David & The Citizens is a band from Malmö, Sweden.

David & The Citiz… Read Full Bio ↴David & The Citizens is a band from Malmö, Sweden.

David & The Citizens were:
David Fridlund - Vocals, electric guitar
Conny Fridh - Bass, backing vocals
Magnus Bjerkert - Trumpet, organ, piano, guitar
John Bjerkert - Drums, backing vocals

They released their third full-length "Stop The Tape! Stop The Tape!" in August 2006. In February, 2007, on the cusp of a major tour and their first US appearances, all the members of the band (except Fridlund) quit.

There have been rumours that D&TC are finished. However, in his blog, David claims that these are false.

On the 17 December 2007 David & the Citizens released an EP called "I Saw My Reflection And I Didn't Recognize Myself" with four new songs. The EP is free for downloading at the web page and some pictures and the lyrics are included. The listeners have the option to pay for the EP if they are willing to and instructions are included in the EP. David also assures that the band still exists and "will be around till the day I decide to quit. And that day is yet to come."

New Direction
David & The Citizens Lyrics

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I put my finger on the pain
It was nothing, it was just the smell
After the rain
It was nothing, it was
Just the warm ground beneath my feet
I put my finger on the pain
It was nothing,
It wasjust the shadow of her ghost,

It was nothing it was just the feeling
That most things are ugly
That most things are ugly round here
- did I ever take my eyes off the horizon?
Lead the way from this place
And point me out a new direction
Everyone keep saying I'll be fine, fine, fine
I wonder if I'll wake one day to find my life
Waisted behind me

I took a peek into the sun
To see if it was true
What the blind girl said:
"if you look long enough,
You will see the dead coming down..."
I took a look into her eyes,
I saw nothing but the sky
And everlasting love
And the feeling I've been blinded ever since
The day I was brought here,
Ever since the day I was brought to this place

Did I ever take my mind off something dirty?
Always out of range. but I'll be feeling like
This 'til I drop dead,
And everyone keep saying
A lie is just a lie, lie, lie
Just hope that I can fool myself,
Then I know I'll be alright

So lead the way from this place
And point me out a new direction

Overall Meaning

In the song "New Direction" by David & the Citizens, the singer is struggling to find purpose and meaning amidst the dreariness and ugliness of their surroundings. The opening lyrics suggest a physical pain that turns out to be nothing more than a sensory experience – the smell and warmth after the rain. Likewise, the singer's emotional pain is a shadow of a former love, and the feeling that most things are ugly around them. They wonder if they've been too focused on the horizon, too distracted to notice the beauty around them. The singer longs for someone to lead them away from this place and point them in a new direction, but they also acknowledge the possibility that they may have wasted their life so far.

Line by Line Meaning

I put my finger on the pain
I identified the source of my discomfort

it was nothing, it was just the smell after the rain
It was a fleeting sensation that will pass

it was nothing, it was just the warm ground beneath my feet
I was comforted by the simple things

I put my finger on the pain, it was nothing, it was just the shadow of her ghost
My sorrow was caused by longing for someone who is no longer there

it was nothing it was just the feeling that most things are ugly
I was consumed by pessimism

that most things are ugly round here
Everything in this place is bleak and unpleasant

did I ever take my eyes off the horizon?
Did I lose sight of my goals?

lead the way from this place and point me out a new direction
I need guidance on how to move on

everyone keep saying I'll be fine, fine, fine
People reassure me without really understanding my pain

I wonder if I'll wake one day to find my life waisted behind me
I fear that my existence will be futile and meaningless

I took a peek into the sun to see if it was true
I sought answers from the heavens

what the blind girl said: 'if you look long enough, you will see the dead coming down...'
I considered unconventional perspectives that challenge our perception of reality

I took a look into her eyes, I saw nothing but the sky and everlasting love
I found solace in a pure and unselfish love

and the feeling I've been blinded ever since the day I was brought here, ever since the day I was brought to this place
I've been struggling to see clearly since I arrived here

Did I ever take my mind off something dirty?
Did I lose sight of what truly matters?

always out of range. but I'll be feeling like this 'til I drop dead
My problems seem insurmountable and never-ending

and everyone keep saying a lie is just a lie, lie, lie
People trivialize my concerns by reducing them to falsehoods

just hope that I can fool myself, then I know I'll be alright
I'm clinging to false hopes to cope

so lead the way from this place and point me out a new direction
I need to find a way out of this misery

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ALEXANDER LARS MADSEN, CONNY ANDREAS FRIDH, DAVID JOHAN FRIDLUND, MAGNUS CARL BJERKERT, MIKAEL LARS JOHAN CARLSSON

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