Musical Interlude: Är du som han?

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I've mentioned on occasion being an ABBA fan. I'm also a fan of Agnetha Fältskog's songs before and during the ABBA years. There are so many great songs I could share, but if I was to settle for just the one, it would be Är du som han? ("Are you like him?") from 1975.

It's oddly relevant to all fellow fangirls out there, because surely everyone has wondered, at some point or other, how the object of our admiration (say, Richard Armitage), the unknown, measures up to the known, i.e. our respecive significant others ...



Original Swedish lyrics first, but scroll down for an English translation!

Han och jag har levt tillsammans ganska många år
Du och jag, vi träffades hos Gun och Bengt i går
Han är allt jag önskat mig
Du, ja, vad är du?
Det borde inte betyda det minsta för mig men ändå

Undrar jag, är du som han?
Hur känns det månntro när du kysser mig?
Är du som han?
Jag undrar hur känns dina händer?
Är du som han?
Min tanke far ständigt tillbaks till dig
Varför ska jag undra så
Om du är som han?

Han och jag har byggt nånting ihop och sånt är svårt
Du och jag har ingenting som vi kan kalla vårt
Han och jag, vi kan varann, inga frågor kvar
Men du har fått mig att undra för du gav mig aldrig nåt svar

Oh! Är du som han?
Jag tror dina ögon var varmare
Är du som han?
Vad händer i mig om du rör mig?
Är du som han?
Min nyfikenhet är en villofärd
Du som kanske ändå vet
Att du är som han ...

(Lyrics by Bosse Carlgren)

Here's what the lyrics actually say, in a rough translation:

He and I have lived together quite a few years
You and I, we met at Gun and Bengt's [house] yesterday
He is everything I've wished for
You, well, what are you?
It shouldn't matter to me in the slightest, but still

I wonder, are you like him?
How might it feel when you kiss me?
Are you like him?
I wonder what your hands feel like
Are you like him?
My thought keeps coming back to you
Why do I have to wonder so
If you're like him?

He and I have built something together, and that's difficult
You and I have nothing we can call ours
He and I, we know each other, no questions left [to ask]
But you have made me wonder, because you never gave me an answer

Oh! Are you like him?
I think your eyes were warmer
Are you like him?
What will happen in me if you touch me?
Are you like him?
My curiosity is a fool's errand
You who might still know
That you are like him ...

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