The Knife won a Swedish Grammy award for best pop group of the year 2003, but they boycotted the ceremony by sending two representatives of another artist group dressed as gorillas with the number 50 written on their costumes, apparently as a protest against male dominance within the music industry. Their album Deep Cuts was also nominated for a Swedish Grammy as the best record of the year 2003, although that award went to The Cardigans. It was also in 2003 that the The Knife was featured as Artist of the Week at HitQuarters, which helped them gain greater attention in the worldwide music community.
The group became prominent in late 2005 when José González covered "Heartbeats" on his 2003 album, Veneer. The song was used by Sony in a commercial for Bravia television sets, and released as a single in early 2006. The group commented on this in a Dagens Nyheter article, claiming that Sony paid a large sum of money to use the song. In view of the group's left-wing views and non-commercial philosophy, they excused this transaction on the basis that the money was needed to establish their record company.
The Knife's song "We Share Our Mothers' Health" from their album Silent Shout was featured by the iTunes store as a free song of the week in late 2006. This song was also featured in the ABC series Ugly Betty, as well as an episode of CSI: NY.
In February 2005, the Knife performed their first ever live show at London's ICA, appearing with Rex the Dog and playing in front of a video created for the event by artist/film maker Andreas Nilsson. With this one live performance The Knife embarked on a major tour in 2006, and after selling out shows worldwide, a DVD of the tour was announced. The DVD was released in Sweden on November 8, 2006, and is titled Silent Shout: An Audio Visual Experience.
Silent Shout was named the best album of 2006 by Pitchfork Media.
At the Swedish Grammy awards in January 2007, The Knife won in all six categories they were nominated in: Composer of the Year, Music DVD of the Year, Producer of the Year, Pop Group of the Year, Album of the Year and Artist of the Year. Again, they did not attend the award ceremony.
In 2009 the duo wrote the opera Tomorrow, In a Year, celebrating 150 years since Darwin's Origin of Species was published.
In April 2013 they released the album Shaking The Habitual.
In 2014 Karin Dreijer revealed in a interview that the Knife were calling it quits for good. "When we finish the tour now in November we will close down, it’s our last tour," they said. "We don’t have any obligations to continue, it should only and always be for fun."
Got 2 Let U
The Knife Lyrics
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I got to got to let you down
But in an hour I will change my mind.
I got to got to let you down
But in an hour I will change my mind.
It is like magic to me
Making mistakes and be forgiven
It is like magic to me
Making mistakes an be forgiven
Easily (easily).
Fuu!
I know she lets me down
But just for a short while then
She changes her mind.
I know she lets me down
But just for a short while then
She changes her mind.
She does it all the time
Making mistakes and then I
Ease her mind.
She does it all the time
But she's so pretty and I
Don't mind
Got to let you down, got to let you down.
I got to let you down, got to let you down.
She does it all the time
Making mistakes and then I
Ease her mind.
She does it all the time
But she's so pretty and I
Don't mind.
She does it all the time
Making mistakes and I
Ease her mind
She does it all the time
But she's so pretty and I
Don't mind.
The Knife’s song “Got 2 Let U” is a playful and upbeat tune with a captivating hook. The lyrics revolve around the idea of forgiveness and second chances. The singer admits that he has to let the other person down, but he always ends up changing his mind and forgiving them. The lyrics juxtapose this idea of letting down and forgiving seamlessly by highlighting how easy it is for the singer to forgive and how it comes almost naturally to him.
The songwriters bring a sense of fun and playful energy to the track with their use of slang and unconventional language. The interjections of “Fuu!” add a sense of immediacy and urgency to the lyrics that complement the upbeat tempo of the song.
The chorus is particularly catchy with the repetition of “She does it all the time, making mistakes and then I ease her mind. But she’s so pretty, and I don’t mind.” The lyrics express a sense of infatuation with the other person despite their flaws, and the singer seems more than willing to forgive and forget.
Overall, the song’s lyrics communicate a sense of lightness and positivity. They offer an upbeat take on the idea of forgiveness and the positivity of giving people second chances. It is a playful ode to the beauty of giving others the benefit of the doubt.
Line by Line Meaning
Fuu!
Expressing a sudden, intense emotion
I got to got to let you down
I have to disappoint you
But in an hour I will change my mind.
However, I am likely to change my decision soon
It is like magic to me
It is like a miracle to me
Making mistakes and be forgiven
Being able to make errors and be pardoned
Easily.
Without much difficulty
I know she lets me down
I am aware that she disappoints me
But just for a short while then
However, only temporary
She changes her mind.
She alters her decision
She does it all the time
She repeats this behavior frequently
Making mistakes and then I
Doing something wrong, and then...
Ease her mind.
Soothe her thoughts or emotions
But she's so pretty and I
However, she is attractive to me
Don't mind
And I do not care too much
Got to let you down, got to let you down.
I need to disappoint you, I need to let you down
Making mistakes and I
Committing errors and then...
Ease her mind
Soothe her thoughts or emotions
She does it all the time
She repeats this behavior frequently
But she's so pretty and I
However, she is attractive to me
Don't mind.
And I do not care too much
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: KARIN ELIZABETH DREIJER ANDERSSON, OLOF BJORN DREIJER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Martin Rodriguez
Damn, I love this song so fucking much, it keeps playing in my brain even when I'm attending a metting at work. My boss talking to me and I'm just listening to this inside my brain.
No Now
The knife does that I've spent years trying to get heartbeats and Neverland out of my head ...this is the only thing that works
killkhat
Michael Lunetta damn touché
killkhat
gay
Daniel Lankford
This song just awakens things in me I've never felt before and I F*ckin love that.
paulandmako
Still solid gold.
Cosmic Kidd
2019. the knife transcends time
Hank McGurk
Too m uch blood, ashes insted1 LeaVE ME ALONE!
Fay Sdrolia
Deep Cuts & Pass this on, are the 'tsoglani' (lost in translation, scoundrel) tracks by these outstanding swedish artists!!
curtisrunstedler
If they played this amazingness at dance clubs in North America, I'd cream my pants