My favourite
sentence from the lyrics is: only those I really love
will ever really know me.
7
years is a song by Lukas Graham,
soul pop band. Yes, they are a band, named by their frontman. The band is from
Denmark. Song was released on September 2015. The ballad topped the charts in Australia, Austria, UK, Canada and many other countries. I probably could
say that that's the song that made them noticeable all over the world.
The
lyrics, that are at the end of the post, are about Lukas Graham Forchhammer's life and
his expectations for the future. It gets really deep and when he gets to age of
60 it gets really sad and heart breaking but so realistic. That's life. The song starts with really cool sound
of an old movie projector. The ballad also reminds me on a music box. My
arrangement is written in the key of Bb major.
On
Official Charts Company, Rob Copsey wrote:
»Lukas describes 7 Years as a song about his life so far and what he hopes to
achieve in the future. He gets as far as the age of 60, he says, "because
my father died at 61. I need to pass it to believe it." He continues:
"It’s a song about growing older. I’m also coming to a realisation that
being a father is the most important thing. My biggest dream is not to be some
negative old dude, but to have my kids’ friends say, ‘You’re going to visit
your dad? Say hi! He’s awesome.’ I had a perfect father.”«
On
Wikipedia they have found probably the only critical
reception: »In a review in the
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten critic Anders Houmøller
Thomsen compares the song to The Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four":
"The ballad "7 Years" sounds like a current answer to The
Beatles' "When I'm Sixty-Four". "7 Years" bubbles with
ignited storytelling about life's fast speed, when the daydreams of childhood
and youth suddenly becomes replaced by retirement-melancholia. Graham finds his
own path between sweet sentimentality and heartbreaking empathy, and like a
young McCartney, Graham also has a similar instinctive ability to craft
superglue-sticking choruses.«
Lyrics:
Once I was seven years old, my mama told me,
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely.
Once I was seven years old.
It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger
Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker
By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor
Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure.
Once I was eleven years old, my daddy told me,
Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely.
Once I was eleven years old
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely.
Once I was seven years old.
It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger
Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker
By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor
Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure.
Once I was eleven years old, my daddy told me,
Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely.
Once I was eleven years old
I always had that dream, like my daddy before me
So I started writing songs, I started writing stories
Something about that glory just always seemed to bore me
'Cause only those I really love will ever really know me
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
Before the morning sun, when life was lonely
Once I was twenty years old
So I started writing songs, I started writing stories
Something about that glory just always seemed to bore me
'Cause only those I really love will ever really know me
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
Before the morning sun, when life was lonely
Once I was twenty years old
I only see my goals, I don't believe in failure
'Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major
I got my boys with me, at least those in favor
And if we don't meet before I leave, I hope I'll see you later
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
I was writing about everything I saw before me
Once I was twenty years old
'Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major
I got my boys with me, at least those in favor
And if we don't meet before I leave, I hope I'll see you later
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
I was writing about everything I saw before me
Once I was twenty years old
Soon we'll be thirty years old, our songs have been sold
We've traveled around the world and we're still roaming
Soon we'll be thirty years old
I'm still learning about life
My woman brought children for me
So I can sing them all my songs
And I can tell them stories
We've traveled around the world and we're still roaming
Soon we'll be thirty years old
I'm still learning about life
My woman brought children for me
So I can sing them all my songs
And I can tell them stories
Most of my boys are with me
Some are still out seeking glory
And some I had to leave behind
My brother, I'm still sorry
And some I had to leave behind
My brother, I'm still sorry
Soon I'll be sixty years old, my daddy got sixty-one
Remember life, and then your life becomes a bitter one
I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once
I hope my children come and visit once or twice a month
Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me?
Soon I'll be sixty years old
Remember life, and then your life becomes a bitter one
I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once
I hope my children come and visit once or twice a month
Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me?
Soon I'll be sixty years old
Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me?
Soon I'll be sixty years old
Once I was seven years old, my mama told me,
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely.
Once I was seven years old
Once I was seven years old
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me?
Soon I'll be sixty years old
Once I was seven years old, my mama told me,
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely.
Once I was seven years old
Once I was seven years old
