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AEYSA · Track 07 / 11
Undir ísi rennr á
The same sound in you and me
Lyrics & English
Original
Hǫnd á skinn
Hǫnd á tré
Undir húð
Undir húð
English translation
A hand on skin
A hand on wood
Beneath the skin
Beneath the skin
Original
Regn hefir fallit
Á þennan við
Vindr hefir sungit
Í greinum hans
English translation
Rain has fallen
On this tree
The wind has sung
In its branches
Original
Nú liggr skinn
Yfir holum viði
Ek slæ á tré
Nóttin fær rǫdd
English translation
Now the hide lies
Over hollow wood
I strike the wood
The night finds a voice
Original
Ek slæ einu sinni
Hljóðit ferr
Ek slæ aptr
Þat kemr til mín
English translation
I strike once
The sound travels
I strike again
It comes to me
Original
Úr holum viði
Úr hertri húð
Kemr gamalt hljóð
Inn í mitt brjóst
English translation
From hollow wood
From hardened hide
Comes an old sound
Into my chest
Original
Hǫnd á skinn
Hǫnd á tré
Slag um sal
Hiti í mér
English translation
A hand on skin
A hand on wood
A beat through the hall
Warmth within me
Original
Undir húð
Undir húð
Gamalt hljóð
Í nýju blóði
Undir húð
Undir húð
Þat er þagði
Syngr í mér
English translation
Beneath the skin
Beneath the skin
An old sound
In new blood
Beneath the skin
Beneath the skin
What was silent
Sings within me
Original
Hǫnd á skinn
Fótr á tré
Undir húð
Undir húð
English translation
A hand on skin
A foot on wood
Beneath the skin
Beneath the skin
Original
Gólfit titrar
Undir fótum
Laust ryk rís
Úr hverri sprungu
English translation
The floor trembles
Beneath the feet
Loose dust rises
From every crack
Original
Skuggar ganga
Um bera veggi
Engi þeirra
Stendr kyrr
English translation
Shadows move
Across bare walls
None of them
Stands still
Original
Ek stíg fast
Gólfit svarar
Ek stíg létt
Hljóðit fylgir
English translation
I step firmly
The floor answers
I step lightly
The sound follows
Original
Í hverju spori
Vaknar salrinn
Í hverju slagi
Vakna ek
English translation
With every step
The hall awakens
With every beat
I awaken
Original
Hǫnd á skinn
Hǫnd á tré
Slag um sal
Hiti í mér
English translation
A hand on skin
A hand on wood
A beat through the hall
Warmth within me
Original
Undir húð
Undir húð
Gamalt hljóð
Í nýju blóði
Undir húð
Undir húð
Þat er þagði
Syngr í mér
English translation
Beneath the skin
Beneath the skin
An old sound
In new blood
Beneath the skin
Beneath the skin
What was silent
Sings within me
Original
Ek stíg fast
Ek stíg létt
Hljóðit fylgir
Hverju spori
Hǫnd á skinn
Fótr á tré
Sama hljóð
Í þér ok mér
English translation
I step firmly
I step lightly
The sound follows
Every step
A hand on skin
A foot on wood
The same sound
In you and me
Original
Tréit man regn
Skinnit man hita
Ek legg lófa
Á brjóst mitt
Þat er var úti
Slær nú inni
Sama hljóð
Nær ok nær
English translation
The wood remembers rain
The hide remembers warmth
I lay my palm
On my chest
What was outside
Now beats within
The same sound
Closer and closer
Original
Hǫnd á skinn
Fótr á tré
Sama hljóð
Í þér ok mér
Hǫnd á skinn
Fótr á tré
Undir húð
Undir húð
English translation
A hand on skin
A foot on wood
The same sound
In you and me
A hand on skin
A foot on wood
Beneath the skin
Beneath the skin
Original
Undir húð
Undir húð
Gamalt hljóð
Í nýju blóði
English translation
Beneath the skin
Beneath the skin
An old sound
In new blood
Original
Undir húð
Undir húð
Þat er þagði
Syngr í mér
English translation
Beneath the skin
Beneath the skin
What was silent
Sings within me
Original
Undir húð
Undir húð
Regn ok vindr
Skinn ok tré
English translation
Beneath the skin
Beneath the skin
Rain and wind
Skin and wood
Original
Undir húð
Undir húð
Gamalt hljóð
Í nýju blóði
English translation
Beneath the skin
Beneath the skin
An old sound
In new blood
Original
Ek stíg fast
Gólfit svarar
Ek stíg létt
Hljóðit fylgir
Hǫnd á skinn
Fótr á tré
Undir húð
Undir húð
English translation
I step firmly
The floor answers
I step lightly
The sound follows
A hand on skin
A foot on wood
Beneath the skin
Beneath the skin
Inside the song
Story & meaning
Before the first beat, there is rain in the wood and wind in the branches. Hide is stretched over a hollow body; a hand strikes, and the night finds a voice. Each sound carries that earlier life into the room, reaching the chest as warmth and movement.
Feet answer across the floor. Dust rises from the cracks, shadows move on bare walls, and the hall awakens with everyone inside it. Then a palm rests on the chest. The rhythm is close enough to feel beneath the skin: an old sound in new blood, the same sound in you and me.