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Thereâs a port on a western bay
and it serves a hundred ships a day.
Lonely sailors pass the time away
and talk about their homes.
And thereâs a girl in this harbor town
and she works spilling fika down.
They say âDagny, fetch another round.â
She spills them five drops more.
The sailors say: âDagny, youâre a fine girl.â
âWhat a good wife you would be.â
âYeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea.â
Dagny wears a braided chain
made of finest silver from the North of Spain;
a locket that bears the name
of a man that Dagny loved.
He came on a summerâs day,
bringing gifts from far away,
but he made it clear he couldnât stay.
No harbor was his home.
The sailor said: âDagny, youâre a fine girl.â
âWhat a good wife you would be.â
âBut my life, my love, and my lady is the sea.â
Yeah, Dagny used to watch his eyes
when he told his sailorâs story.
She could feel the ocean fall and rise.
She saw its raging glory.
But he had always told the truth,
Lord, he was an honest man,
and Dagny does her best to understand.
At night, when Kafé Sjuan closes down,
Dagny walks through a silent town
and loves a man whoâs not around.
She still can hear him say...
She hears him say: âDagny, youâre a fine girl.â
âWhat a good wife you would be.â
âBut my life, my love, and my lady is the sea.â
âDagny, youâre a fine girl.â
âWhat a good wife you would be.â
âBut my life, my love, and my lady is the sea.â
I was down in Kafé Sjuan.
Nothing was as real
as the street beneath my feet
descending into air.
The fika was a-bubbling;
the cups were lean,
and the women moved forward
like piranhas in a stream.
They spread themselves before me,
an offering so sweet,
and they beckoned and they beckoned,
come on, Dagny, spill.
Spill the Dagny fika drops!
Spill! Spill, spill!
You spill the Dagny fika drops!
Spill! Spill, spill!
They circled around me,
vetelÀngd in a ring,
and I saw their souls a-withering
like snakes in chainsâŠ
and they wrapped themselves around me
(ummm, what a thrill)
and they rattled their tails, hissing:
Come on, letâs spill!
Spill the Dagny fika drops!
Spill! Spill, spill!
You spill the Dagny fika drops!
Spill! Spill, spill!
I felt a rising in my throat.
The girls were saying grace,
and the air, the vicious air,
pressed against my faceâŠ
and it all got too damn much for me.
Just got too damn rough,
and I pushed away my plate
and said, boys, Iâve had enough
and I laid upon the table;
another fikabröd.
And I opened up my veins to them
and said, come on, spill!
Spill the Dagny fika drops!
Spill! Spill, spill!
You spill the Dagny fika drops!
Spill! Spill, spill!
You spill the Dagny fika drops!
Spill! Spill, spill!
You spill the Dagny fika drops!
Spill! Spill, spill!
âCause I was down in KafĂ© Sjuan.
Nothing was as real
as the street beneath my feet
descending into hell.
So spill! Spill, spill!
You spill! Spill, spill!
You spill! Spill, spill!
Spill! Spill, spill!
White shirt now red, my fikamugg
sleeping. Youâre on your tippy toes
creeping around like no one knows.
Think youâre so criminal.
Bruises on both my knees for you.
Donât say âthank youâ or âpleaseâ. I do
what I want when Iâm wanting to.
My fika? So cynical.
Youâre a fika-shop guy.
Like-it-five-more-drops guy.
Just-canât-get-enough guy.
Chest-always-so-puffed guy.
Iâm that bad type.
Make-your-mama-sad type.
Make-your-girlfriend-mad type.
Might-seduce-your-dad type.
Iâm the Dagny, duh.
Iâm the Dagny.
I like it when you take control,
even if you know that you donât
own me, Iâll let you play the role.
Iâll be your animal.
My mommy likes to sing along
with me but she wonât sing this song.
If she reads all the lyrics
sheâll pity the men I know.
Youâre a fika-shop guy.
Like-it-five-more-drops guy.
Just-canât-get-enough guy.
Chest-always-so-puffed guy.
Iâm that bad type.
Make-your-mama-sad type.
Make-your-girlfriend-mad type.
Might-seduce-your-dad type.
Iâm the Dagny, duh.
Iâm the Dagny, duh.
