From the recording Swedish Style - The Musical Concept Album
6. Reincarnation (Reno, Anna, Kurt)
After a late recording session in the group’s control room, Reno, Kurt and Anna leave the studio and wander down a narrow Old Town street, dotted with cafes, bars and dimly lit street lamps. They are feeling content and sentimental; as they pass a poster promoting a past hit Opus 10 album, the three reflect on the good times with pride.
Lyrics
(The three of them put on their coats and, leaving the studio, go out on the street)
PART 2: REINCARNATION
Reno:
Watch the sky
Poignant struggles over for another day
The night is resigned
Sunlight feels no urge to stay
No restless sigh
No cry mars the fairy tale good-bye
A half hidden shiver shakes the sky
Anna:
It seems wrong
Unfair endings to the final episode
You want to belong
Sudden bendings fill your road
The night turns to stone
Alone
Life is a cruel and nasty song
But in Sweden, nights don’t last for long
Kurt:
Hmm
Let there be further rays of light
Let there be other suns tonight
Let us know reincarnation’s delight
Reno:
Upside down, inside out
A chill crawls in my mind
Inside out, upside down
My brows rise, and I suddenly frown
Kurt:
Hmm
Let there be hearty rounds of fight
Let there be further rays of light
Let there be other suns tonight
Let us know reincarnation’s delight
Anna:
(Seeing an old poster of OPUS10 on the wall of a building)
Hear the call of the past
Hear the call of the past
For every question you’ve asked
The answer lies in your past
Now and nobody else
I just could know what was there in your heart
In your dreams, in your soul
Proudly speaking for all now
Kurt:
Memories
Anna:
For all now
Reno:
Memories
Kurt:
How can I...
Reno:
How can I...
Kurt & Reno:
Can I cease to remember
The overwhelming emotions?
As I go through the motions
As I enter the chamber
God, I still remember
Kurt:
How it was
Anna: (hearing a sound)
Someone’s coming.
Kurt:
Ssssshhhh.
(The three of them hide at the street corner, just as three young boys carrying posters and buckets enter)