Some Nights in Irish

A passionate uplifting new anthem to Gaeilge - performed live by students in Coláiste Lurgan, Cúrsa C 2012. Learning a more...

A passionate uplifting new anthem to Gaeilge – performed live by students in Coláiste Lurgan, Cúrsa C 2012. Learning and singing along the lyrics of popular songs is an enjoyable as well as being a very effective way of improving your Gaeilge. So put on your headphones and give it a go.

Composition/Ceol: Cathal Ó Ruaidh, Stiofán Ó Fearail, Jenny Ní Ruiséail, Daithí Ó Ruaidh, Eoin Ó Dubhghaill, Míchéal Ó Foighil- Sound Engineer: Frank McEvilly. Post Production Sound: Eugene Killeen.

Some Nights is the second studio album from American indie pop band Fun. (stylized as “fun.”). It was released on February 21, 2012 through Fueled by Ramen. It was recorded in 2011 and produced by Jeff Bhasker. After signing to a new label, the band began to work on Some Nights for over nine months throughout 2011.

“We Are Young” was released as the lead single from the album and bolstered the band to mainstream success with the aid of television and advertising. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and Alternative Songs for two weeks, with over three million digital downloads. The title track was commissioned as the second single and has reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as becoming their second No. 1 on Alternative Songs. The album has received mixed reviews according to Metacritic. The band later won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and “We Are Young” won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Fun received four other Grammy nominations: two for “We Are Young” and two for the album itself.

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Original in English (not direct translation)

Chorus

Some nights I stay up cashing in my bad luck
Some nights I call it a draw
Some nights I wish that my lips could build a castle
Some nights I wish they'd just fall off

But I still wake up, I still see your ghost
Oh, Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for oh
What do I stand for? What do I stand for?
Most nights I don't know anymore...

Verse 1

This is it, boys, this is war -
what are we waiting for?
Why don't we break the rules already?
I was never one to believe the hype
Save that for the black and white
I try twice as hard and I'm half as liked,
But here they come again to jack my style

Bridge 1

That's alright;
I found a martyr in my bed tonight
She stops my bones from wondering
just who I am, who I am, who I am
Oh, who am I? Mmm... Mmm...

Chorus 2

Well, some nights I wish that this all would end
'Cause I could use some friends for a change.
And some nights I'm scared you'll forget me again
Some nights I always win, I always win...

But I still wake up, I still see your ghost
Oh, Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for, oh
What do I stand for? What do I stand for?
Most nights I don't know... (oh, come on)

So this is it.
I sold my soul for this?
Washed my hands of that for this?
I miss my mom and dad for this?

No. When I see stars, when I see,
when I see stars, that's all they are
When I hear songs, they sound like this one,
so come on. Oh, come on.
Oh, come on. Oh, come on!

Verse 2

Well, that is it guys, that is all -
five minutes in and I'm bored again
Ten years of this, I'm not sure
if anybody understands
This one is not for the folks at home;
Sorry to leave, mom, I had to go
Who the fuck wants to die alone
all dried up in the desert sun?

Bridge 2

My heart is breaking for my sister and the con that she call "love"
When I look into my nephew's eyes...
Man, you wouldn't believe the most amazing things that can come from...
Some terrible nights... ah...

Ending

The other night you wouldn't believe
the dream I just had about you and me
I called you up but we'd both agree

It's for the best you didn't listen
It's for the best we get our distance... Oh...
It's for the best you didn't listen
It's for the best we get our distance... Oh...

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