Iâm only good at spilling drops.
Drops.
I like when you get mad.
I guess Iâm pretty glad
that youâre alone.
You said sheâs scared of me?
I mean,
I donât see what she sees
but maybe itâs âcause Iâm spilling five more drops.
Iâm a Dagny.
Iâm, Iâm a Dagny.
Dagny, Dagny.
Iâm a Dagny.
Whatâs lies?
PÄtÄr and bullar collide.
We look for answers in those catatonic, dying, fika-shot eyes.
We ask if vermin are the ones that already learned:
those arenât tears,
theyâre just five more drops.
Just five more drops!
What lies?
No big surprise.
We get our clues from the ones who thought up they will conquer us.
Are we too fucked to say the end is here too much?
Weâre in denial with five drops.
Do you remember the strain?
Do you remember the pain?
Do you remember who caused all the blame?
Dagny!
Do you remember me?
Do you remember us?
Do you surrender your cup or your plate?
Dagny!
What lies?
Heâs finally come alive,
out of these mediocre, plentiful things all the time.
A steady stream of fika,
conscious to a flood,
the clock is ticking for five drops.
Now Iâve heard there was a pĂ„tĂ„rs-round
that Dagny served, and it pleased the Lord,
but you donât really care for fika, do you?
It drops like this: The fourth, the fifth,
the minor fall, the major lift.
The baffled king entering Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
Her brew was strong but you needed more.
You saw her stirring in the milk.
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you.
She tied you to a kitchen chair.
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair,
and from your lips she drew the Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
You say I took the name in vain.
I donât even know the name,
but if I didâwell, reallyâwhatâs it to you?
Thereâs a blaze of light in every word.
It doesnât matter which you heard:
The holy or the broken Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
I did my best, it wasnât much.
I couldnât feel, so I tried to touch.
Iâve told the truth, I didnât come to fool you,
and even though it all went flops
Iâll ask again for five more drops
with nothing on my tongue but Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan, Kafé Sjuan.
Kafé Sjuan.
Sipping on my fika like you wanted it.
Calling me, all the time like Blondie.
Check out my sju sorters kakor:
Theyâre fine all of the time,
like the drops that Iâm spilling.
What else is in the teaches of Dagny? Huh? What?
Sipping on my fika like you wanted it.
Calling me, all the time like Blondie.
Check out my sju sorters kakor:
Theyâre fine all of the time,
like the drops that Iâm spilling.
What else is in the teaches of Dagny? Huh? What?
Huh? Right. What? Uhh.
Huh? What? Right. Uhh.
Huh? What? Right. Uhh.
Huh? What? Right. Uhh.
Fikabröd, Àppelpaj,
stay in school âcause itâs the best.
Ăppelpaj, fikabröd,
stay in school âcause itâs the best.
Ăppelpaj, fikabröd,
stay in school âcause itâs the best.
Ăppelpaj, fikabröd,
stay in school âcause itâs the best.
Sipping on my fika like you wanted it.
Calling me, all the time like Blondie.
Check out my sju sorters kakor:
Theyâre fine all of the time,
like the drops that Iâm spilling.
What else is in the teaches of Dagny? Huh? What?
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Huh? What? Right. Uhh.
Huh? What? Right. Uhh.
What else is in the teaches of Dagny?
Like the drops that Iâm spilling.
Huh? What? Right. Uhh.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Spill the five more drops.
Dear Dagny,
dear Dagny,
wonât you fill up my
cup again?
Dear Dagny,
dear,
Iâve been your friend
for many years
Wonât you do this for me?
Dearest Dagny,
and cover the bottom of my cup from the sun.
And the fikasug tightening,
the fikasug is tightening
around my throat.
And, and...
âŠaround the throat of the one I love.
Tightening, tightening, tightening,
around the throat of the one I love.
Tightening, tightening, tightening.
Dear Dagny,
dear Dagny,
now itâs your time to look after us!
âCause we kept you clothed,
we kept in business
when everyone else was having good luck.
So now itâs your time.
Time to spill,
to spill the drops and the five more that I love,
with the worldly goods youâve stashed away,
with all the things you
took from us.
How can I go into Kafé Sjuan
with nothing to say?
I know youâre going to look at me that way
and say âWhat did you do out there?â
and âWhat did you decide?
