Shirley Natasja Clamp (born 17 February 1973 in Borås, Sweden) is a Swedish… Read Full Bio ↴Shirley Natasja Clamp (born 17 February 1973 in Borås, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer. She has competed four times in Melodifestivalen, the Swedish preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. She failed to make the finals in 2003 with Mr Memory, finished second in 2004 with Min kärlek, and finished fourth in 2005 with Att älska dig. In 2009 she entered again, with the song Med hjärtat fyllt av ljus. She has released four solo albums.

Om
Shirley Clamp Lyrics

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Leende spegel med brister och fel
Ser att barnet har blivit en man
Och Gudarna gav dij en underlig själ
Som har svårt att ta för sig ibland
Men idag har vi kommit en bit
Du och jag
Ta bort alla ord
Du vet vad jag menar

Om du var ett hav vore jag en våg
Om du var himmelen skulle jag ha vingar
Om du var ett regn hade jag vart hav och land
Om du var musik vore jag en sång
Om du var vidderna ville jag va' vinden
Men jag skulle inte va' nånting om du inte fanns

Kom, kom min älskade, månen är stor
Alla fönster är öppna i natt
Öppna mot världen där kärleken bor
Bara kom, håll mig vaken i natt
Vi är kvar
Vi är tiden som går
Du och jag
Vi gör det igen när morgonen kommer

Om du var ett hav vore jag en våg
Om du var himmelen skulle jag ha vingar
Om du var ett regn hade jag vart hav och land
Om du var musik vore jag en sång
Om du var vidderna ville jag va' vinden
Men jag skulle inte va' nånting om du inte fanns

Uuuh. Om du inte fanns. Ooh. Om du inte fanns.

Om du var ett hav vore jag en våg
Om du var himmelen skulle jag ha vingar
Om du var ett regn hade jag vart hav och land
Om du var musik vore jag en sång

Om du var vidderna ville jag va' vinden
Men jag skulle inte va' nånting om du inte fanns

Overall Meaning

The Swedish song "Om" by Shirley Clamp is a love song that is both poetic and soulful. The lyrics describe the singer's deep affection for their partner and how they want to be connected to them in every way possible. The song starts with an introspective verse about self-reflection, where the singer looks in a mirror that has cracks and sees that the baby has grown into a man, but still has an unusual soul that struggles to assert itself at times. The singer and their beloved have come a long way together, and they want to remove all words and simply enjoy the moment.

Then, the chorus describes how much the singer wants to be connected to their partner. They would be a wave if their partner was an ocean, they would grow wings if their love was the sky, they would be land and sea if their partner was rain, they would become a song if their love was music, and they would become the wind if their partner was the plains. But even with all these different roles, they would be nothing without their partner.

The second verse talks about how the moon is big and how all the windows are open. They invite their partner to come and keep them awake at night because they are the time that passes and they will do it again in the morning. And the final chorus repeats the same sentiments as the first, emphasizing how their love is everything to them.

Line by Line Meaning

Leende spegel med brister och fel
Smiling mirror with cracks and flaws

Ser att barnet har blivit en man
Sees that the child has become a man

Och Gudarna gav dij en underlig själ
And the gods gave you a strange soul

Som har svårt att ta för sig ibland
That sometimes struggles to take what it needs

Men idag har vi kommit en bit
But today we have come a bit further

Du och jag
You and I

Ta bort alla ord
Take away all the words

Du vet vad jag menar
You know what I mean

Om du var ett hav vore jag en våg
If you were a sea, I would be a wave

Om du var himmelen skulle jag ha vingar
If you were the sky, I would have wings

Om du var ett regn hade jag vart hav och land
If you were rain, I would be both sea and land