Tim: Six months on, I’m fairly sure that “När änglarna går hem” was one of the more memorable chorus lines from Melodifestivalen of this year; on the other hand, we both decided his next one was something we’d like to forget. This one?
Tim: Well that’s a whole lot closer to the first, and I’d actually say better than it, what with there being no dull first verse to get bored during. Instead, there are just big honest vocals conveying the general mood of the song.
Tom: You know how sometimes it’s all about the chorus? This time, it was all about the middle eight for me. That urgent percussion, the staccato vocals: that’s the part that stuck out to me.
Tim: You can probably guess what Glas and Cement translate to, and Betong is concrete – the main chorus line is roughly along the lines of “I’ll keep dancing as if nothing has happened, another broken heart amongst glass, concrete and cement.”
Tom: Ooh. Ooh, I like that a lot, and suddenly the chorus stands out for me as well. That’s an absolutely brilliant lyric. Maybe I’m just a bit tired, but I can’t quite get over that lyric.
Tim: Yes, but I kind of want to say ‘come on now, you’re getting just a bit melodramatic there aren’t you’; having said that, it reminds me of a good number nights out at university when I may have had a few too many, and quite frankly I think it’s great, especially the yelling during the middle eight. LET IT OUT, MARTIN. LET IT ALL OUT.