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K​ä​rlek minus noll - Love Minus Zero / No Limit

from T​ä​nk inte efter (Don't Think Twice) - Bob Dylan in Swedish by Vargen

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"Kärlek minus noll" is a cover by Reine Johansson on "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (Bob Dylan). Published by Special Rider Music. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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KÄRLEK MINUS NOLL
Hon talar som i tystnad
Utan tvivel, utan lystnad
Hon svär aldrig sin trohet
Men hon är sann som is, som eld
Alla köper rosor
Mot vaga löften eller åkommor
Men hennes skratt
är som de blommor
Alla Hjärtans Dag aldrig kan ge

På caféer och busstationer
Diskuterar man olika situationer
Citerar böcker, löser ekvationer
Klottrar sen svaren på en vägg
Vissa talar om framtiden
Men hon viskar under tiden
”Det finns inget fel i att fela
Om nu sanningen saknar belägg”

Manteln och svärdet
sveper genom husen
Vår drottning tänder alla ljusen
I en ceremoni för ryttarna de fyra
Ja, vilken pjäs vill inte va’ med?
Tändsticksstatyer
Klamrar sej fast i varandra
Hon är alltför klok för att klandra
Hon vet att ingen har rätt eller fel

Snart är alla broar brända
Landsortsdoktorns resor till ända
Rikemansbarn förväntar sej frälsning
Från de gåvor bara vise män kan ge
Vinden tjuter mot mitt fönster
Denna stormnatt förmörkar
mitt sinne
Hon är som en korp
med bruten vinge
Rummet ekar av hennes skri,
”Aldrig mer!”

Back-translation
LOVE MINUS ZERO
She speaks like silence
Without doubts, without greed
She never swears her faith(fulness)
Yet she’s true, like ice, like fire
People buyin’ roses
for vague promises or against illness
Her laughter is like the flowers
Valentines never can bring

In coffee houses and bus stations
People talk of situations
Quote books, solve equations
Scrawl conclusions on a wall
Some speak of the future
But meanwhile, she whispers:
“There’s nothing wrong in being wrong,
If truth lacks evidence”

The cloak and dagger sweeps through the house
Our Queen (like the French ‘Notre Dame’) lights all the candles
In a ceremony for the four horsemen
Which pawn doesn’t want to be part of this play
Matchstick statues
Crumble into one another
But she’s much too wise to blame
She knows nobody’s either right or wrong

Soon all the bridges will tremble
The country doctors’ journeys will have ended
Rich man’s children expect salvation
In gifts only Wise Men can bring
The wind howls at my window
This stormy night darkens my mind
She’s like a raven with a broken wing
The room echoes of her cry, “Nevermore!”

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from T​ä​nk inte efter (Don't Think Twice) - Bob Dylan in Swedish, released April 26, 2019
REINE JOHANSSON Vocals
ANDREAS ALM Acoutic and Electric 6/12 string guitars, e-bow
DAN KRISTENSEN Electric guitar
JAN LUNDIN Bass
MÅNS BROMAN Drums
ANNA VILD Harmonicas
ZACHARIAS H SJÖBERG Piano


Produced by Andreas Alm and Reine Johansson. Mixed by Andreas Alm.
Recorded in Ullared Bygdegård and Teknikcirkus Studio, Skällinge, April-October 2018.
Mastering: Emil Isaksson, Tape/Run, Studio Möllan, Malmö.

(p) Vargen Records 2019

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Vargen Varberg, Sweden

Over the recent years the Swedish singer-songwriter and Bob Dylan interpreter Vargen, has carved a reputation for infusing his music with mystery and raw emotions. After releasing his debut album of original work, a self-titled project promoted by a concert video, Vargen gained widespread attention from the international indie press, with coverage from Earmilk, Vents, The Big Takeover and more. ... more

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