Lät du henne komma närmre [English translation]

I wanted to meet somewhere down in the deep

I’ve been there before and I’m not afraid

Your eyes change color in the light

But they can look now, I’m prepared

Did you let her come closer

Was she more beautiful than me

There are days when I think

More about her than about you

I walk beside you but fall behind

I don’t have the strength to keep running

Tried to show you with my eyes

But it’s not me you see

This place is someone else’s and I have to find a way out

How can you love someone who’s loved someone before

I remember quite well how she was introduced

But it was me who let her come in

And I’ve tried to give you all the blame

Though I know deep down that it’s mine

We stand on the street, exchanging sentences in the dark

Outside the city’s finest hotel

And your hands ask me to stay the night

As a way of saying – thanks for tonight

Did you let her come closer

Was she more beautiful than me

There are days when I think

More about her than about you

I walk beside you but fall behind

I don’t have the strength to keep running

Tried to show you with my eyes

But it’s not me you see

This place is someone else’s and I have to find a way out

How can you love someone who’s loved someone before

Certain moments it can feel lonely

If you wonder what I’m thinking about

So I hold tight and crawl closer to you

As if that would make her disappear

We rarely speak out loud about our future

We never speak out loud about what we have

Your dreams are becoming ever more difficult to see now

And my dreams will shortly cease to exist

Did you let her come closer

Was she more beautiful than me

There are days when I think

More about her than about you

I walk beside you but fall behind

I don’t have the strength to keep running

Tried to show you with my eyes

But it’s not me you see

This place is someone else’s and I have to find a way out

How can you love someone who’s loved someone before