Knife, The - High School Poem Lyrics

They should have made the song longer... this theme can be played for many things.

I think it's "One snow mitten", not "wants to know mid-term".

I think it is too lol

Who wants to be ordinary
Who wants to be sweet
Who wants to know mid-term
Which hasn't been dried for weeks

Which hasn't been dried for weeks

Who wants to be ordinary
Who wants to be sweet
Who wants to know mid-term
Which hasn't been dried for weeks

Which hasn't been dried for weeks

why when I finally find a song that can be maybe the best song ever heard in my life, it just lasts less than 2 fucking minutes?

terrible corto terrible pulento

what happened to the slowed down edit?

The Knife isnt exactly underground but theyre not mainstream either. (this is speaking from impressions mostly, there are facts tho that point to this aswell) Karin and Olof detests what we call society and its cause of their incredible music that they made it this "far" or whatever, NOT the works of a big record company and the voodoo of advertising.

+Panem Ravenclaw (Firepaw) thx

+Panem Ravenclaw (Firepaw) not many i know appreciate the knife and i live in swe

I like that it's a short song... somehow makes me appreciate it more than I would if it would be long I think... 

..... hm... no Yeah!

@Nixon Smith totally

@Kah Deh was just trying to decide about this... still cant

@Clever Metaphor  Well I keep repeating it. But the fact that it's so simple, doesn't need to be extended... seems better to me. Like a good book, the ending leaves you speechless and wanting for more with just a few words. Better than having a whole explanation of events to end the story, it's simple and straight to the point. 

i have to agree with you. it's a case of how you want it to be vs. how you know it should be... and it is how it should be. this tiny little song has so much attached to it for me. have a good one :)

I need a long version of this .. Is amazing !!!!

You win the internet.

oh man it's been years since I heard this!!! sooo good

If anyone is looking for a longer version check this edit on Soundcloud
soundcloud . com/cockwhoreandmacho/the-knife-high-school-poem

remove the space before "com"

spf50 Edit is perfect.

this is too short

if you think about it - so is high school. that's the point of the song aswell. love moves too fast and before you know it, you're at the end of whatever road you were on, and you have to move on. that's why it ends so short... because you're moving on. and you realize how good it was too late.

and some tasty waves

I was going to by a couple of the Knife's albums because i discovered them on YT, but since they (or more likely their rec company) had their songs removed, forget it. They make plenty of money anyway and obviously don't need my support.

self-righteous fuckery....LMFAO!

i just dont give a flying fck what anyone else thinks of the music i like. i dont care if its popular, idealistic, or has cult status. All i need is a couple of friends to listen with and a couple of beers in the fridge.

Just so long as fame doesn't turn a band into complete trash, it's all fine. So I agree partly with you and also the comment you replied to that I didn't read at all.

all that matters is that you have discovered them and enjoys their music!

Well said

om they are from sweden?? i'm from sweden and i never knew their music :(

brilliant

Every time someone asks me what my favourite band is i always say The Knife, because they truly are my favourite band. But most peoples responses are "Who?"
I only have 2 friends who know The Knife, ive only met 1 other person who knows them, and ive never heard them on the radio or TV. So where this idea that theyre "Popular" comes from, i dont know!
And even if they are, WHO GIVES A SHIT!

don't have to be mean, theyre only human, not droids like us ;)

What she said.

That's the comment of the year right there!

@sophsophsophia ☆〜（ゝ。∂）Diggin' the message

Nothing gold can stay.

i know what comment you are on about and you got it wrong . what the guy ment was he dosnt want this band to get famous? and why, think about it. have you saw all them bands that sell out in the end? they turn shit where they cant do everything they want. they go to major record labels and they just get buried to death. yeah more chart sells and what not, but we dont want cheesy music.

and they will get influenced, look at how many people watch the knife videos. thats enough.

@sophsophsophia Best comment on youtube. Period.

@sophsophsophia I greatly appreciate this comment. Greatly.

Pure beauty.

good song

Epic song ! the beat is mind blowing, i could have erection just listening to this, Knife is just outstanding in it's filed !

Short, powerful with a bitter sweet feeling and that hint of imature angst in the lyrics that that perfectly suit the title.
A really good song.

Uh, they are fairly famous. Heartbeats has over 1 million views, doesn't it? All of their songs have thousands of hits on youtube. Guess what? No one should care. Music is music. Great music is The Knife.

@Mattprole I think they re with us on that - even if they do become famous, I hope it's in that daft punk sort of way.

@sophsophsophia AGREED TEN-FOLD! They're pretty fucking famous now anyway... are these fans going to stop being fans just because of that?! I love it when music like this hits mainstream... it means that there is some hope after all with the general public!

weirdos

@ziroytle tim and jean come around

@Mattprole they kinda already are...

and its karin dreijer i know

fever ray competition

@Mattprole We are two!

