This is a quiet acoustic folk piece by Paul Lydon, a Bostonian ex-patriate living in Iceland. The song is performed in Icelandic.
The translation comes directly from him.
This song was included in a compilation by Lydon’s parent Label, Kitchen Motors; it occupies track 11 of the album “Kitchen Moto...
(Translated from Icelandic by the author)
The ways that I lie to you
Count them for me
And the ways I tell you the truth;
Can you count them too?
Subtract one from the other
And whisper to me
How much is left over
They don't do the math;
That's usually how it is
The times we argued
Count them for me
The times finger and cheek touched
Can you count them too?
Subtract one from the other;
We forget right away
How much is left
They don't do the math;
That's usually how it is