Folkhem [English translation]

I can heear cries from the distance

I can hear cries from the past

Hear the echo through the ages

With helplessness inside

There are builders who call us

It's the builder of the realm

All these voices beckon us

"This realm was built to last"

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Banner of the Welfare state

Blessed security from the cradle to the grave

Banner of the Welfare state

Blessed security from the cradle to the grave

Welfare state, Nanny state

Banner of the Welfare state

I want to close my eyes when they fumble

Want to close my eyes and not see

See how welfare is misappropriated

And see how progress smiles for us no longer

We had work and security

We had welfare, health and hope

Everything has faded away into darkness

Oh so colorless, yellow and blue (1)

(REF)

Bereft and stripped of everything

Of our wisdom, power and courage

Our future has been sold

Everything sold down the river

Our government is soon a vassal state

Under whose laws we remain

The graph points downward

It's a sad reality

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