now and then I think I hear a word in English. I decided to look up the lyrics, and to my surprise, they were in English.

But you can definitely see some of the carryover that is common among non-native English speakers, the syntax just isn't always quite right.

And that's what I LOVED about his lyrics! They are purely his feelings, passions, translated the best he knows how so that they can be shared with the world!

Go Do
by Jonsi

Go sing too loud
Make your voice break - Sing it out
Go scream do shout
Make an earthquake...

You wish fire would die and turn colder
You wish your love could see you grow older
We should always know that we can do anything

Go drum do go out
Make your hands ache - Play it out
Go march through crowds
Make your day break...

You wish silence released noise in tremors
You wish I know it surrender to summer
We should always know that we can do everything

Go do you´ll know how to
Just let yourself fall into landslide

Go do you´ll know how to
Just let yourself give into low tide

Go do!

Tie strings to clouds
Make your own lake - Let it flow
Throw seeds to sprout
Make your own break - Let them grow

Let them grow (Endless summers)
Let them grow (Endless summers)

(Go do endless summers)

You will survive we´ll never stop wonders
You and sunrise will never fall under

You will survive we´ll never stop wonders
You and sunrise will never fall under
We should always know that we can do anything

Go do!