Det är blommor som har fångat dej

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Lyrics
En gång i livet möter du nån
som ändrar det som sker, som ändrar det du ser
En gång i livet möter du nån
som ändrar det som sker, som ändrar allt du ser
Och det är allt du förstår
allt du kan och allt du vet
Det är din nya verklighet

Och vill du därifrån
så finns det ingen väg och gå
för vem vill lämna en doft av vår?
Det är blommor som har fångat dej
fångat dej

En gång i livet vinner du allt
när ingenting går fel i hjärtats stora spel
En gång i livet vinner du allt
när ingenting går fel i hjärtats röda spel

Och jag skulle stoppa dig
allt som finns, det hände nyss
kvar är smaken av en kyss

Och vill du därifrån
så finns det ingen väg och gå
för vem kan lämna en doft av vår?
Det är blommor som har fångat dej
Så vill du därifrån
så finns det ingen väg och gå
för vem vill lämna en doft av vår?
Det är blommor som har fångat dej
fångat dej

English translation

It's Flowers That Have Captured You

Once in your life you meet someone
who changes what happens, who changes what you see
Once in your life you meet someone
who changes what happens, who changes all that you see
And it's all you understand
all you can and all you know
It's your new reality

And if you want to leave
There's no way to go
because who wants to leave a scent of spring?
It's flowers that have captured you
captured you

Once in your life you win it all
when nothing goes wrong in your heart's big game
Once in your life you win it all
when nothing goes wrong in your heart's red game

And I would stop you
all there is, it happened just now
all that's left is the taste of a kiss

And if you want to leave
There's no way to go
because who wants to leave a scent of spring?
It's flowers that have captured you
captured you
So if you want to leave
there is no way to go
because who wants to leave a scent of spring?
It's flowers that have captured you
captured you

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Credits

Words by Per Gessle and Åsa Nordin Gessle
Music by Per Gessle
Published by Jimmy Fun Music

Produced by Michael Ilbert & Gyllene Tider. Recorded by Michael Ilbert at EMI Studio 1, Skärmarbrink, Stockholm, Sweden in March 1995. Mixed by Michael Ilbert and Per Gessle. Per Gessle: vocals, guitar and harmonica, Micke Syd Andersson: drums and backing vocals, Göran Fritzon: keyboards, MP Persson: electric guitars, organ, piano and backing vocals, Anders Herrlin: bass.

Comments

Per: "The lyrics idea comes from my dear wife (an underestimated feminist.) Was written sometime around '94 up in Stockholm. We tuned down the guitars a full step to get that right heavy sound. Ilbert and I worked forever to find that Phil Spector/Jeff Lynne-touch in the chorus." Micke: "This was the last of the new songs. We tried for 3 hours to find a cool arrangement but we just couldn't & we were under time pressure since Per and Anders were going to South America with that other band they play in. So we dropped it. The day continued with overdubs, the time closed in on midnight and me, Anders, Fritte & MP hung around talking. Ilbert & PG were doing a guitar overdub on a song. Suddenly Ilbert comes down and says: we have an idea for the arrangement and 45 minutes later the song was done. Talk about Instant Hits!"

The song was slated for a single release, but for unknown reasons it was cancelled.