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Gabriellas sång

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]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hs9ck1aal8

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 gained

And 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 found

I 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 enough

I have never lost who I was
I have only left it sleeping
Maybe I never had a choice
Just the will to stay alive

All I want is to be happy
Being who I am
To be strong and to be free
To see day arise from night

I am here and my life is only mine
And the heaven I thought was there
I’ll discover it there somewhere

I want to feel that I’ve lived my life!

This entry was posted on Friday, July 10th, 2009 at 23:49 and is filed under Cinema, Music, Self-Esteem. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

5 Responses to “Gabriellas sång”

  1. burntsienna Says:
    July 11th, 2009 at 04:55

    “I 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 enough

    I have never lost who I was
    I have only left it sleeping…”

    beautiful!

  2. Yudikris Says:
    July 11th, 2009 at 12:24

    Very beautiful, thanks!

  3. DebD Says:
    July 12th, 2009 at 09:54

    this movie has been in my movie rental queue for sometime, but it is still not available in America :( Thanks for sharing that bit – very beautiful.

  4. singingsemele Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 10:33

    Thanks for sharing. My mother bought this DVD for me for Christmas. It’s a very touching movie.

  5. Ian Says:
    July 13th, 2009 at 10:52

    Hope you get it soon DebD!

    And SingingSemele: I kept forgetting to buy it; I ordered it at soon as I posted this entry. A very touching movie as you wrote.