Every Song Has a Story

The Day Before You Came:

Weekends are special times for me to rest, to account for the answers I get to the questions I ask in my inner world. I went to the oldies this weekend. Today I would like to talk to you about ABBA, one of the best bands of my youth, which left its mark on me.

Formed in 1972 and active until 1982, there was a Swedish pop music group ABBA. This band, whose years on the stage coincided with the beginning of my youth, also had an unforgettable song that I liked very much: “The Day Before You Came” from ABBA, I always think that if a song will ever remain in this sky, it is this song. This song was a heart-wrenching love song describing the mood of the melancholic, depressed, depressed and introverted state of youth at that time.

In any case, ABBA's songs were songs that always contain sadness, deeply, secretly, subtly, which is unique to us. However, the sadness in this song is clear, obvious, unlike ABBA's familiar songs that contain hidden sadness. This song has nice lyrics written on a melancholic, sad music, as if to summarize a life.

World of the 70s:

In the music video for the song, the mists identified with the Nordic countries of the 70s, the dim lights of the city in the haze, the cold, routine life, the hustle and bustle, the feeling of loneliness, and most of all, the gloomy images of the dark train station in the fog are reflected. What is heartbreaking is the moment when the train glides silently through mist and haze after the farewell in the footage at the end of the clip.

Days Remaining in the Past Do Not Come:

The Swedish lead singer of ABBA, who sings the song "The Day Before You Came", falls in love with his eyes, the smile of his eyes, his gaze while singing the song in the clip. There are those eyes, those eyes, those smiles that pierce the soul like a screw, make people miserable, make one's heart flutter like wild birds in a cage. As in that excellent Muhayyerkürdî song by Yıldırım Gürses, you will come across your Childhood Lover in those eyes years later. Those loving eyes will pierce you. Again, that look takes you back years. The days of your first love come alive in your memory. But those days don't come back, those days don't come back, they always stay in the past...

We are at the beginning of the week. As you know, weekends are not a time of sorrow, gloom, but a time for music and stories. What else could express the subtle and deep sadness in a person? Don't forget to watch the video in full screen while listening to the songs!

Here are the lyrics of that song:

"BEFORE YOU COME INTO MY LIFE".

I had to leave the house at eight o'clock because that's how I always do it

Because I'm sure my train would leave the station when it was time.

I should have read the morning edition newspapers on the way to town, to work

And I should have read the articles and frowned, no doubt...

I had to get to my desk at quarter past nine

Letters waiting to be read and piles of papers waiting to be signed

I should have gone out to lunch at half past twelve,

To the usual place, to eat the usual food...

And on top of all that, I was so sure I was going to get caught in the rain.

Before the day you came into my life...

I should have lighted my seventh cigarette at half past two,

and I should never have realized that I was in a bad mood at the time.

I had to continue doing my routine daily work,

By heart, without knowing anything...

Hiding a piece of my soul...

I had to leave at five o'clock, there were no exceptions to this rule.

It was just a matter of routine, what I've been doing since I finished school...

My train takes me back home

No doubt I should have read the evening edition papers now too,

Oh, yes... I'm sure my life was going pretty well within the usual routine.

Before the day you came into my life...

Opening the front door of my house around eight o'clock

I had to go get some Chinese food lurking all the way.

I was so sure I was going to have my dinner in front of the TV...

There is none, I think there is none; There isn't a single episode of Dallas I haven't watched.

I should have gone to bed at quarter past ten.

I need lots of sleep so I had to be in bed at that hour.

I should have read a book for a while,

Marilyn French's latest book or something...

It was fun, but I felt nothing from living aimlessly

Before the day you came into my life...

And turn off the lights

I should have yawned and snuggled into another new but same night

And I should have slept with the sound of rain hitting the ceiling

Before the day you came into my life...

ABBA