They Hoped for a Name Lyrics: Mikael Karlsson Sung by: Anna von Hausswolff They hoped for a name They hoped for a promise That someone to love them Would still walk among us Affuture with children A husband or wife They cheered and they toasted To youth and to life They danced ‘til the morning They drank and took flight The names of their lovers Were heard in the night The sun stayed above The moon lingered under By morning the dancers Will start to wonder Had it all been a dream? Had it all been a blunder? And who was that foreign girl With a song made in thunder? Years and years they came To sing to each other The song of the sister The song of the brother Asummer with children ‘With husband or wife They cheered and they toasted To youth and to life They danced ‘til the morning They drank and took flight The names of their lovers Were heard in the night The sun stayed above ‘The moon lingered under By morning the dancers Will start to wonder Had it all been a dream? Had it all been a blunder? And who was that foreign girl With a song made in thunder?