| Og vår naturlige usikkerhet
| And our natural insecurity
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| Den spiser seg helt inntil det innerste av meg
| It eats right down to the innermost part of me
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| Og livet starter med en kjærlighet (-het)
| And life begins with a love (-ness)
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| Fri fra betingelser, betingelser
| Free from conditions, conditions
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| Run away, run away innimellom
| Run away, run away occasionally
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| Innimellom smauene over haugen og inn i skauen
| Between the alleys over the mound and into the shed
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| Der ingen kan ta oss, ingen får skadd oss
| Where no one can take us, no one can hurt us
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| Ka da? | Ka da? |
| Ka så? | Ka so? |
| Ka da? | Ka da? |
| Ka no?
| Ka no?
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| Kor lang tid det før et barn
| How long before a child
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| Som har gått seg vill blir til en villmann
| Whoever gets lost becomes a savage
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| I mellom ledig gangers stillstand
| In between idle standstill
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| Kor lang tid tar det før en bilbrann tar å vokser til en bybrann
| How long does it take for a car fire to grow into a city fire?
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| Tomme bokser lager lyder mens de voksne bare lyger
| Empty boxes make noises while the adults just lie
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| Ka skjedde den natten ved ferjeleiet
| Ka happened that night at the ferry berth
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| Er det som katten på evig ferie i Sverige
| Is it like the cat on eternal vacation in Sweden
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| Alt kan kanskje bortforklares
| Everything can perhaps be explained away
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| Selv om det neppe blir bedre
| Although it is unlikely to get better
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| For alt kan ikkje repareres
| For everything can not be repaired
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| Run away, run away inn i meljen
| Run away, run away into the flour
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| Innimellom bølgene på gølvet
| In between the waves on the floor
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| Innimellom følgene av helgen
| In between the consequences of the weekend
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| Innimellom svelger vi detaljer
| Occasionally we swallow details
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| Innimellom velger våre selektive hukommelse å overstyre
| Occasionally, our selective memory chooses to override
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| Heller det enn å innrømme at, at vi er svarskyldige til tusen
| Rather than admitting that, that we are indebted to a thousand
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| Koffor bevegde de buskene seg så grådig utenfor huset
| Koffor moved the bushes so greedily outside the house
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| Og koffor sa bare to ifra
| And the suitcase said only two
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| Koffor kom bare en på banen
| Koffor only got one on the field
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| Og koffor er ingen med de to
| And suitcase is no with the two
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| Til å gi meg et forbannede svar
| To give me a damn answer
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| Eg kan tilgi
| I can forgive
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| Og du kan si håpet mitt hoppet ut brystet
| And you can say my hope jumped out of my chest
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| Det var det siste eg husket
| That was the last thing I remembered
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| Når vi satt og flinten i lighteren gnistet
| As we sat and the flint in the lighter sparkled
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| Og vår naturlige usikkerhet
| And our natural insecurity
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| Den spiser seg helt inntil det innerste av meg
| It eats right down to the innermost part of me
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| Some people use god as their high power, you know as far as getting to church.
| Some people use god as their high power, you know as far as getting to church.
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| I use my kids as my high power and I know if I’m not there for them they gon'
| I use my kids as my high power and I know if I'm not there for them they gon '
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| turn out like I did. | turn out like I did. |
| So I just do my best and be the best person I can and
| So I just do my best and be the best person I can and
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| hopefully things will work out | hopefully things will work out |