2021년 11월 5일에 발매된 ABBA 9집 4번 트랙 수록곡입니다. 여전히 변함없는 Agnetha와 Frida의 목소리 그리고 ABBA만의 음악 색깔이 진하게 잘 드러나는 곡입니다. 지난 1981년 8집 이후 약 40년만에 발매한 ABBA의 새 앨범 ‘Voyage’에서 개인적으로 좋았던 것은 오랫동안 들어왔던 기존의 ABBA의 음악과 이질감이 느껴지지 않으면서도 여전히 세련된 ABBA만의 음악을 잘 보여주고 있다는 점입니다.

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Arranged By: Benny Andersson
Baritone Saxophone:Jan Bengtson
Bass: Mats Englund(track: 6)
Choir: International School of Stockholm Choir
Clarinet: Pär Grebacken
Co-producer: Björn Ulvaeus
Coordinator: Görel Hanser
Design: Baillie Walsh
Drums: Per Lindvall
Engineer: Bernard Löhr, Linn Fijal, Vilma Colling
Flute: Jan Bengtson
Guitar: Lasse Jonsson, Lasse Wellander
Harp: Margareta Bengtson
Mastered By: Björn Engelmann
Mixed By: Benny Andersson, Bernard Löhr
Music Director: Kimberly Akester
Musical Assistance: Anneli Thompson
Percussion: Per Lindvall
Piano: Benny Andersson
Producer: Benny Andersson
Programmed By: Bernard Löhr
Recorder: Pär Grebacken
Synthesizer: Benny Andersson
Tenor Saxophone: Pär Grebacken

(가사)
A while ago I heard the sound of children’s laughter
Now it’s quiet, so I guess they left the park
This wooden bench is getting harder by the hour
The sun is going down, it’s getting dark

I realize I’m cold
The rain begins to pour
As I watch the windows on the second floor
The lights are on, it’s time to go
It’s time at last to let him know  

I believe it would be fair to say, You look bewildered
And you wonder why I’m here today
And so you should I would
When I left, I felt I’d had enough
But in the shape and form I appear now
I have learned to cope and love and hope is why I am here now

And now you see another me, I’ve been reloaded
I’m fired up, Don’t shut me down
I’m like a dream within a dream that’s been decoded
I’m fired up, I’m hot, Don’t shut me down

I’m not the one you knew, I’m now and then combined
And I’m asking you to have an open mind (and I won’t be the same)
I’m not the same this time around
I’m fired up, Don’t shut me down  

Will you leave me standing in the hall or let me enter?
The apartment hasn’t changed at all I got to say I’m glad

Once these rooms were witness to our love
My tantrums and increasing frustration
But I go from mad, to not so bad in my transformation  

You asked me not to leave
Well here I am again
And I love you still and so I won’t pretend
I have learned to cope and love and hope is why I am here now
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