Nina Persson (born Nina Elisabet Persson September 6, 1974 in Örebro, Swede… Read Full Bio ↴Nina Persson (born Nina Elisabet Persson September 6, 1974 in Örebro, Sweden) is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish pop group The Cardigans. Originally, she was going to art school until she started with the The Cardigans. She has also worked as a solo artist, releasing two albums as A Camp and appearing on the tribute album to Serge Gainsbourg entitled Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited. She has also worked with rock group Sparklehorse. She appears on the Manic Street Preachers song "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" on the album "Send Away the Tigers". This track was voted "Track of the year" by Dutch radio station KXradio.

Persson is married to the American composer and musician Nathan Larson. She sung the lyrics to some of his songs on the soundtracks to Todd Solondz’ movie "Palindromes" and Australian movie "Little Fish".

Persson also made her acting debut in the movie "Om Gud vill" which was released in 2006.

She is currently working on her solo album.

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Forgot To Tell You
Nina Persson Lyrics

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Forgot to tell you about something
Forgot to tell you about something
Don't know what, don't know what
There no words

I'm supposed to tell you about something
I'm always losing the small things
To the gaps and the holes

To the rats and crows

So I might just forget about it now
And return if I find it in the clouds
Or in a book of the belly of a bee
I'm sick of watching it float away from me

Forgot to tell you about something
Forgot to tell you about something
Don't know what, don't know what
There no words

I'm meant to tell you about something
It might better than the big things
There's a lot, there's a lot
There's a whole lotta lot

So I might just forget about it now
Cause I don't know if I can figure it out
There's a place at the bottom of the sea
Where the things that I lost have got to be

Floating down
I thought I saw
What I forgot

Forgot to tell you about something
Forgot to tell you about something
Don't know what, don't know what
There no words

I'm supposed to tell you about something
I'm always losing the small things
To the gaps and the holes
To the rats and crows

So you might just forget about me now
I get fickle and faint the more I try
I've been looking too hard but now I see
Where the things that I lost have got to be

Forgot to tell you about something

Overall Meaning

The song "Forgot To Tell You" by Nina Persson is a poetic reflection on the difficulty of communication and the loss of important thoughts and ideas due to forgetfulness. The repetition of the line "Forgot to tell you about something" creates a sense of urgency and frustration, as if the singer has been trying to communicate this message for some time but has been unable to find the words. The line "There no words" emphasizes the idea that some things are simply too difficult to express in language.

The second verse adds another layer to the theme of forgetfulness, as the singer laments always losing "the small things" to "the gaps and the holes/To the rats and crows." This imagery suggests that there are forces outside of our control that can snatch away our most precious memories and ideas. The singer considers giving up on trying to remember the "something" she was supposed to tell the listener and hopes that she will stumble upon it "in the clouds/Or in a book of the belly of a bee."

Line by Line Meaning

Forgot to tell you about something
I realize now that I never mentioned something important to you

Forgot to tell you about something
I forgot to tell you about something important, but I can't remember what it is

Don't know what, don't know what There no words
I don't know what it is that I forgot to tell you, and there are no words to describe it

I'm supposed to tell you about something I'm always losing the small things To the gaps and the holes To the rats and crows
It's my responsibility to let you know about important things, but I often forget or lose track of them due to various obstacles

So I might just forget about it now And return if I find it in the clouds Or in a book of the belly of a bee I'm sick of watching it float away from me
I'm tempted to let go of trying to remember what I forgot to tell you, and hope that it comes back to me in a surprising way

It might better than the big things There's a lot, there's a lot There's a whole lotta lot
Whatever it is that I forgot to tell you could be more important than the big things, and there's a lot of significance to it

Cause I don't know if I can figure it out There's a place at the bottom of the sea Where the things that I lost have got to be
I'm not sure if I can remember what I forgot, but I believe that it's somewhere lost and waiting to be found, perhaps even in a mythical place like the bottom of the sea

Floating down I thought I saw What I forgot
As I let go and stop trying to remember, I catch a glimpse of what I may have forgotten

So you might just forget about me now I get fickle and faint the more I try I've been looking too hard but now I see Where the things that I lost have got to be
You may want to forget about me because I tend to be unreliable when it comes to remembering things, but I've realized that trying too hard to remember can make it even harder to find what I'm looking for

Writer(s): Nina Elizabeth Persson, Nina Persson, Nathan Larson Copyright: BMG Platinum Songs, BMG Platinum Songs Us, The Music Of Nato

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