Dom tomma stegen [English translation]

A shadow runs along the brick wall tonight

it is cool and mysterious

you have seen it from the corner of your eye

when you walked the empty steps

you saw it pass

and render the night so strange

you know that reality

isn't always that real

I saw a man laying on a bench at night

there wasn't much to do

his friend said "Jesus takes you into his hand now"

but he couldn't see or hear

the moon shone on the bay

of north's purest waters

We put a blanket over the body

then we walked home slowly

Have you walked the empty steps

along axiety's canals

have you thrown a couple of stones into the drain

and seen them dance down in the spiral

There's a locked door

that leads to the deserted beach

there's a watchman at that door

He's got blood on his hands

I know someone who's seen more than most

and who never saw what he's got here

he says that he's been to hell and returned

I believe a part of him was left there

now he stands outside the world

hurt through and through and bitter

he walks the empty steps

beneath the birds' happy cheering

They found a body down at the water today

he must've layn there all night

bulletholes all over his chest

the lungs filled with water

some went from silent to rumor

was it worth the trouble

you know the the guilt and the shame

although you never held the gun

I believe in the pigeon that knows where it goes

I believe in goodness and improvement

i am a wooden boat

that rides between branches and stones

a night's butterfly is my complement

no guards at the door

no lock at the gates

only voices that call

in the eternally whispering winds