The members of Mew started playing music together in 1995. Mew first achieved success in Denmark with their album Frengers, although their debut album, A Triumph for Man, had been met with much critical acclaim back in 1997. At the 2003 Danish Music Critics Award Show, Mew won the awards for "Album of the Year" and "Band of the Year." Until this point Mew was relatively unknown outside of Denmark; however after a European tour supporting R.E.M. Mew began to attract wider attention. After releasing the critically-acclaimed album And The Glass Handed Kites, featuring contributions from J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr, Mew has built on their success in Denmark as well as attracting attention from other countries in Europe and Asia. In the summer of 2006, they toured as the supporting act for Bloc Party in the U.S. as well as for Kasabian in the U.S. and Canada in the fall. After these tours, they returned to Denmark to work on new material.
On March 14th, 2007, Mew embarked on their first ever headlining tour in America with Oh No! Oh My! as the supporting act. Their fifth studio album, No More Stories/Are Told Today/I'm Sorry/They Washed Away//No More Stories/The World Is Grey/I'm Tired/Let's Wash Away, was released in August 25, 2009. They've also toured with Nine Inch Nails, Kings of Leon and Sigur Rós. In 2010, they released a greatest hits compilation called Eggs are Funny. They began performing new material in 2012 at Roskilde Festival, and released their sixth studio album, +- in 2015. Madsen left the band the same year, and the band began writing new material for their new album shortly after they concluded their tour. They released their seventh studio album, Visuals, after releasing a few singles in the months preceding its release. They embarked on tours for the album, as well as a tour celebrating the 15th anniversary of their breakthrough album Frengers in 2018.
Discography:
* A Triumph for Man (1997, re-released 2006)
* Half the World Is Watching Me (2000, re-released Aug 2007)
* Frengers (2003)
* And the Glass Handed Kites (2005)
* No More Stories... (2009)
* Eggs are Funny (2010)
* +- (2015)
* Visuals (2017)
Then I Run
Mew Lyrics
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Hey, I'm feeling kinda sick these days
I come along, I smell the air
I hear them smile and I'm beside me
My head feels light and so are theirs
Frames are molded once again
I feel it come, I go outside
And I lay down in the cool grass
But you can sense it in the evening
And then I run, and then I run
And then I run, and then I run
And then I run, and then I run
I guess I should have seen them coming
I guess I should have seen them
I should have seen them
The song "Then I Run" by Mew explores deep emotions and ethereal experiences that the singer encounters. The opening lines "Sleeping, I saw you in a dream" introduce the dream-like state of the singer as they are consumed with feelings of illness and confusion. The singer is observing their surroundings and feels detached from their environment. In the chorus, the repetition of "And then I run" signifies their need to escape and flee from the complex emotions they are feeling.
As the song progresses, the singer realizes they should have seen the negative aspects of their life coming. The line "Frames are molded once again" suggests that they have fallen into the same patterns of behavior and are struggling with cyclic negative thoughts. The singer tries to seek solace in nature by going outside and laying down on cool grass. However, they realize that the feeling of uneasiness is still present within them even though they cannot see or pinpoint it as it is just an underlying emotion.
The song's haunting melody and the use of repetition effectively convey the feeling of being trapped and struggling with emotions that one cannot escape from. The lyrics paint a picture of a surreal, dream-like reality where the singer feels lost and confused.
Line by Line Meaning
Sleeping, I saw you in a dream
I dreamt of you when I was asleep
Hey, I'm feeling kinda sick these days
I'm not feeling well lately
I come along, I smell the air
I take a walk and notice the surroundings
I hear them smile and I'm beside me
I can hear people smiling and I feel detached from myself
My head feels light and so are theirs
I feel dizzy and so do the people around me
Frames are molded once again
Memories are coming back to me
I feel it come, I go outside
I feel something coming, so I go outside
And I lay down in the cool grass
I lay on the grass to cool down
When I look up it isn't there,
I look up and the thing I was expecting to see is not there
But you can sense it in the evening
You can still feel it in the atmosphere
And then I run, and then I run
I start running
And then I run, and then I run
I keep running
And then I run, and then I run
I run some more
I guess I should have seen them coming
I should have been more aware of what was going to happen
I guess I should have seen them
I should have seen the signs
I should have seen them
I should have known better
Lyrics © Fintage House Publishing
Written by: SILAS UTKE GRAAE JOERGENSEN, BO RUNE MADSEN, JONAS BJERRE TERKELSBOEL, JOHAN HASLUND WOHLERT
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