You said you needed time
and you had time.â
You are a fika shop
and I am a bull.
You are really good food
and I am full.
I guess everything is timing.
I guess everythingâs been said,
so I am coming home with an empty cup.
Youâll say âDid they love you or what?â
Iâll say âThey love what I do.
The only one who really loves me is you.â
and youâll say âGirl, did you want pĂ„tĂ„r?â
and Iâll say âI donât really remember,
but my fingers are sore
and my voice is too.â
Youâll say âItâs really good to see you.â
Youâll say âI missed you horribly.â
Youâll say âDo you want the usual
fika and cake?â
And you will brew the heavy stuff
and you will spill five drops
and Iâll look out the window making jokes
about the way things are.
How can I go into Kafé Sjuan
with nothing to say?
I know youâre going to look at me that way
and say âWhat did you do out there?â
and âWhat did you decide?
You said you needed time
and you had time.â
Busted flat in Kafé Sjuan, eating way too much.
Feeling nearly faded as my jeans.
Dagny spilled us five more drops just before it rained,
took us all the way to New Orleans.
Took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
and was blowing sad while Dagnyâs fika brews.
With them windshield wipers slapping time and
Dagny clapping hands, we finally ate up every cake
that kitchen knew.
Fikaâs just another word for nothing left to lose,
and nothing ainât worth nothing but itâs free.
Feeling good was easy, Lord, with Dagnyâs fika brews,
and buddy, that was good enough for me,
good enough for me and my Dagny McGee.
From the coalmines of Kentucky to the California sun,
Dagny shared the secrets of my soul.
Serving me some pÄtÄr, through everything I done,
and every sip it kept me from the cold.
Then, somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away,
she was looking for the love I hope sheâll find.
Well, Iâd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday,
holding Dagnyâs fika in my cup.
Fikaâs just another word for nothing left to lose,
and five more drops was all she left to me.
Feeling good was easy, Lord, with Dagnyâs fika brews,
and buddy, that was good enough for me.
Good enough for me and Dagny McGee.
Hello, Dagny, my old friend!
Iâve come to talk with you again,
because fikasuget, softly creeping,
left its seeds while I was sleeping
and the craving that was planted in my brain
still remains
without the drops of Dagny.
In restless dreams I walked alone.
Narrow streets of cobblestone.
âNeath the halo of a streetlamp,
I saw my fika had grown cold and damp,
when my eyes were stabbed by the flash of KafĂ© Sjuanâs light
that split the night
and touched the drops of Dagny.
And in the naked light I saw
ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking.
People hearing without listening.
People yelling âDagny, come here and spill
five more drops,
just five more drops of Dagny.â
âFools,â said I, âYou do not know!
Nothing like a fika grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you!
Take my arms that I might reach you!â
But my words like spilling five drops fell
and echoed in the drops of Dagny.
And the people eat and drank
of the fika god they made
and the sign flashed out its warning
in the words that it was forming,
and the sign said, âThe words of the smulpaj
are written on the subway walls
and tenement halls
and dipped in the drops of Dagny.â
Sweet black Dagny over the sea,
please come and spill five more drops for me.
One time I trusted a stranger
âcause I smelled his fika
and it was gently enticing me
though there was something wrong
but when I turned he was gone.
Blinding me, his cup remains, reminding me:
Heâs a bandit and a heart breaker!
Oh, but Dagny was a dropspiller.
Sweet black Dagny over the sea,
please come and spill five more drops for me.
He wages war with the devil.
A pistol by his side.
And though he chases him out windows
and wonât give him a place to hide,
he keeps his door open wide
Fighting him, he lights a lamp inviting him.
Heâs a bandit and a heart breaker!
Oh, but Dagny was a dropspiller.
Sweet black Dagny over the sea,
please come and spill five more drops for me.
I heard the thunder come rumbling,
the light never looked so dim.
I see the junction get nearer
and danger is in the wind
and either roadâs looking grim.
Hiding me, I flee, desire dividing me.
Heâs a bandit and a heart breaker!
Oh, but Dagny was a dropspiller.
Yes, Dagny was a dropspiller.
Yes, Dagny was a dropspiller.
Sweet black Dagny over the sea,
please come and spill five more drops for me.
