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When I Grow Up

Release date: 12th January 2009

From Fever RayTrack 24:30

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"When I Grow Up" is a single by Fever Ray, from the album Fever Ray, released 12th January 2009. The track is 4:30 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 3 articles about Fever Ray.

About the Artist

Fever Ray

Fever Ray

Lyrics

When I Grow Up

When I grow up
I want to be a forester
Run through the moss on high heels
That's what I'll do
Throwing out boomerang
Waiting for it to come back to me
When I grow up
I want to live near the sea
Crab claws and bottles of rum
That's what I'll have
Staring at the seashell
Waiting for it to embrace me
I put my soul in what I do
Last night I drew a funny man
With dark eyes and a hanging tongue
It goes way bad
I never liked a sad look
From someone who wants to be loved by you
I'm very good with plants
When my friends are away
They let me keep the soil moist
On the seventh day I rest
For a minute or two
Then back on my feet and cry for you
You've got cucumbers on your eyes
Too much time spent on nothing
Waiting for a moment to arise
The face in the ceiling
And arms too long
I wait for him to catch me
Waiting for you to embrace me

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Track details

From Fever Ray

4:302009Single

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Album

12th January 2009

Track number

2

Release year

2009

1If I Had a Heart
3:48
2When I Grow Up
4:30
3Dry and Dusty
3:45
4Seven
5:10

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Fever Ray — The Lake (Cinematic)
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Fever Ray — I'm Not Done (Radical Edit)
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Fever Ray — Even It Out (Radical Romantics Session) (from The Year of The Radical Romantics) [3:59]
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Fever Ray — To The Moon And Back (Radical Romantics Session) (from The Year of The Radical Romantics) [4:53]
Fever Ray — What They Call Us (Radical Romantics Session) (from The Year of The Radical Romantics) [6:13]
Fever Ray — When I Grow Up (Radical Romantics Session) (from The Year of The Radical Romantics) [4:27]
Fever Ray — Kandy (Radical Romantics Session) (from The Year of The Radical Romantics) [4:11]
Fever Ray — Now's The Only Time I Know (Therapy Session) (from The Year of The Radical Romantics) [4:52]
Fever Ray — New Utensils (Radical Romantics Session) (from The Year of The Radical Romantics) [4:53]
Fever Ray — Mustn't Hurry (Radical Romantics Session) (from The Year of The Radical Romantics) [5:13]
Fever Ray — Shiver (Radical Romantics Session) (from The Year of The Radical Romantics) [4:50]
Fever Ray — I'm Not Done (Therapy Session) (from The Year of The Radical Romantics) [4:40]
Fever Ray — Now's The Only Time I Know (Radical Romantics Session) (from The Year of The Radical Romantics) [5:10]
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Fever Ray — Shiver (Ivory (IT) remix)
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Fever Ray — Carbon Dioxide (God Colony Remix)
Fever Ray — Carbon Dioxide (DJ HARAM Remix)
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Fever Ray — Looking For a Ghost (from Radical Romantics) [3:40]
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Fever Ray — Even It Out (from Radical Romantics) [3:08]
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Fever Ray — Mustn’t Hurry (Tzusing Remix)
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Fever Ray — Plunge (DJ Marfox Remix)
Fever Ray — Wanna Sip (Sissel Wincent Remix)
Fever Ray — Wanna Sip (Olof Dreijer Remix)
Fever Ray — To The Moon And Back (Jowaa Remix)
Fever Ray — Plunge (Faka Remix)
Fever Ray — To The Moon And Back (Los XL Remix)
Fever Ray — IDK About You (rip ME reWORK)
Fever Ray — Falling (Glasser Remix)
Fever Ray — Mustn’t Hurry (Lao Remix)
Fever Ray — Mustn't Hurry (Aasthma Remix) BONUS TRACK
Fever Ray — This Country (Paula Temple’s DESTROY Remix)
Fever Ray — To The Moon And Back (NAR Remix)
Fever Ray — I’m Not Done (Still Not Done Dancing Mix)
Fever Ray — Mustn’t Hurry (Dinamarca Remix)
Fever Ray — To The Moon And Back (Los XL Extended Remix) [BONUS TRACK]
Fever Ray — This Country Makes It Hard To Fuck (Björk Remix)
Fever Ray — This Country Makes It Hard to Fuck
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Fever Ray — Mama's Hand (Live At Troxy)
Fever Ray — IDK About You (Live At Troxy)
Fever Ray — If I Had A Heart (Live At Troxy)
Fever Ray — I'm Not Done (Live At Troxy)
Fever Ray — Mustn't Hurry (Live At Troxy)
Fever Ray — Concrete Walls (Live At Troxy)
Fever Ray — A Part Of Us (Live At Proxy)
Fever Ray — To The Moon And Back (Live At Troxy)
Fever Ray — An Itch (Live At Troxy)
Fever Ray — Keep The Streets Empty For Me (Live At Troxy)
Fever Ray — Red Trails (Live At Troxy)
Fever Ray — Triangle Walks (Live At Troxy)
Fever Ray — Falling (Live At Troxy)
Fever Ray — When I Grow Up (Live At Proxy)
Fever Ray — This Country (Live At Troxy)
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Fever Ray — Mustn’t Hurry
Fever Ray — A Part of Us (from Plunge) [3:30]
Fever Ray — Mama's Hand (from Plunge) [4:58]
Fever Ray — Falling (from Plunge) [5:03]
Fever Ray — To the Moon and Back (from Plunge) [4:38]
Fever Ray — Red Trails (from Plunge) [4:51]
Fever Ray — An Itch (from Plunge) [3:46]
Fever Ray — Plunge (from Plunge) [5:37]
Fever Ray — IDK About You (from Plunge) [3:41]
Fever Ray — This Country (from Plunge) [3:12]
Fever Ray — Mustn't Hurry (from Plunge) [4:18]
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Fever Ray — Triangle walks - tiga's 1-2-3-4 remix
Fever Ray — Seven - marcel dettmann's voice in my head
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Fever Ray — Seven (Crookers remix)
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Fever Ray — Triangle Walks / Seven
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Fever Ray — Stranger Than Kindness (from Fever Ray)
Fever Ray — If I Had a Heart (from Fever Ray) [3:48]
Fever Ray — Keep the Streets Empty For Me (from Fever Ray) [5:37]
Fever Ray — Concrete Walls (from Fever Ray) [5:39]
Fever Ray — I'm Not Done (from Fever Ray) [4:18]
Fever Ray — Here Before (from Fever Ray)
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Fever Ray — Triangle Walks (from Fever Ray) [4:22]
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Fever Ray — When I Grow Up (Scuba's High Up mix)
Fever Ray — If I Had Heart
Fever Ray — When I Grow Up (Bassnectar Remix)
Fever Ray — When I Grow Up (Scuba's Straight Down mix)
Fever Ray — When I Grow Up (We Grow Apart Inspiration - take 2 - By Pär Grindvik)

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Credits

Credited: Christoffer Berg, First Aid Kit, FM4, Genius Brasil Traduções, Henrik Jonsson, Konami, KRGKGM, La Roux, The Kid’s Corpses, Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid, Various Artists