| En man med ett ben som en spik, såg mig
| A man with a leg like a nail, saw me
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| Dansa en fest ur sin skit, bröt mig
| Dancing a party out of its shit, broke me
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| Han luktade fisk och viol, han la mig ner
| He smelled fish and violets, he put me down
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| Din far var en riktig bandit — en man
| Your father was a real bandit - a man
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| Och processen som du gör
| And the process that you do
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| När du dansar fram som du gör
| When you dance the way you do
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| Är ärvd i rakt nedstigande led
| Is inherited in a straight descending line
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| Från männen som bråkade sitt land ur fred
| From the men who quarreled their country out of peace
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| För det var en varm orangemörk norsk sommarkväll
| Because it was a warm orange-dark Norwegian summer evening
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| Utmanad på dansduell
| Challenged in a dance duel
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| Mellan tjockt bommulstyg och hud dränkt i svett
| Between thick cotton fabric and skin soaked in sweat
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| Kom undergången hem till Anette
| The doom came home to Anette
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| De dagar hon sa att hon var stark
| The days she said she was strong
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| Var det bara lögner för han var hennes monark
| It was just lies because he was her monarch
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| Så en varm orangemörk norsk sommarkväll såg hon sin grav
| Then on a warm orange-dark Norwegian summer evening she saw her grave
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| Det pratades som om panik, vi tog — det hårt
| There was talk of panic, we took it - it hard
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| Han ångrade allt som han sa, och vad — han gjort
| He regretted everything he said, and what - he did
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| Repellerande bort försvann, han
| Repelling away disappeared, he
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| Lämnade oss nakna kvar — han brann, han brann
| Left us naked - he burned, he burned
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| Men nu får vi byta plats och bära någon annans last
| But now we have to change places and carry someone else's load
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| Lära oss att aldrig köra fast
| Teach us to never get stuck
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| Medans vi har plats att lossa inatt
| While we have room to unload tonight
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| För det var en varm orangemörk norsk sommarkväll
| Because it was a warm orange-dark Norwegian summer evening
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| Utmanad på dansduell
| Challenged in a dance duel
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| Mellan tjockt bommulstyg och hud dränkt i svett
| Between thick cotton fabric and skin soaked in sweat
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| Kom undergången hem till Anette
| The doom came home to Anette
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| De dagar hon sa att hon var stark
| The days she said she was strong
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| Var det bara lögner för han var hennes monark
| It was just lies because he was her monarch
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| Så en varm orangemörk norsk sommarkväll såg hon sin grav
| Then on a warm orange-dark Norwegian summer evening she saw her grave
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| Det var en varm orangemörk norsk sommarkväll
| It was a warm orange-dark Norwegian summer evening
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| Utmanad på dansduell
| Challenged in a dance duel
|
| Mellan tjockt bommulstyg och hud dränkt i svett
| Between thick cotton fabric and skin soaked in sweat
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| Kom undergången hem till Anette
| The doom came home to Anette
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| De dagar hon sa att hon var stark
| The days she said she was strong
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| Var det bara lögner för han var hennes monark
| It was just lies because he was her monarch
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| Så en varm orangemörk norsk sommarkväll såg hon sin grav | Then on a warm orange-dark Norwegian summer evening she saw her grave |