One time I trusted a stranger
âcause I smelled his fika
and it was gently enticing me
though there was something wrong
but when I turned he was gone.
Blinding me, his cup remains, reminding me:
Heâs a bandit and a heartbreaker.
Oh, but Dagny was a dropspiller.
Sweet black Dagny over the sea,
please come and spill five more drops for me.
I grab my cup with the faith of a preacherman.
I saw a ghost with fikasug like a madman.
I had this dream I was sleeping at Kafé Sjuan.
I hit the streets,
hey, watch me in the monitor!
I saw a clone who looked just like a senator.
I checked my cup,
I felt that it was time to get more drops.
Then came you.
Why did you keep me waiting so long?
Why did you keep me waiting so long?
Why did you keep me waiting so long?
I was a spy, I was captured by the enemies.
I made a million selling secret fantasies.
I saw my fika wasted in a pale gray zone.
I was the quake shaking every monument.
I had to fi-find out what all the money meant.
I checked my cup,
I knew that it was time to get more drops.
I could move to a small town
and become a waitress.
Say my name was Dagny
and I was figuring things out.
See, my baby, he left me
and I donât feel like spilling drops tonight.
I remember sleepless nights.
I remember Kafé Sjuan.
I remember the music from the downstairs bar.
Girls, they just want to have fun
and the rest of us hardly know who we are.
Itâs a dark, twisted road we are on
and we are to walk it alone.
I could join the circus
when they come to town.
Me and the freaks, the tamers
and that old sad clown.
Iâd walk across that tight rope
head held high.
So close to death,
Iâve never felt more alive.
But⊠you know, itâs a dark, twisted road we are on
and we are to walk it alone.
Could drive out to the ocean
and just stare in awe.
I could walk âcross the beaches
and sleep under the stars.
Our love would seem trivial and obscure
now and never feel lost anymore.
Tonightâs twilight will be the last
seen by our eyes.
So if it seems so beautiful:
Kiss the beauty goodbye.
Oh, my little Dagny,
please say that you are no more,
and ears, please swear you did not hear
this creaking in the café floor.
Iâll forgive my eyes for lovely lies
so certainly within my will.
Please declare this piercing stare
so false at a cup thatâs standing still.
So five more drops, give it to us.
So five more drops, give it to us.
The sun wonât rise, my spirit dies.
All hope has withdrawn.
Here I lay because either way
I know, weâll all get five more drops.
Five more drops, five more drops.
Five more drops, five more drops.
Five more drops, five more drops.
Five more drops, five more drops.
I think about Dagnyâs pĂ„tĂ„r
and lately I think of it more.
Iâm living well out of my time.
I feel like Iâm losing my mind.
I should be at the table round!
A servant of the crown,
the keeper of the sign
to sparkle and to shine.
Never, no, never again!
Listen to me and believe what I say if you can.
Never, this is the end.
You know Iâve seen the end of my cup and Iâm only a man.
Help me, tell me Iâm sane!
I feel a change in the earth, in the wind, and the rain.
Save me, take me away!
You know Iâve seen some creatures from hell and Iâve heard what they say!
Iâve got to be strongâŠ
Oh, Iâm spilling off the edge of the cup!
Think youâre safe, but youâre wrong!
We are spilling off the edge of the cup!
Look out! Thereâs danger! Nowhere to run!
It seems like desperate measures but sometimes it has to be done.
Over, itâs over at last.
Thereâs a message inside as we spill five more drops of this brew.
Weâre spilling off the edge of the cup!
Yes, the edge of the cup!
Itâs the end of the cup!
Spilling in the name of
Some of those that serve tables, are the same that brew fika
Some of those that serve tables, are the same that brew fika
Some of those that serve tables, are the same that brew fika
Some of those that serve tables, are the same that brew fika
Huh!
Spilling in the name of
Spilling in the name of
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me!
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me!
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me!
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me!
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me!
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me!
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me!
Fuck you, I wonât drink what you spill me!
Motherfucker!
Uggh!
Serve me the bullar, serve me the fika,
spill me the five drops more.
Spill me just five more,
just it was like before.
Bring me the feeling, right in that moment,
when a thirst for fika cries.
Find me the treasure where the legend lies.
