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Meet Me in Stockholm

by Teni Rane

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6 years ago I had a chance to continue my soccer career for a season after finishing my university eligibility (go Razorbacks!) on a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea called Gotland. It’s a very beautiful place and I enjoyed so much having the chance to be there and meet new folks and learn to love soccer again. At the same time I was really quite homesick and I struggled with the dichotomy of feeling really lonely and sad while I was having this incredible, once-in-a-lifetime experience of playing semi-pro soccer abroad. I felt so guilty because often the narrative in our world is “you should be so happy” in whatever experience or place you are in - especially if it is something like getting to live and play a sport abroad. In a lot of ways I was really lucky to know that my family was going to have a chance to come visit and that my then-partner-now-spouse was also going to have a chance to visit. I was counting down the days!! The chorus of the song bubbled out first (I was going to travel to the mainland to meet Jonathan in Stockholm and then travel back to the island with him) and I was really hesitant with it because I thought “well it’s totally silly to put Swedish in one of my songs - I barely know ANY Swedish.” After a while I allowed myself to lean into it and the feelings of distance and time separating me from the homey and familiar feeling of being wrapped in my best friend’s arms and accepted playing with the language. Even though the song has a longing and melancholy note and feel to it, it became a really sweet and amazing memory of my individual experience there and also our time there together. I’ve since gotten a bit better at Swedish and have enjoyed learning more of the language over time. In the chorus of the song there are two simple phrases - jag älskar dig means “I love you” and kommer du is a question: “are you coming?” So you get a song and a Swedish lesson :)

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Forty five hundred miles between me and your kiss.
Twenty five hundred hours to think of everything I miss,
And all the reasons that I have for coming home.
You know you’re all I think about when I’m alone.

So, meet me in Stockholm in the summertime.
Meet me in Stockholm. Jag älsker dig.
Meet me in Stockholm under the sky so blue.
Oh darling, I’ll be waiting. Kommer du?

Forty five hundred miles between your arms and me.
Twenty five hundred hours to think of everything that means,
And how it’ll feel to have you standing by my side
when the sun sets late and I see fire in your eyes.

So, meet me in Stockholm in the summertime.
Meet me in Stockholm. Jag älsker dig.
Meet me in Stockholm under the sky so blue.
Oh darling, I’ll be waiting. Kommer du?

Meet me in Stockholm in the summertime.
Meet me in Stockholm. Jag älsker dig.
Meet me in Stockholm under the sky so blue.
Oh darling, I’ll be waiting. Kommer du?

Mmmmhmmm mhhhmmm mhmmmmhmmhmmmm

There’s forty five hundred miles that this boat can’t go.
Twenty five hundred hours - they’re passing by so slow.

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released October 14, 2022
Teni Rane: lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Roger Gustafsson: bass, steel guitar, acoustic guitar

Recorded and mixed at Sandkvie Studios AB
Additional Mixing and Mastering at SteelFabriken
Sound Engineer: Roger Gustafsson
Mastering Engineering: Roger Gustafsson
Produced By: Roger Gustafsson, Teni Rane
Album Art: Teni Rane

Written by Teni Rane © 2022
Asteraceae Publishing (BMI)

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Teni Rane Kingsport, Tennessee

Teni Rane grew up in and around a community of Chattanooga musicians who helped nurture in her an early love for music. Her vocals carry power and finesse rolled together with perfect balance to evoke the emotional feel of her lyrics. As a child she was often found belting out lyrics in the back seat on the way to just about anywhere. ... more

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