An Alright Start

Sigur Rós · An Alright Start [Ágætis Byrjun translation] [1999]

Bright hopes come true

as we walk downtown

smiling and laughing



As friendship and exhaustion meet

we celebrate

a two year wait



A distant dream is born



We eat and drink ourselves full

and then we pay up

with all we have for the day



We sit down excited

listen to ourselves play music

no one seems to listen



This is completely different



We lived in another world

where we were never invisible



A few days later

we speak again

but it didn't sound good



We were all in agreement

in agreement about most things

we'll do better next time



This is an alright start