Categories: self-esteem, cinema, music
Date: 10 July 2009 13:49:46
From the movie Så som i himmelen [As It Is in Heaven] -- I know I waxed lyrical and posted a [slightly shorter] video of the same song only about nine months ago, but this song re-entered my mind with the ponderings I have been doing of late. I mean not to lessen its impact or treat it tritely [given the character who plays this role [the amazing Helen Sjöholm] is singing this breaking free of an abusive relationship], but it spoke, and speaks, to me in its own way.
[the audio is a bit low so you may need to up the speakers]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hs9ck1aal8[/youtube]
Translation [from film]:It is now that my life is mine
I've got this short time on earth
And my longing has brought me here
All I lacked and all I gainedAnd yet it's the way that I chose
My trust was far beyond words
That has shown me a little bit
Of the heaven I've never foundI want to feel I'm alive
All my living days
I will live as I desire
I want to feel I'm alive
Knowing I was good enoughI have never lost who I was
I have only left it sleeping
Maybe I never had a choice
Just the will to stay aliveAll I want is to be happy
Being who I am
To be strong and to be free
To see day arise from nightI am here and my life is only mine
And the heaven I thought was there
I'll discover it there somewhereI want to feel that I've lived my life!