VAMP - Månemannen

Country - Norway     Players- Emmanuel, Trond

MÅNEMANNEN
(Music: Øyvind Staveland, Text: Ingvar Hovland)

Den første morgentime er i rute
for natten er blitt gråhåret og blek.
Nå holder verden pusten sin der ute
og månen er en gyllen tankestrek.

Nå er det seint. Nå er det tidligt.
Se, månemannen bukker djupt og stiligt.

Nå svinger heksen seg i siste dansen,
og skyggene er skygger mer enn før.
Snart vekker solen verden ut av trancen,
mens trollet sprekker og vampyren dør.

Nå er det seint. Nå er det tidligt.
Se, månemannen bukker djupt og stiligt.

En dannet bil slår blikket ned i svingen.
Der står en grønnøyd hulder uten klær.
Hun var der visst! Men nei, nå er der ingen.
Hun flyktet mellom natt og dag og trær.

Nå er det seint. Nå er det tidligt.
Se, månemannen bukker djupt og stiligt.

Den dømte ber for aller siste gongen
før han blir tatt med utenfor og skutt.
Mens munken gjør seg klar til morgensongen,
slår solen til - og nok et døgn blir brutt.

Nå er det seint. Nå er det tidligt.
Se, månemannen bukker djupt og stiligt.

THE MAN IN THE MOON

The first morninghour is in time
because the night has got greyhaired and pale.
Now out there the world is holding its breath
and the moon is a golden dash (of thought)

Now it's late. Now it's early.
Look, the man in the moon is bowing deep and with
style.

Now the witch is swinging herself in the last dance
and the shadows are shadows more than before.
Soon the sun will wake the world out of the trance,
while the troll bursts and the vampire dies.

Now it's late. Now it's early.
Look, the man in the moon is bowing deep and with
style.

A polite car puts the glance down in the turn.
There stands a greeneyed wood nymph without clothes.
She was there! But no, now there is no one.
She ran away between day and night and trees.

Now it's late. Now it's early.
Look, the man in the moon is bowing deep and with
style.

 The doomed prays for the last time
before he is taken outside and shot.
While the monk prepares himself for the morning song
the sun rises - and another 24 hours is broken.

Now it's late. Now it's early.
Look, the man in the moon is bowing deep and with
style.

 

Player's comments:

Here is some information about the group Vamp.

They released their debut album in 1993 and the 2002 album entitled "Månemannen" is their 8th album so
far. Before this album they changed singer, so on their newest album they have the vocalist Vidar
Johnsen. Besides him the band consists of Torbjørn Økland, Øyvind Staveland and Calle Apeland.
Vamp makes lyrics in the dialect of Stavanger where they come from, so these Norwegian words are not
exactly as the singers from among others Oslo would have sung.