Sun Kil Moon - Copenhagen lyrics

Seat 14C Swiss Air on the way to Copenhagen
From Baden Switzerland
My favorite hotel in Scandinavia is there
They know me by name
They say, "Well hello Mr kozelek
Of course your courtyard room is ready
We’ve already added your extra
Pillows and blankets"
Last night’s show in Baden got
Me very sad and
Even the promoter said the audience
Was not fully concentrated

But after the show a woman approached me
And said, "Hey I think your voice is nice"
I said, "Thank God for that ‘cause other
Than that I don’t have
A lot of options of thing to do in life"
I asked what she did for work there in Baden
She said she work with kids who
Needed help with speech development
I said "I remember those kids
From my Elementary School"
Someone would come by and knock on the
Door and excuse them from the room she said
"I know it’s still the same
Way and when they leave
The room some of the kids laugh at them"
I said, "That stuff can scar you for life
I’ve got my own scars from my
High school remedial reading classes
And I’ve carried them around
An inferiority complex

Will amount to the amount of
My success no matter
How many people tell me how talented I am
I still carry around that stigma
I still feel like the dumb kid
In the remedial reading class"
So on and on we went with our conversation
It was blatant flirtation on her end though
It could have been my imagination she said
"It’s freezing out here what are
You doing later tonight?"
Said, "Going to my hotel why? What
Are you doing later tonight?" she said
"You see this guy here standing next to me?
I’m going home with him I’m his wife"
And we laughed and I said
"You asked me first

It’s not like I asked you to
Bed down with me tonight"
Let’s be clear I said "I was just asking
'What are you doing later tonight’ "
She said "Your interest are in what my plans
Are after one o’clock in the morning?"
I said, "Look, you asked me first"
And then we laughed and I hugged them goodbye
And I said
"I better get inside before I get pneumonia"

So here we are on our way to Copenhagen
In that city for whatever reasons
I’ve had the most threesomes
But lots of girls come to Copenhagen
From trains from far away places
And the line that I always
Use is exactly the same i said
"I got a cozy bed back at
My hotel that will fit three"
And they said, "Mmm, okay let’s go"
My visit's there have been brief
And the threesomes are the fondest memories
But the most tender is my first
Memory of ever coming here
I was standing Malmö right across the water
We took a ferry to Copenhagen
I met a girl outside a Chinese restaurant
I asked her if she liked to

Join my band for dinner
And three days later she
Hitchhiked all the way
To Hultsfred form her hometown of Mala
That was 1997 and 20 years have past
And she’s got a child and a husband
And I’m happy to say she’s still
One of my very dear friends
I’m still on this plane to Copenhagen
And when I get there I
Hope the snow is falling
It calms my nerves to watch it
Fall from my courtyard window
And I hope the canals are frozen
I prefer to see the bikes stuck in the ice
People cycle too fast on the bikes
Jesus Christ
Scandinavians' mother fucking bikes
It’s hard to explain all of you
Because for you
Your bikes are a common thing
Bicycles moving so fast is not
A common thing for

Me to deal with or for me to see
I’m always jet lagged and
Edgy and sleep deprived
On tour traveling from city to city
But my life is pretty good overall
So about my issues with
Your bicycles, upon me, take no pity
I’m gonna tell you something from
The bottom of my heart
I’m not lying my favorite place to tour
Is Scandinavia and that’s a fact
The trains are peaceful the scenery is serene
The promoters are honest and they
Always put in the Scandi
And your English skills are fantastic
And your eye’s are are
All cat-lined, spell-binding, hypnotic
Yea, so this plane’s about to land and I’m
Looking forward to this show in Copenhagen
I need to close my eyes and spend
Five minutes tuning out in my loneliness
That’s all I got to say that’s all
I’m saying that’s all I’m saying

My eyes are now fading
But, I’m looking forward to playing
Tomorrow night in Copenhagen
And yea I’m older now and I
Won’t end up in a threesome
I’ll end up back in my hotel after
The show in my middle aged lonesome
Which is better for me ‘cause I need my sleep
It’s just nice to call my girlfriend
And tell her I love
Her and hear her say that she loves me too
But, if I may gloat for just a moment
Somebody told me in 1999 that I was
Indie Rocks’ answer to Wilt Chamberlain
Back then I was 32
What he said was probably true
Back then I was getting more
Pussy than all the guys
In Mew if they lived 20 lifetimes times two
Now I can barely get it up
And I’m just happy to be
Singing up here for you
To be honest my dick doesn’t
Get hard as often anymore
Is this too much information?
What’s concerning for me with all those
Viagra commercials I used to ignore
Now I’m starting to pay attention

I think the woman next to me on the plane
Thinks I’m a crazy man writing
My long crazy man scroll
I just stop for a second to ask if
She’d ever seen the Norwegian boy from Trolls
She said, "Excuse me sir
I don’t feel like talking right
Now I’m very tired"
I said, "Okay I understand, I'm sorry
But, if you only knew who the fuck I am"
She said, "Excuse me sir
Your tone is very aggressive"
I’m fucking with ya’ll right now
This conversation never even happened
Now for real I’m putting away
My crazy man scroll
This plane’s about to land
I got to get up to use the bathroom
Anyhow thank you for coming out
To tonight’s show in Copenhagen
When I was a kid, some kids liked Skoal but
I preferred Copenhagen

When it came to my snuff
Anyhow thank you again for coming
Out tonight to our show
I know what you’re thinking this
Song’s been long enough but, I can’t go away
Without giving a shoutout
To your great ex-boy boxer Brian Nielsen
Look he will stop our
Boy from Evander Holyfield, iron Mike Tyson
Let’s give it up for Denmark’s Brian Nielsen
He wasn’t much of a fighter
But he had the heart of a lion, Brian Nielsen
So lets give it up
For Denmark’s Brian Nielsen
So lets give it up
For Denmark’s Brian Nielsen