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= **WHEN YOUR MIND’S MADE UP** – **GLEN HANSARD AND MARKETA IRGLOVA** =


 * SUMMARY:**
 * About the group
 * Video and lyrics
 * Analysis of the lyrics
 * Conclusion
 * Task

__**ABOUT THE SINGERS: **__
Glen Hansard was born the 21 April 1970 in Dublin, Ireland. He is the songwriter vocalist and guitarist for an Irish group called The Frames and one half of a folk rock duo, The Swell Season.

Markéta Irglová was born 28 February 1988, in the Czech Republic .She is a songwriter, musician, actress, and singer who collaborates with Glen Hansard and performs with him as The Swell Season.

She filmed with Hansard a movie called //Once//, written and directed by John Carney. Hansard and Irglová wrote all but one of the songs featured in the film which won the World Cinema Audience Award.

//"The Swell Season" // is also the name of the first album of the duo released in 2006. "Falling slowly" went on to be nominated for a Grammy and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2008. **__ Video of the song: __** media type="youtube" key="wtVSfINZA4I" width="425" height="350" **__ LYRICS: __** **So,If you ever want something ** **And you call, call ** **Then I'll come runningTo fight ** **And I'll be at your door ** **When there's nothing worth running for ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When your mind's made up ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When your mind's made up ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">There's no point trying to change it ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When your mind's made up ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When your mind's made up ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">There's no point trying to stop it ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">You see ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">You're just like everyone ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When the shit falls all you want to do is run away ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">And hide all by yourself ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When there’s far from, where there’s nothing else ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> When your mind's made up ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When your mind's made up ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">There's no point trying to change it ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When your mind's made up ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When your mind's made up ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">There's no point even talking ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When your mind's made up ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When your mind's made up ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">There's no point trying to fight it ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When your mind's ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Your mind's.... **   **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ah ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">There's no point trying to change it ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When your..... **   **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">OhOhh, Ohh ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">So, If you ever want something ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">And you call, call ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Then I'll come running. **

__**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ANALYSIS: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">When your mind’s made up is one, if not the best, songs I’ve ever heard. It has a perfect combination of simple but powerful instruments and of amazing lyrics sang with two very moving voices that let you get into the song and feel exactly what the singers try to evoke. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">What I find interesting about this song is that I personally can’t get tired of listening it because each time I do, I feel like if someone’s reading my mind. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The first stanza starts talking about that typical situation we all have sometimes when we feel that everything goes wrong, when we feel desperate, insecure or disappointed, and somebody is always there able to help you and do whatever is necessary to put you up. What I like about this part is that Glen Hansard uses words such as “your” which make the song be much more special for the one that listens to it. Why? Well think about the songs we listen to everyday. 90% of them normally talk about the singer’s personal life. They explain us a story…but in this case due to this kind of things we feel identified because he is directing to each one of us particularly. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The chorus immediately stands out not just because of the way they sing but because of the words used to create a meaning to the song. As you can see these lyrics are the main reason for me selecting this song. Firstly because I feel totally identified with them and secondly because I appreciate how with a simple vocabulary and the repetition of some of the verses we are created an incredible atmosphere. I can perfectly understand the singer when he says “ there’s no point trying to change it” because it is true, when we have something on mind, usually problems about boys or family or friends we just can’t stop thinking about it and although someone tells us not to worry we still focus on that until it’s solved. That happens to me and especially now at this age when we start having our opinions and taking decisions. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The next verse clarifies the singer’s intention to describe how people work. He uses clear metaphors such as “when the shit falls all we want to do is run away”. This means that whenever we have problems instead of solving them quickly and forgetting them, we escape from them and convince ourselves that someday it will end. But of course, meanwhile like the title of this song says: “Our minds are made up” <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Suddenly the volume and the rhythm of the song change when we arrive to the final verses which are repetitions of the chorus. We can see how the tone gets louder and maddening, how the rhythm increases as the voices shout even more. They are done in such a powerful way that, in my opinion, vibrates with the energy of people minds. It’s a way of performing how our mind reacts when it is full of thoughts, as if it explodes. When we burst into tears due to the pressure or the accumulated ire. And then it reaches a point where volume decreases, and rhythm slows down again, bringing back the first idea. The idea that we are not alone and that there’s someone next to us that gives us a shoulder to cry on. __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">CONCLUSION: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">So to conclude: Once again I’d like to consider this song as one of my favorites that instantly catches my attention due to its striking rhythm and its meaningful lyrics which manage to arouse my imagination. Finally I would like to point out that this song wouldn’t be so much if not for the magnificent singers that lead to such a masterful performance.

__**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">TASK: **__ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">(Fill the gaps)

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">You ……

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">You're just like everyone

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">When the…….. falls all you want to do is run away

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">And …… all by yourself

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">When there’s …… ……, where there’s …… else

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">When your mind's made up

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">When your mind's made up

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">There's no point trying to……… it

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">When your mind's made up

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">When your mind's made up

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">There's no point even ………….