Great songs: Når hele himmelen faller ned - Anne Grete Preus

Snow in March by ~Helenert on deviantART
Photo from a showstorm in Oslo in March last year. The show really made this crowded part of Oslo really quiet.


My favorite song for days like today when it's snowing a lot is the Norwegian singer and songwriter Anne Grete Preus's "Når himmelen faller ned" - (when the heaven falls down). I don't really like her other songs, but this song is amazing. I haven't found anywhere online where you can hear it. It's exactly how Oslo feels when it's first starting to snow. I still love the lyrics, so I decided to translate them for you:

(spotify link to the song) (updated 7.12.2011)

It's snowing
Heavens correcting fluid over a misspelled summer
And listen
The noise of the city disappears under falling floods
We have learned that no snowflakes are identical
and wonders like that is something to think about for a while
I lean my head all the way back
and get a icekiss on my mouth
and get a icekiss

It's snowing
mute star sisters from invisible mouths
And dizzy from the attack of swarming soundless seconds
Today the earth is conquered by a heavenly army
and with out weapons the city is forced to it's knees
Everything moves a little slower on earth
when the heaven is falling down
when the heaven is falling down

Thanks for all the useless snow
troubles and voes
Today the earth is conquered by a heavenly army
without bombs and grenades
The city is forced to it's knees
Everything moves a little slower on earth
when the heaven is falling down
when the heaven is falling down