They came from the hills and they came from the valleys and the plains they struggled in the cold in the heat and the snow and in the rain came to hear him play play their minds away
We’re all following a strange melody we’re all summoned by a tune we’re following the piper and we dance beneath the moon
We’re following the piper and we dance beneath the moon for him and we dance beneath the moon
Sub luna saltamus
They came from the south from the west and the north and from the east they waited for the man like a parish is waiting for the priest longed to hear him play play their minds away
We’re all following a strange melody we’re all summoned by a tune we’re following the piper and we dance beneath the moon
We’re following the piper and we dance beneath the moon for him and we dance beneath the moon
Sub luna saltamus
He gave them a dream he seduced everybody in the land the fire in his eyes and the fear was a weapon in his hand so they let him play play their minds away
We’re all following a strange melody we’re all summoned by a tune we’re following the piper and we dance beneath the moon
We’re following the piper and we dance beneath the moon for him and we dance beneath the moon
這首歌的歌詞靈感源自德國的民間故事The Pied Piper of Hamelin,故事內容敘述當1284年Hamelin這個城鎮為鼠患所苦時,一個穿著花斑衣服的吹笛人吹起他的笛子,城裡所有的老鼠被笛聲所惑,跟隨著他的笛聲最後都淹死在威悉河。但是當居民反悔不願意照吹笛人的要求付款時,吹笛人再度吹起笛子,這次笛聲誘惑了130個小孩跟著走,最後被帶入一個山洞,自此再也沒人見過他們的踪跡。
至於說ABBA音樂通俗,基本上已經算是曲解了。ABBA音樂最大的特色就是在曲式及合音上非常的工整,容易聆聽,琅琅上口,但這並不表示廉價。事實上ABBA的音樂豐富多變,但是又能統合得非常協調,顯示創作人頗具功力而且用心菲淺。尤其最後一張專輯The Visitors更上層樓,不管在詞或曲上都達到巔峰,可惜已是散攤前的天鵝之歌。這張專輯中一首When All Is Said And Done暗示了樂團崩解的訊息,聽起來真讓人心酸。