Gubben i lådan [English translation]

Got a bottle thrown against my head

Been sedated at the hospital

Been dead in the minute

(My) whole soul was broken

Been chased by the cops

Been lost in the depths

I’ve been fumbling in darkness, but in you I saw the light

And for you I pretended, and hid my tears

With you I grew smaller, like the jack in the box

I refused to realize, you always let me down

I dig my own grave for you, I am a soldier for you

I took a bullet for you, and got nothing in return

For you I will do it a thousand times over

I have given you everything, and I’ve got nothing left

For you I will do it a thousand times over

Thousand times over

Been left behind in the city

While you walked around with closed eyes I got kicked in the stomach until I tasted the street

Yet I went back, and I have to be crazy

Who just got betrayed, and who thought about the team

Because I forced away the ‘me’

And I saw all the signs, but I wanted to be better

But then everything got worse

I refused to realize, you always let me down

I dig my own grave for you, I am a soldier for you

I took a bullet for you, and got nothing in return

For you I will do it a thousand times over

I have given you everything, and I’ve got nothing left

For you I will do it a thousand times over

Thousand times over

Put us both on a scale, and soon you’ll be flying among the stars

I carry the weight of the world

And yet you have a place in my heart

Take my shine, because I’m burning

You are merely a bleak lantern

I have done this for such a long time

I might just as well keep going

I took a bullet for you, and got nothing in return

For you I will do it a thousand times over

I have given you everything, and I’ve got nothing left

For you I will do it a thousand times over

Thousand times over

For you I will do it a thousand times over

Thousand times over