Red Sleeping Beauty is a Swedish pop band formed in 1991. The band consists… Read Full Bio ↴Red Sleeping Beauty is a Swedish pop band formed in 1991. The band consists of Kristina Borg, Mikael Matsson, Niklas Angergård (of Acid House Kings), and until 1997, bassist Carl-Johan Näsström.

In the summer of 1991, Niklas had his first interaction with Red Sleeping Beauty, then a duo with a 6-track cassette demo as its only proof of existence, when he showed signs of similar taste in t-shirts (Sarah Records) as Kristina at a Swedish pop festival. Hence, after his moving to Stockholm, RSB transformed into a trio, and began to write more up-tempo and up-feeling songs.

In order to secure proper bass playing and a full live line-up, Carl-Johan joined after the recording of Pop Sounds (interested people can try and hear the extremely low-mixed bass played by Kristina on Christmas). Soon after, the band headed for minor stardom with a series of releases on a variety of labels covering the majority of countries in the world. But with the break-up of the secret indie couple, i.e. Mikael and Kristina, along with the fact that the band had been around for almost a decade, Red Sleeping Beauty decided to do a Björn Borg - ending their career when at the top in 1997.

They decided to reform in 2013, recording a new full length album released in 2016. The first fruits of this reformation was a new single, released on US indie Shelflife in September 2015, called Always. Their full length comeback album Kristina was released on Swedish indie, Labrador in June 2016.

You're the Kind
Red Sleeping Beauty Lyrics

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The rain fell hard
On your window that day
This time you've tried to hard
To make me feel like nothing

You're the kind of boy
I can't say it now
I used to fall in love with

Always wondered how
You're the kind of boy
This could go on
That always makes me smile
For so long

But what do you care?
Do you ever try to

Talk to me
Try to understand
Listen to what I say
Why don't you ever try to
Talk to me
Try to understand
Listen to what I say
Try to understand

I'm the kind of girl
I can't say it now
Who doesn't dare to say much
Always wondered how
I'm the kind of girl
This could go on
That used to fall in love
For so long

But what do you care?
I didn't care
Do you ever try to

Talk to me
Try to understand
Listen to what I say
Why don't you ever try to
Talk to me
Try to understand

Listen to what I say
Try to understand

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Red Sleeping Beauty's song "You're the Kind" is a reflection of the internal turmoil of the singer's feelings towards a boy who she used to fall in love with. In the first verse, the singer depicts the misery and the desperation realized by the rain that fell on the window. She laments how hard she had tried to make the boy understand how much she cares for him, but he had always made her feel invisible. The singer is trying to communicate the disappointment she feels about how the boy is treating her and how little he seems to care about her feelings.

In the chorus, the singer acknowledges that the boy is the kind of person she used to fall in love with. She wants to rekindle the warm feelings and the carefree love they used to share. The girl is struggling to communicate her feelings to the boy because she doesn't feel like he is listening to her. She wants him to try to understand her better and to listen to her. She laments that he doesn't put enough effort into making her feel important in his life, and she wonders if he cares for her at all.

In the second verse, the singer reflects on herself, acknowledging that she is the kind of girl who doesn't speak much. She struggles to assert herself because she is afraid of rejection. However, she wishes the boy would be more attentive and make an effort to understand her better. The song explores the struggle, pain, and longing that individuals may experience when trying to connect with someone who doesn't seem to care. It is a poignant and relatable reflection on the universal themes of love, longing, and relationships.

Line by Line Meaning

The rain fell hard
On that day, the rain was heavy

On your window that day
It was raining on your window on that day

This time you've tried to hard
You've put in too much effort this time

To make me feel like nothing
You tried to make me feel worthless

You're the kind of boy
You belong to a specific category of guys

I can't say it now
I can't say it at this moment

I used to fall in love with
I used to be in love with in the past

Always wondered how
I always thought about how it happened

This could go on
This can continue like this

That always makes me smile
That always brings a smile on my face

For so long
It has been like that for a long time