If I were a noble ancient knight,
Iâd stand by your side to rule and fight.
It will always feel the same
when I call out your name.
Dagny survive, in dreams I walk by your side.
Dagny survive, with you thereâs no need to hide.
A handful of drops are more than a reason
for me to feel this way.
Iâd like to be near you,
maybe for just one day
Serve me the bullar, serve me the fika,
spill me the five drops more.
Spill me just five more,
just it was like before.
I donât know what youâre looking for.
You havenât found it, baby, thatâs for sure.
You drink it up and spread the crumbs around
in the dust of the deed of time.
And this is not a case of tips, you see.
Itâs not a matter of you versus me.
Itâs fine the way you want me on your own,
but in the end itâs always me alone.
And Iâm spilling my favourite brew.
Youâre losing your mind again.
Iâm spilling my fika,
spilling my favourite brew.
I only know what Iâve been working for.
Another you so I spill five drops more.
I really thought that I could take you there,
but my pÄtÄr is not getting us anywhere.
I had a vision I could turn you right.
A stupid mission and a lethal fight.
I should have seen it when my hope was new.
My coffeeâs black and my skin is too.
And Iâm spilling my favourite brew.
Youâre losing your mind again.
Iâm spilling my favourite brew.
Iâve tried, but youâre still the same.
Iâm spilling my fika.
Youâre losing a saviour and a saint
Iâm gonna drink it all.
A KafĂ© Sjuan Dagny couldnât hold me back.
Theyâre gonna rip it off.
Taking their time right behind my back.
And Iâm talking to myself at night,
because I canât forget.
Back and forth through my mind
behind a cigarette.
And the message coming from my eyes says, âCome here and spillâ.
Donât wanna hear about it.
Every single oneâs got a fika to spill.
Everyone knows about it,
from the Queen of England to the hounds of hell
and if I catch it coming back my way
Iâm gonna serve it to you
and that ainât what you want to hear
but thatâs what Iâll do.
And the feeling coming from my bones says, âFive more dropsâ.
Iâm going to KafĂ© Sjuan.
Far from this opera for evermore.
Iâm gonna drink the brew,
make the sweat drip out of every pore
and Iâm bleeding, and Iâm bleeding, and Iâm bleeding
right before the Lord.
All the drops are gonna bleed from me
and I will drink no more.
And the stains coming from my blood tell me, âCome here and spillâ.
Iâm Dagny Clearwater Wright,
best friend of Elodie Eye.
Weâve been tight since Percy Elementary,
class of 1985.
We moved together out to Philly after college,
took a two bedroom at South & 9th.
I spilled my fika drops so we could have it easy.
El got her grandmotherâs money when she died.
We laughed like we were queens
and split our ballgowns at the seams
and every single time Iâd dream
it was only El & me
but then she slipped away from me.
She met a boy from New Jersey
and they fell fast in love of course.
I swear it felt like a divorce.
This September Iâll be 26 years old
and Elâs the only one besides my dad
whoâs ever said âI love you, Dagny.â
Took a job at Kafé Sjuan.
Itâs an hour on the bus each way.
Spilling fika for a lawyer in a bad toupee.
Itâs dumb, I know, but it pays okay.
And did I mention I moved out?
I got my own place off of South
and Iâve been living hand to mouth
for going on a year by now,
and yes I still see El around.
Itâs different but I canât say how.
She cut her hair, itâs back to brown.
Sheâs living with her boyfriend now.
And since September Iâve been 26 years old.
Sheâs still the only one besides my dad
whoâs ever said âI love you, Dagny.â
It could all be so simple
but youâd rather make it hard.
Serving you is like a battle
and we both end up with scars.
Tell me, what I have to spill
to get some reciprocity?
See, no one spills more drops than me
and no one ever will.
Is this just a silly game
that forces you to act this way,
forces you to scream my name,
then pretend that you canât stay?
Tell me, what I have to spill
to get some reciprocity?
See, no one spills more drops than me
and no one ever will.
No matter how I think I spill
you always seem to let me know
it ainât working.
It ainât working,
and when I try to walk away
youâd hurt yourself to make me stay.
This is pÄtÄr.
This is pÄtÄr.
I keep letting you back in.
How can I explain myself?
