Slowmotion [English translation]

I run across squares and streets

Buses stop, time to gain

Holding my breath, keeping on time, holding on to nothing.

I'm falling through the nets1

Falling the nights in a fever wake2

The eternal reruns of a sitcom, that's where I wait

Stop me, I exhale and let it rain on us now

Let time stand still

Only you can make my time stand still3

You are my only slow motion4

You leave me in slow motion

Leave me in slow motion5

Leave me in slow motion

I'll let go of everything I have if you promise to stay

You leave me in slow motion

Leave me in slow motion

Leave me in slow motion

I'll let go of everything I have if you promise to stay

Darkness falls, the clock is ticking

Staring up into the shadows of the ceiling, they move while Stockholm awakens.

You're breathing quietly so closely beside me

But you are far far away in your dream.

You left me, you forgot6 me in reality

Stop me, I exhale and let it rain on us now

Let time stand still

Only you can make my time stand still

You are my only slow motion

You stopping me, making me exhale

let the rain fall on us now

But only if time stands still7

Only you can make my time stand still

You are my only slow motion

You leave me in slow motion

Leave me in slow motion

Leave me in slow motion

I'll let go of everything I have if you promise to stay

Let it rain on us now

Let it rain on us now

Let it rain on us now

Cold, cold water on me now

Let it rain on us now

Just let it rain on us now

Everything moves faster than light

Everything, everything but you

You leave me in slow motion

If you leave me in slow motion

Leave me in slow motion

Leave me in slow motion

I'll let go of everything I have if you promise to stay

Slow motion

Now it rains in slow motion

I'll let go of everything I have

if you promise to stay.

1. I interpret it like she's falling through a safety net.2. This is a literal translation.3. Or "You're the only one who can make my time stand still".4. As in the film effect. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_motion)5. It's not the imperative, she's just dropping the "You".6. Maybe this is not the right word in this context.7. Could also be read as "Only time stands still", but besides being untrue, it also makes no sense in this context. There should be an "om" after efter "bara" to translate it like I did, but I interpret it as being implied (it's not uncommon to omit it in spoken Swedish).

• Artist:Petra Marklund
• Album:Ensam Inte Stark