| Vi som skygger midt i natten
| We who shadow in the middle of the night
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| Vi forsvinder for os selv om rejsen den så ender
| We disappear for ourselves even if the journey then ends
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| Alting vil forandres når showet er forbi
| Everything will change when the show is over
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| Svaret står i flammer
| The answer is in flames
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| Yeah, yeah lad dem endelig bare tænke deres
| Yeah, yeah finally let them just think theirs
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| Det rør mig ik om de kigger
| I do not care if they look
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| Eller lytter bevægelser og replikker
| Or listening to movements and lines
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| Store tanker beslutsomme ben
| Big thoughts determined legs
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| Jeg blir' aldrig træt af den scene
| I'm never tired of that scene
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| Og hver aften er historien den samme
| And every night the story is the same
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| Selvsikkerhed skyder historien igang
| Confidence kicks the story off
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| Smukke øjeblikke, blottet af et unikum
| Beautiful moments, devoid of a unique
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| København er mit publikum
| Copenhagen is my audience
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| Stående bifald, tolker det som et ti-tal
| Standing applause, interpret it as a ten
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| I kærlighedens navn må de anerkende mit valg
| In the name of love, they must acknowledge my choice
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| Og' her ingen plads til en tvivler
| And 'here no room for a doubter
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| Kun hvis du støtter projektet kan du blive her
| Only if you support the project can you stay here
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| Og mænge dig blandt nye venner
| And crowd you among new friends
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| Vi ænser sjældent verden omkring os når lyset blænder
| We rarely care about the world around us when the light dazzles
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| Og stemningen når tredje salen
| And the mood reaches the third floor
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| Fanget i menneskehavet, så dem ik' forlade salen
| Trapped in the sea of people, so they do not leave the hall
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| Og pauser var aldrig en del af planen
| And breaks were never part of the plan
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| Spiller hele dagen, ingen ende på spilleplanen
| Plays all day, no end to the schedule
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| Men det vidste sig at være præcist som frygtet
| But it turned out to be exactly as feared
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| En forestilling, den slags slutter desværre
| A show that kind of ends unfortunately
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| Nu der tomt på scenen øde i salen
| Now that empty on the stage deserted in the hall
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| De ringer gælden ind, jeg sku nøddig tag' den
| They'll call in the debt, I'm reluctant to take it
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| For det sværeste er at slette de lette valg
| For the hardest part is deleting the easy choices
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| Ingen mand på scenen kan bremse et tæppefald
| No man on stage can slow down a carpet fall
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| Vi som skygger midt i natten
| We who shadow in the middle of the night
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| Vi forsvinder for os selv om rejsen den så ender
| We disappear for ourselves even if the journey then ends
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| Alting vil forandres når showet er forbi
| Everything will change when the show is over
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| Svaret står i flammer
| The answer is in flames
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| Det tog tid at indse men teateret er slut
| It took time to realize but the theater is over
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| Jeg blir' i den tomme sal et minut
| I'm staying in the empty hall for a minute
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| Var gået i hundende hvis jeg ik valgte at smut'
| Had gone in dogs if I did not choose to slip '
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| For jeres forestillingsverden er en stressende klub
| For your imaginary world is a stressful club
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| Og det svært at skride fra den lejeplads man selv så
| And it's hard to slip from the rental space you saw yourself
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| Som den ultimative scene at holde fest på
| As the ultimate stage to party
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| Nemt at glemme hvem der' vennen og fjenden
| Easy to forget who's friend and foe
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| Når du selv er endt i festen der nemt vil ende
| When you yourself have ended up in the party that will easily end
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| Så i kan rende mig, har fulgt jeres spilleregler
| So you can run me, have followed your rules of the game
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| Som en sufflør gav dialogen i mit teater
| As a prompter gave the dialogue in my theater
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| Manuskriptet er krøllet sammen for jeres idealer
| The script is curled up for your ideals
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| Ville dræbe mig hvis jeg lige så stille lagde mig i de baner
| Would kill me if I just as quietly lay down in those lanes
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| Døren svinger bag mig, sagde farvel til alt
| The door swings behind me, saying goodbye to everything
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| Kæmpede så hårdt for det jeg var ved at flæk' min skald
| Fought so hard for what I was about to split 'my bald
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| Og din verden er uendeligt smal
| And your world is infinitely narrow
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| Når du kun tænker på om du kan nå et ekstra knald før tæppefald
| When you only think about whether you can reach an extra bang before carpet falls
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| Gjorde hvad de sagde, det lærte mig ik' at lyt' til nogen
| Did what they said, it taught me not to 'listen' to anyone
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| Typeperson der snakker som de ryger lysebrun
| Type person who talks like they smoke light brown
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| Og jeg har nået en masse godt, vil ik byt' med nogen
| And I've done a lot of good, I do not want to trade with anyone
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| Men den her hobby kan kun fortsæt' i en ny version
| But this hobby can only continue in a new version
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| Ik mere forestilling, nu salonen stille
| I more performance, now the salon quiet
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| For det her rollespil var mere end jeg ku' holde til
| Because this role-playing game was more than I could handle
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| Ville ha min sjæl, teater var dødelig
| Wanted my soul, theater was deadly
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| Min rolle herfra er den som jeg' født i
| My role from here is the one I'm born in
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| Vi som skygger midt i natten
| We who shadow in the middle of the night
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| Vi forsvinder for os selv om rejsen den så ender
| We disappear for ourselves even if the journey then ends
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| Alting vil forandres når showet er forbi
| Everything will change when the show is over
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| Svaret står i flammer | The answer is in flames |