You Must Exist Click to see the original lyrics (Swedish) You drove me out, God, from my homeland torn away. Here I'm a refugee and a stranger and I do accept that as my fate But You took my child And You take me from my man. I can no longer see any meaning. What is it you want? What should I think? The thought is dizzying, before me opens an abyss, my whole being is in uproar and wants to say no, my soul shivers at the answer to the question I've raised; that You do not exist though I believed in You. Who'd help me endure life all the way out here? Who'd give me the skills and the strength I must show? Who would comfort me? I am so little on the earth If You did not exist, yes, how would I cope? No, You must exist, You have to! I live my life through You. Without You I am a splinter on a dark and stormy sea. You must exist, You have to! How could You just overlook me? I would be nowhere, I would be nothing if You did not exist. Never before has that been on my tongue or in my mind, that little word which is frightening and plaguing me so; the word is "if ", if I have said all of my prayers in vain? If You do not exist what will I do? Who would feel my repentance and then just forgive me? Freedom in my soul, yes, who would give that to me? Who'd be there at the end to accept me, after my death? If You did not exist who would take my hand then? No, You must exist, You have to! I live my life through You. Without You I am a splinter on a dark and stormy sea. You must exist, You have to! How could You just overlook me? I would be nowhere, I would be nothing if You did not exist. You must exist, You have to! How could You just overlook me? I would be nowhere, I would be nothing if You did not exist lyricstranslate.com
Historical background The first Swedes emigrated to North America during the 17th century. They settled at Delaware flood and founded a colony called "New Sweden".9 There lived in May 1654: 368 colonists and 22 Dutch. 10 By the middle of the 19th century, the first large group of emigrants was a religious group that followed the prophet Erik Jansson. Between 1846 and 1850 there were about 1,500 "Janssars" who founded his own colony Bishop Hill in the Henry county area of Illinois.11 Several Swedes who were not accepted because of their faith by the Church of Sweden emigrated to North America. Some of them are the 3,409 Mormons. 12 Vilhelm Moberg made use of the character Danjel Andreasson from Kärragärden, who is Åkian, to give the reader an image of religious Sweden during the 19th century. Beijbom describes how more than 100,000 people emigrated between 1868 and 1873, which in total, there are more emigrants than all the people who have left Sweden since the 17th century.13 They most fled the countryside after the crop failure period between 1867 and 1868. The years of need, as they were called, showed what extreme climate and failed harvests could do to the natural economy lingering time and how vulnerable the modern industry was, despite shift movement and other rationalizations. The consequence of our history's last major natural disaster was certainly not mass death in famine but a huge increase in them poor and needy. 14 In the novel suite, the emigrants leave Sweden as early as 1850, the years before the great harvest failure (Moberg 1949, p. 525). Thus, they can be counted as one of the first groups to leave
@@MiriamObiegbuReact worth it,powerful lyrics, i also recommande to watch guldet bllev til sand, same concert. but a guy who sings, all this is about the swedish settlers in america in 1800hundreds and the hardships they faced.
Amazing!!!!😯
You Must Exist
Click to see the original lyrics (Swedish)
You drove me out, God,
from my homeland torn away.
Here I'm a refugee and a stranger
and I do accept that as my fate
But You took my child
And You take me from my man.
I can no longer see any meaning.
What is it you want?
What should I think?
The thought is dizzying,
before me opens an abyss,
my whole being is in uproar and wants to say no,
my soul shivers
at the answer to the question I've raised;
that You do not exist
though I believed in You.
Who'd help me endure life all the way out here?
Who'd give me the skills and the strength I must show?
Who would comfort me? I am so little on the earth
If You did not exist,
yes, how would I cope?
No, You must exist,
You have to!
I live my life through You.
Without You I am a splinter on a dark and stormy sea.
You must exist,
You have to!
How could You just overlook me?
I would be nowhere,
I would be nothing if You did not exist.
Never before has that been on my tongue or in my mind,
that little word which is frightening and plaguing me so;
the word is "if ", if I have said all of my prayers in vain?
If You do not exist
what will I do?
Who would feel my repentance and then just forgive me?
Freedom in my soul, yes, who would give that to me?
Who'd be there at the end to accept me, after my death?
If You did not exist
who would take my hand then?
No, You must exist,
You have to!
I live my life through You.
Without You I am a splinter on a dark and stormy sea.
You must exist,
You have to!
How could You just overlook me?
I would be nowhere,
I would be nothing if You did not exist.
You must exist,
You have to!
How could You just overlook me?
I would be nowhere,
I would be nothing if You did not exist
lyricstranslate.com
good pronunciation!
Historical background
The first Swedes emigrated to North America during the 17th century. They settled at
Delaware flood and founded a colony called "New Sweden".9 There lived in May 1654:
368 colonists and 22 Dutch.
10
By the middle of the 19th century, the first large group of emigrants was a religious group that
followed the prophet Erik Jansson. Between 1846 and 1850 there were about 1,500 "Janssars" who
founded his own colony Bishop Hill in the Henry county area of Illinois.11 Several Swedes
who were not accepted because of their faith by the Church of Sweden emigrated to
North America. Some of them are the 3,409 Mormons.
12 Vilhelm Moberg made use of
the character Danjel Andreasson from Kärragärden, who is Åkian, to give the reader an image of
religious Sweden during the 19th century.
Beijbom describes how more than 100,000 people emigrated between 1868 and 1873, which
in total, there are more emigrants than all the people who have left Sweden since the 17th century.13 They
most fled the countryside after the crop failure period between 1867 and 1868.
The years of need, as they were called, showed what extreme climate and failed harvests could do to the natural economy
lingering time and how vulnerable the modern industry was, despite shift movement and other rationalizations. The consequence
of our history's last major natural disaster was certainly not mass death in famine but a huge increase in them
poor and needy.
14
In the novel suite, the emigrants leave Sweden as early as 1850, the years before the great harvest failure
(Moberg 1949, p. 525). Thus, they can be counted as one of the first groups to leave
i think there are subtitles avaible for this
Okay I will check it out
@@MiriamObiegbuReact worth it,powerful lyrics, i also recommande to watch guldet bllev til sand, same concert. but a guy who sings, all this is about the swedish settlers in america in 1800hundreds and the hardships they faced.