Op Og Ned [English translation]

The globe resembles a question mark

When it wakes up

To another new day

War and peace for an eternity

As we wear down

Another new day

Around the floor when all the boundaries shift

And they shift, yes they shift

Everyone knows it goes up and down, that's just how it is

Come now

Life is waiting

Now, today, and again tomorrow, that's just how it is

Come now

Life is waiting

The sound of a good friend's voice through the phone

Asks me

What's happening here?

A length of time passes where he doesn't say anything

And then he cries, he asks me

What's happening here?

Questions can cause pain if the answers are hiding

And they're hiding, yes they're hiding

Everyone knows it goes up and down, that's just how it is

Come now

Life is waiting

Now, today, and again tomorrow, that's just how it is

Come now

Life is waiting

There's a little boy who wanted to go to war but never managed to

And a scared soldier who hides and dreams of a little peace

While butterfly wings burn up and sprinkle down

On an uncertain heart somewhere

Nowadays it hurts when hope leaves me

Am I alone?

Right here in the middle of a square with a thousand people

I'm alone

Loneliness is only dangerous if you get used to it

And you get used to it, god, how you get used to it

Everyone knows it goes up and down, that's just how it is

Come now

Life is waiting

Now, today, and again tomorrow, that's just how it is

Come now

Life is waiting...

• Artist:Thomas Helmig