HaCartel - With Everything That's Happened

Like the picture suggests, at first this sounds like a really sweet song but it's actually quite nasty (and not just because of the foul language). Actually on the radio a cleaner version is played but I couldn't find it online and it kind of takes out the sourness of the song so I'll keep it this way. Anyway, this is quite a bitter song and very guyish. I love how there's really a sense of nostalgia in the sound of the song that fits with the lyrics. And it's something we can all identify with- that close childhood friend that got away and maybe it wasn't supposed to be that way... HaCartel are a great band with a unique sound and a true sense of coolness. They became pretty famous with their hit "I wanted to play a CD for you", which has a pretty amazing and very very Israeli video clip. This is a perfect song to open the summer with, hoping it'll be a bit more positive than the song!

Even when we were little kids
And we played hide and seek together
I picked flowers for you
And you showed me your underwear
Ooh ay what times
A box of sand and big castles
Ooh ay what times
We swore to each other forever

With everything that happened
Daughter of a bitch
Also in another twenty years
Daughter of a bitch

Hand in hand we went to buy
Popsicles and candy
We drew with a paintbrush
Children that didn't want to grow up
Ooh ay a hot day
Over there in an orchard on the orange tree
Ooh ay what times
We swore to each other forever

With everything that happened
Daughter of a bitch
Also in another twenty years
Daughter of a bitch

And when we went up in the same class
We didn't exchange a word with each other
We didn't talk also in recess
That way many years passed
Sometimes I stop to see
How good it could have been
That way I'll remember her deep within
We swore to each other forever
We swore to each other forever
We swore to each other forever

With everything that happened
Also in twenty years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj1B0irZAas&feature=related

http://www.myspace.com/hacartel