| Da jeg var 19−20 år var jeg snotforvirret
| When I was 19−20 I was confused
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| Og følte nok at hverdagen var for kompliceret
| And probably felt that everyday life was too complicated
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| Prøvede mest af alt at få min brandert optimeret
| Tried most of all to get my brand optimized
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| Stiv fire dage om ugen, aldrig koncentreret
| Stiff four days a week, never concentrated
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| Og seriøst, hjertet hamrer løst I mit bryst
| And seriously, the heart is pounding loose in my chest
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| Ung, dum og på druk som kongerne af Marielyst
| Young, stupid and drunk like the kings of Marielyst
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| Og hvorfor så det?
| And why so?
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| Jamen den umiddelbare grund
| Well the immediate reason
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| Jeg var overbevist om jeg ville dø ret ung
| I was convinced I would die pretty young
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| Så uden at tænke mig om
| So without thinking about it
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| Gav jeg skæbnen en hjælpende hånd
| I gave fate a helping hand
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| Blæst på lidt haze og blæst på lidt rom
| Blown on a little haze and blown on a little rum
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| Indersiden af mit hoved det var temmelig tom'
| Inside my head it was pretty empty '
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| Parat til at overgive mig som en knælende konge
| Ready to surrender like a kneeling king
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| Tænkte «Går det galt I nat, så går jeg ud med et brag»
| Thought «If it goes wrong Tonight, I'll go out with a bang»
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| Som om jeg søgte dagen hvor jeg blev lagt ud I en grav
| As if I was searching the day I was laid in a grave
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| Men jeg vågnede altid op mere forvirret end den forrige dag
| But I always woke up more confused than the day before
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| Og følte paranoia og komplekserne overtage
| And felt paranoia and the complexes take over
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| Jeg har en djævel på min skulder der siger at jeg skal adlyde ham
| I have a devil on my shoulder who says I must obey him
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| Han siger jeg skal smide det hele på bålet og bare lade det brænde
| He says I should throw it all on the fire and just let it burn
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| For du' først rigtig fri når du intet har at miste
| Because you're only really free when you have nothing to lose
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| Ja du' først rigtig fri når intet har at miste
| Yes, you're only really free when you have nothing to lose
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| Somme tider higer jeg efter at komme tilbage
| Sometimes I long to come back
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| Til den gang det eneste jeg så frem til var dommedag
| Until then, the only thing I looked forward to was Doomsday
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| Helt kynisk set er ansvar en forhindring
| Quite cynically, responsibility is an obstacle
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| Og det, ikke at have noget at miste er en livsforsikring
| And not having anything to lose is a life insurance policy
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| Hvis' det rigtigt at de ting du ejer, ejer dig
| If 'it's true that the things you own, own you
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| Må de ting du står til ansvar for belejre dig
| May the things you are responsible for besiege you
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| Kæmpede I årevis for noget at være stolt af
| Struggled for years for something to be proud of
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| Bare for at få lyst til at smide det væk, det virker åndssvagt
| Just to feel like throwing it away, it seems mind-numbing
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| Er nået noget af det jeg satte mig for
| Has reached some of what I set out for
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| Men er stadig ikk' tilfreds så hvor plat er jeg så?
| But am still not satisfied so how flat am I then?
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| Og egentlig lyder det som noget pis at sige
| And really, it sounds like something piss to say
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| Men først når du ikk' har noget at tabe er du rigtig fri
| But only when you have nothing to lose are you really free
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| Men jeg vil ikk' tilbage, uanset om jeg ender I nederlag
| But I do not want to go back, whether I end up in defeat
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| Prøver at holde hovedet oppe hver eneste dag
| Trying to keep my head up every single day
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| Forvirret og frustreret før jeg gik I børnesko
| Confused and frustrated before I went in children's shoes
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| Sejt at sige man ikk' gir' en fuck, men det gør jeg jo | Cool to say you do not 'give' a fuck, but I do |