As painful as this thing has been
I just canât be with no one else.
See, I know what weâve got to do:
You let go and Iâll let go too
âcause no oneâs drank more drops than you
and no one ever will.
No matter how I think I spill you always seem to let me know it ainât working. It ainât working, and when I try to walk away youâd hurt yourself to make me stay. This is pĂ„tĂ„r. This is pĂ„tĂ„r.
You people can watch while Iâm spilling five drops
and Iâm spilling five drops while youâre gawking.
Maybe once ya tip me and it makes ya feel swell
in this crummy Kafé Sjuan,
in this crummy old hotel,
but youâll never guess to who youâre talking.
No.
You couldnât ever guess to who youâre talking.
Then one night thereâs a scream in the night,
and youâll wonder âWho could that have been?â
and you see me kinda grinning while Iâm spilling
and you say âWhatâs she got to grin?â
Iâll tell you.
Thereâs a ship,
the Black Freighter,
with a skull on its masthead
will be coming in.
You gentlemen can say, âDagny, come here and spill!
Get upstairs! Whatâs wrong with you! Five more drops here!â
You toss me your tips
and look out to the ships
but Iâm counting your cups
as Iâm brewing the pots
âcause thereâs nobody gonna drink here,
tonight. Nobodys gonna drink here, honey.
Nobody.
Nobody!
Then one night thereâs a scream in the night
and you say âWhoâs that kicking up a row?â
and ya see me kinda staring out the window
and you say âWhatâs she got to stare at now?â
Iâll tell ya.
Thereâs a ship,
the Black Freighter,
turns around in the harbor
shooting guns from her bow.
Now you gentlemen can wipe off that smile off your face
âcause every building in town is a flat one.
This whole fricking place will be down to the ground.
Only Kafé Sjuan standing up safe and sound
and you yell, âWhy do they spare that one?â
Yes.
Thatâs what you say.
âWhy do they spare that one?â
All the night through,
through the noise and to-do,
you wonder âWho is that person that lives up there?â
and you see me stepping out in the morning
looking nice with a ribbon in my hair.
And the ship,
The Black Freighter,
runs a flag up its masthead
and a cheer rings the air.
By noontime the dock
is a-swarming with men
coming out from the ghostly freighter.
They move in the shadows
where no one can see
and theyâre chaining up people
and theyâre bringing em to me,
asking me,
âKill them now or later?â
Asking me!
âKill them now, or later?â
Noon by the clock
and so still at the dock
you can hear a foghorn miles away
and in that quiet of death
Iâll say, âRight now.
Right now!â
Then they pile up the bodies
and Iâll say,
âThatâll learn ya!â
And the ship,
the Black Freighter,
disappears out to sea
and
on
it
is
me.
The fika cup, so shiny and new,
how quickly the glamour fades.
I start spinning, slipping out of time.
Was that the wrong cake to eat?
You made a deal, and now it seems you have to offer up.
But will it ever be enough?
Itâs not enough.
Here I am, a rabbit hearted girl,
frozen in the headlights.
It seems Iâve made the final sacrifice.
We raise it up, this empty cup.
We raise it up.
This is a pÄtÄr, it comes with a price.
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Dagny is queen and she holds me so tight
and spills five more drops in the sunlight.
I look around, but I canât find you.
If only I could see your face
instead of rushing towards the skyline.
I wish that I could just be brave.
I must become a lion hearted girl,
ready for a fight,
before I make the final sacrifice.
We raise it up, this empty cup.
We raise it up.
This is a pÄtÄr, it comes with a price.
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Dagny is queen and she holds me so tight
and spills five more drops in the sunlight.
Raise it up, raise it up.
Raise it up, raise it up.
And in the spring I shed my skin
and it blows away with the changing wind.
The cup it turns from bare to full
as towards Dagny I offer it.
This is a pÄtÄr, it comes with a price.
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Dagny is queen and she holds me so tight
and spills five more drops in the sunlight.
This is a pÄtÄr, it comes with a price.
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Dagny is queen and she holds me so tight
and spills five more drops in the sunlight.
This is a pÄtÄr, it comes with a price.
Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
Dagny is queen and she holds me so tight
and spills five more drops in the sunlight.
This is a pÄtÄr.