Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Excerpts from the Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, artist - Sparks. Date of issue: 30.03.2013
Song language: English
Excerpts from the Seduction of Ingmar Bergman |
| I am Ingmar Bergman |
| You may or may not know my films |
| You may or may not know anything about me as a person |
| Still, the strange events following the warm and unexpected reception to my |
| film Smiles Of A Summer Night |
| Are something that no one has known about — until now |
| Good, Evil, God, the Devil, Life, Death — these were my usual concerns. |
| This film, though, was a comedy |
| A comedy! |
| How far from a comedy the events to follow would be |
| Have you ever felt compelled to do something against your will? |
| I have. |
| I have |
| You see, I have a total disdain for escapist art, and yet why, on that cold May |
| afternoon in Stockholm in 1956, did I feel the need to enter that movie theatre |
| to see escapist art of the worst sort, a typical American action film |
| Well, the title is not what is important. |
| What is important is that I felt |
| compelled to stay against my will, for 90 long minutes |
| Why? |
| Was it the urge to partake of something mindless? |
| Was it the urge to indulge in something vacuous? |
| Was it the urge to do something unlike Ingmar Bergman |
| And, as lights finally came on I got up and walked out as quickly as I could |
| and onto the street — but not the street I expected |
| Mr. Bergman, how are you? |
| Something we can get for you? |
| Some Ramlösa, like some ice? |
| My name’s Gerald Geoffrey Weiss |
| We’ve got to turn him ‘round |
| Not let him let us down |
| We’ve got to turn him ‘round |
| Not let him turn us down |
| We’ve got to turn him ‘round |
| Not let him turn us down |
| How could he be so small to turn us down at all |
| How could he be so small to turn us down at all |
| He’s great, but not that great |
| He thinks he has a choice in all this |
| He thinks he has a choice in all this |
| He thinks he has a choice in all this |
| We’ve offered him the moon |
| Rejected us like goons |
| And all the while unfazed, his eyes were dull and glazed |
| But all that’s in the past |
| He really has some goal to turn us down at all |
| He really has some goal to turn us down at all |
| Is anyone that great? |
| Let’s see how well he does without us |
| He’ll see that he is lost without us |
| He’ll never be that great without us |
| Bergman, Bergman, Bergman, Bergman, Bergman, Bergman, Bergman, Bergman … |
| He’s home, he’s home, and we’re so glad |
| He’s home, he’s home, and we’re so glad |
| No fireworks, no marching band |
| No fireworks, no marching band |
| But old and young, rejoice and cheer |
| But old and young, rejoice and cheer |
| Without him here, we’re barely here |
| Without him here, we’re barely here |
| Ah, but Bergman well, he examines all |
| And most of all himself |
| Good night, that’s all |
| Good night, that’s all |