Open Landscapes

Sorry for that bout of groveling in selfpity and passive aggressiveness. I am back on track again, but will most likely leave the earlier post there as a reminder to myself!

Anyway, it always help to listen to Ulf Lundell. This song always gets voted into first place when Swedes are asked to suggest a new national anthem.



I feel best in open landscapes
by Ulf Lundell (translated by Bock McMillan)

I feel best in open landscapes, close to the sea I want to live
A few months trough out the year, so I can get peace within
I feel best in open landscapes, where winds are blowing full
Where the larks fly free up to the sky, and singing wonderful
There I make my own aquavit, and flavor it with St. John´s Wort
And drink it with pleasure, with herring and homemade bread
I feel best in open landscapes, close to sea I want to live.


I feel best in peace and freedom, for both body and soul
No one comes too close to me, and shutting in and steal
I feel best when day is breaking, where fields are filled with light
When cocks crow far away, when it´s far to the closest house
But still so close, that one quiet silent night
When you're sitting under the stars, you can still hear the laughter
I feel best in peace and freedom, for both body and soul


I feel best when the sea is swelling, and gulls are crying high
When the beach is filled with seashells, with the oceans sound inside
When the clear and the simple, can exist the way it wants
Where yes is yes, and no is no, and doubt is lying low
Then I tie a ring of leafs, and lay it on the closest rock
Where runes were cut for our sake, once so long ago
I feel best when the sea is swelling, and the gulls are crying high


I feel best in open landscapes, close to the sea I want to live