Nice on the ears, but painfully short

@sophsophsophia Thank you

Whyyyyy are the top comments such bullshit? Music is music, and fame may be a disgusting thing, but music is made to be listened to. If the world never hears The Knife, The Knife won't be influential, and if you don't want their music to be influential what the fuck. Your creepy cult alt music ideals are not about music at all, they're about you and your self-righteous fuckery.

@Aueneye I doubt they'll WANT to become famous. They refuse to accept awards; they just avoid the public's attention any way they can.

So wonderful....

Damn they're ugly, but good music.

The brother is SO hot!

@MightySaturn5 ...we may go with "Tee-melt"

@nonSteel Joannie's the one with Fever Ray, she's the one that delievered horseradish soap to the set of the new video The Knife was making, I know Joannie uses ladders everytime she's done this before but two weeks ago (last Friday) she made a piping hot apple pie for the 'after shoot' which was held at the range they were having target practice at, so in case someone says to know Fever Ray is to have high quality pie availability you'll instantly know its true that she wants to be called Melty

These are some ignorant ass comments, shocker I know, but the knife has been well known for a long time before Karin had her solo project. I think it was this thing called the internet because when you have people in South America playing Heartbeats and Pass This On, I'm pretty sure you've made it to the show, wether or not soccer moms in North Carolina know who you are (who gives a fuck).

@Aueneye

stop being a tool

@Aueneye well said... very well said.

The real test is if the "loyal" original fans will stay that way once the wagon is overcrowded.

@Mattprole I hope they never tour or never make another album. I'm selfish like THAT.

such an easy song to play on syth : D

needs to be longer

the heck r u talking about?

Just found this....

DAMNNNNNNNNN this shit is badddassssss!!!!!

too short!!:(

addiction

i love the knife <33333

I'm going to be making a ton of fan-made music videos for The Knife! I'm going to call it "Another Audio-Visual Experience".

= )

This is even better than the stuff she's doing with Royksopp. Great dicovery for me. Iam going to buy stuff by them.

@Eskimotto Karin is my life. Check out my song and give me feedback...she's a huge inspiration.

It's better to have a small following who genuinely care than to have a million superficial bandwagon followers.

this songs great but its abit short. I dont know why they didnt make it longer.

@Aueneye that's fine, as long as you don't all of a sudden hate them once they become famous just because you feel less unique. The Knife will never be as popular as pop though

@Aueneye Oh, ofc. But some people/bands either try to become famous, or when they do they crave the media and allow themselves, full-knowingly to get sucked into the pit of decayed music.
Knife seem to be the folk who wouldn't jus' let it happen straight up.

Although, as others have said; they remain pretty under-the-radar as it is, and that's probably for the best. Their music isn't "poppy" enough for it to hit the charts and become famous anytime in the likely near future.

@Aueneye Good thing is, at least, that they don't seem like the type of people who'd fast become media-whores and start to shite themselves up. All the bandwagonners will jus' be like "oh ya, they're pro..." until the next fad comes along, w/o ever actually bein' able to truly appreciate the genius behind their songs.

So did Karin re-use this song when she sang with Royksopp on "What Else is There?", both songs sound VERY similar

i heard a different version of this song,
anyone wanna help me out?
it was called High school poem by the knife also,
but this isnt it,
what did i hear?!

oh, ok :DD

this is the full version :)

isn't there any full versions of this song??

this beat is HEAVY!!!

yes these are so deep i think...

never thought a guy named "bonerfacefuckercunt" could speak such truths.

reminds me of Lullaby by the Cure

Who wants to be ordinary

Who wants to be sweet

Who wants to know mid-term

Which hasn't been dried for weeks



Which hasn't been dried for weeks

anyone know what hardware they're using? Or is it all software synthesis?

I wish this song was longer!

Wow.

Thank you so much for uploading!

freaking brilliant. Gorgeous. and I have to say, the knife HAVE been big for some time, just not in america. But that IS changing, I hope the knife have the integrity to withstand the onslaught of massive american critical acclaim. I think they do.

I DID, that HoW I found out about them!

YOoo WTF are these guys getting more and more incredible to me????!!!! its like am addicted to them, every nite or so just trying to look up ANYTHING about them, COME TO LOWER MANHATTAN! OMG, I think am a fan, I am indebted to all the others for putting up their old music vids b/c w/out them, i'd never find out anything bout' em. These guys are absolutely incredible, you people are incredible, please put up more stuff of theirs!!!!

;) ok. but i've seen somebody mentioning longer version

I mean 1minute 23seconds long :p

I dont think there is any. Album version is 1:23

does anyone know where I could get a longer version?

wish this track was longer :(