Når et lys slukkes [English translation]

The speedometer displays 65

He drives through the centre of town

The asphalt is wet

His Benz is relatively new

A Rolex watch expresses

a healthy economy

He smells like he's supposed to

His hair combed back with gel

He is a good man

The kind most people like

But where he gets his money from

hardly anyone knows

It's the fast life

Life in the fast lane

It's where people come and go

Where you hardly ever see each other

It's where the greatest of dreams

turns into reality

It's where someone reaches into the clouds

and others fall down

It's where he lost his footing

and got into a mess

Where he winded up in a game

that he never quite understood

The streets are smaller now

He turns up the volume of his favorite song

A half-empty bottle of vodka under the seat

beside him

An additional pressure on the accelerator

He doesn't look too well

A tear trickles down left cheek

Concurrently with the rain on his window

Way too high blood alcohol level

Way too many thoughts in his head

Red light, he sees nothing

Brakes down

Everything falls apart, he closes his eyes

He knows where it ends

He hears a crash

And the light disappears

A quite ordinary day, a quite special life

That disappears in an instant

But I believe that when one light is put out

A new one is put on

A quite ordinary day, a quite special life

That disappears in an instant

But I believe that when one light is put out

A new one is put on

Today she is actually almost feeling well

She herself is surprised

Cause for so long her life has been totally fucked

Since her husband left her

a couple of years ago

Where she was dumped

for a younger woman

But today everything smells different

A somewhat brighter mood

So she gets a manicure

And an appointment at the hairdressers

And when she leaves the shop

her mobile rings

It's her daughter

who has something incredible to tell

So they meet up in Kings Garden

and embrace each other

Cause mother and daughter

really missed each other

And from the bench under the trees on the avenue

They decide to proceed chatting at the cafe

And they walk out the gate

and into the street

And they are closely entwined

cause it's cold in the borough

And the daughters boyfriend calls

He joins them

And she feel quite young again

and she walks there in the middle

They are almost at the cafe

when she meets a friend

And tell the others just to wait inside

It's the last thing

she gets to tell them

before a car runs the red light

directly into them

A quite ordinary day, a quite special life

That disappears in an instant

But I believe that when one light is put out

A new one is put on

A quite ordinary day, a quite special life

That disappears in an instant

But I believe that when one light is put out

A new one is put on

A man in his mid 30's

enters his home

Before him awaits his wife

and a much needed weekend

His face bears the stamp

of his profession being tough

He's a salvage-corps man,

going on 10 years now

He sits down at the dinner table

and seem really tired

He doesn't touch his wine

and only nibbles at his favorite dish

She asks him gently:

"Honey, is anything the matter?"

He looks down and mutter:

"Hmm, I guess everything is as usual"

But she knows him too well,

so she asks him once more

And this time he breaks down

and says in a tearful voice

"A terrible accident

3 dead, a car on fire

A young man, his girlfriend

and their unborn child

She gets up, she holds him

and comforts him

Cause she can feel

this has really shocked him

But suddenly they're interrupted

by a child's voice saying:

"Mom, why is daddy crying?

Dad, look!"

They turn around

and can't help smiling

There is their 5-year-old son

with paint all over

He has a drawing in his hand

He says: "Dad, you can have it".

It depicts their family

and a sun shining on the them

A quite ordinary day, a quite special life

That disappears in an instant

But I believe that when one light is put out

A new one is put on

A quite ordinary day, a quite special life

That disappears in an instant

But I believe that when one light is put out

A new one is put on