
Date of issue: 28.08.2011
Song language: Danish
Partners In Crime(original) |
Et dødt kompliment, en famlende sang |
En skal af en mand, der engang var i stand |
Til at se sig selv, til at se sine børn |
Den tid er forbi — nu åbner han døren |
Nu lukker vi natten helt ind i stuen |
Nu hæver vi blikket, nu strammer vi skruen |
Nu går vi igennem det røde gardin |
Nu slipper vi, om vi så bli’r til grin |
Jeg håber |
At du holder mig fast min ven |
Du mit eneste ståsted |
Og mit eneste hjem |
Alt andet har jeg kastet overbord |
For kys og rosende ord |
Så jeg håber |
At du holder mig fast min ven |
Hun plejer sig selv, hun stifter en gæld |
Og timerne forsvinder, mens hun mister sig selv |
Hun mangler et svar — hvor langt vil hun gå? |
Vil hun satse alt for at prøve at forstå? |
Nu lukker vi natten helt ind i stuen |
Nu hæver vi blikket, nu strammer vi skruen |
Nu går vi igennem det røde gardin |
Nu slipper vi, om vi så bli’r til grin |
Jeg håber |
At du holder mig fast min ven |
Du mit eneste ståsted |
Og mit eneste hjem |
Alt andet har jeg kastet overbord |
For kys og rosende ord |
Så jeg håber |
At du holder mig fast min ven |
Jeg håber |
At du holder mig fast min ven |
(translation) |
A dead compliment, a groping song |
A shell of a man who was once capable |
To see himself, to see his children |
That time is over - now he opens the door |
Now we close the night all the way into the living room |
Now we raise our gaze, now we tighten the screw |
Now we go through the red curtain |
Now we're free, if we'm going to laugh |
I hope |
That you hold me fast my friend |
You my only point of view |
And my only home |
Everything else I have thrown overboard |
For kisses and words of praise |
So I hope |
That you hold me fast my friend |
She takes care of herself, she incurs a debt |
And the hours disappear while she loses herself |
She needs an answer - how far will she go? |
Will she bet everything to try to understand? |
Now we close the night all the way into the living room |
Now we raise our gaze, now we tighten the screw |
Now we go through the red curtain |
Now we're free, if we'm going to laugh |
I hope |
That you hold me fast my friend |
You my only point of view |
And my only home |
Everything else I have thrown overboard |
For kisses and words of praise |
So I hope |
That you hold me fast my friend |
I hope |
That you hold me fast my friend |