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The Swell Season - "In These Arms"

© 2010 Distributed By WMG The Swell Season's video for "In These Arms" from the album 'Strict Joy,' in stores now! Get it on iTunes: bit.ly Get it on Amazon: bit.ly Get it at the ANTI Store: bit.ly

The Swell Season - "Low Rising" Play Video

The Swell Season - "Low Rising"

Distributed by WMG The Swell Season's new album 'Strict Joy' in stores now!

The Swell Season Perform New Songs at an NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Play Video

The Swell Season Perform New Songs at an NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

For those who can't wait to hear songs from Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova's follow-up to Once (titled Strict Joy, out Oct. 27), the pair played six new songs before performing the first-ever Tiny Desk Concert...

The Swell Season - Falling Slowly Play Video

The Swell Season - Falling Slowly

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova perform their Oscar winning track from "Once" in the Last.fm Discover studios in New York. www.lastfmdiscover.com

Swell Season performance, interview (Boing Boing) Play Video

Swell Season performance, interview (Boing Boing)

Swell Season (Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová) speak with Boing Boing's David Pescovitz, and perform an unreleased song for us during a US tour. The musical duo's name comes...

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The Swell Season Biography

The Swell Season is a musical duo formed by Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Marketa Irglova. It's also the name of their debut album. "The Swell Season" name is derived from Hansard's favourite novel by Josef Skvorecky from 1975 bearing the same title.

Since their mutual rise to prominence after starring in the 2007 film Once, they increasingly referred to themselves as "The Swell Season" in promotion of their performances until it has unambiguously become the formal name of their collaboration in 2008. (Notably, they still used their separate names when they contributed their cover of Bob Dylan's "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" to the 2007 soundtrack of I'm Not There.)

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The Swell Season Lyrics

The Swell Season - Falling Slowly Lyrics

I don't know you
But I want you all the more for that
And words fall through me
And always fool me and I can't react

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The Swell Season - Drown Out Lyrics

Drown out the voice that breaks the silence
And talks the joy out of everything
You were found out and had to walk
In darkness without the only thing you care about

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The Swell Season - When Your Mind's Made Up Lyrics

So if you want something and you call, call
Then I'll come running to fight and I'll be at your door
When there's something worth running for

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The Swell Season - Lies Lyrics

I think it's time, we give it up
And figure out what's stopping us
From breathing easy, and talking straight

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The Swell Season - In These Arms Lyrics

Use the truth as a weapon
To beat up all your friends
Every chink in the armor
An excuse to cause offense

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The Swell Season - High Horses Lyrics

There's a light inside us all
It only shines as bright as we are
And you've fallen down so low
I'm really worried for you, I'm really worried

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