With her opera singer for a mother, theater organist father and Björk’s Homogenic on constant rotation, Oh Land was enraptured by the combination of experimental and classical arts. “My goal is to sound like I’m from 2050, but still feel really classic, like the music is an old friend,” said Oh Land. She spent her days pirouetting as a ballet dancer at the Danish Royal Ballet Academy when an injury forced her to reinvent herself and discover her true talent and passion as a musician. Oh Land was discovered by Kasper Bjørke who soon released her first album, Fauna, which garnered critical acclaim in her homeland of Denmark. Her soundscapes are lavish, crunchy, symphonic, brute and captivated with rhythms that fly apart. She translates the sounds live via her contraption - a homemade one-woman-band music box topped with balloon video projections (seeing is believing). Her music is for movement and new songs such as the thumping Sun of a Gun and euphoric White Nights have proven to make even the most portentous get up and dance. Having been discovered by Epic Records at 2009’s SXSW, she is currently putting the finishing touches on her US debut album and an EP to be released this fall.
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Sun of a Gun
Oh Land Lyrics
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Too much of your line made me blind.
I'd wait all night
But you left one too many times.
I want to change my orbit
Don't care what you do now.
I want to live in darkness
You go down, down, down
I fall out of love with you.
Come back round, round, round
You son of a gun.
You go down, down, down.
This time I won't save you
When you drown, drown, drown
You son of a gun.
You son of a gun.
Birds sing for you,
You can make the blue sky blush
You've got them all fooled
But I am burned out on this rush.
I want to change my orbit
Don't care what you do now.
I want to live in darkness
Don't want to be spun around.
You go down, down, down
I fall out of love with you.
Come back round, round, round
You son of a gun.
You go low, low, low.
This time I won't save you
When you go, go, go
You son of a gun.
You son of a gun.
Red sky creepin'
Disappearing
Bye-bye feeling
Heart you're stealing
You go down, down, down
I fall out of love with you.
Come back round, round, round
You son of a gun.
You go down, down, down.
This time I won't save you
When you drown, drown, drown
You son of a gun.
You son of a gun.
You son of a gun.
The lyrics to "Sun of a Gun" by Oh Land express the singer's frustration and exhaustion with a person in their life who has repeatedly let them down. The first stanza suggests that this person has hurt the singer in the past ("Once burned"), and now they've done it again ("you left one too many times"). The second stanza reveals the singer's desire to break free of this cycle and regain control over their own life. They want to "change [their] orbit" – to find a path that doesn't involve this unreliable person – and they "don't want to be spun around" any longer. The repeated refrain, "You go down, down, down / I fall out of love with you / Come back round, round, round / You son of a gun," reinforces the idea that this person has a pattern of disappointing the singer, but also suggests that they have a way of pulling them back in.
The second verse implies that this person has a certain charisma or charm ("Birds sing for you," "You can make the blue sky blush") that has allowed them to deceive others, but the singer has seen through their act and is no longer willing to play along. The bridge ("Red sky creepin' / Disappearing / Bye-bye feeling / Heart you're stealing") uses vivid imagery to convey a sense of loss and despair. The singer is acknowledging that they've cared deeply for this person, but that they've had enough of their unreliable behavior.
Overall, "Sun of a Gun" is a song about standing up for oneself and refusing to keep putting up with someone who repeatedly lets you down. It's a relatable sentiment that many people have experienced, and the catchy chorus makes it easy to sing along with and find catharsis in.
Line by Line Meaning
Once burned, twice shunned
I was hurt by you before, so I won't let you hurt me again
Too much of your line made me blind
Your lies have blinded me from the truth
I'd wait all night
But you left one too many times
I used to wait for you, but you've let me down too many times
I want to change my orbit
Don't care what you do now.
I want to live in darkness
Don't want to be spun around.
I want to break away from you and live my life without your influence
You go down, down, down
I fall out of love with you.
Come back round, round, round
You son of a gun.
You keep making the same mistakes and causing me to fall out of love with you, but at the same time, I keep coming back to you
You go down, down, down.
This time I won't save you
When you drown, drown, drown
You son of a gun.
You son of a gun.
You're going to fall again, but I won't be there to help you this time
Birds sing for you,
You can make the blue sky blush
You've got them all fooled
But I am burned out on this rush.
You may be able to charm others, but I'm tired of falling for your tricks
Red sky creepin'
Disappearing
Bye-bye feeling
Heart you're stealing
The passion we had is fading away, and you're taking my heart along with it
You go low, low, low.
This time I won't save you
When you go, go, go
You son of a gun.
You son of a gun.
You're going to hit rock bottom, but I won't be there to help, and I won't fall for your manipulations again
You son of a gun.
You son of a gun.
You son of a gun.
You're a tricky one, and I won't be fooled by you again
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: NANNA FABRICIUS, JIMMY HARRY
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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She was actually a professional ballerina before her musical career. But then she broke her back and decided to just start singing. Its pretty awesome!!
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I heard she was a Power Ranger but the color was taken and she was was too sexy for Sailormoon so she started singing
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she is the epitome of creativity.
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yes EEE
@silverbowftw5225
Lyrics makes no sense tho ...
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they do though...
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