What follows is my translation of the quotation I think says most about life. It's part of a song called 'Lige Nu' ('Right Now'), saying in metaphoric but clear words that you are responsible for your own life, that it is never too late to change it, and that it has to be lived now.But time is running and now I'm sitting here
dreaming about how wonderful it would be
to leave behind my luggage in a bullet-proof locker
throw the key over my shoulder and go completely wild
Disappear in a dust cloud and then reassemble
as a complete person on top of his existence
and I know perfectly well which way to take
that's forward, babe, without looking back
But time is sliding, it is now that we must move forward
we have to kiss the stars, it is now that we have to move
the limits for what one can, and ought to, do
all that nonsense they have made us think people like us cannot do
(Steffen Brandt)
The original words
Men tiden iler og nu sidder jeg her
og drømmer om hvor dejligt det kunne være
sådan at efterlade bagagen i en skudsikker boks
kaste nøglen over skulderen og gå fuldstændig amok
Forsvinde i en støvsky og samles igen
som et helt menneske med styr på tilværelsen
og jeg ved udmærket godt hvilken vej vi skal tage
det er fremad, babe, uden at se os tilbage
Men tiden skrider, det er nu vi skal rykke
vi skal op at kysse stjerner, det er nu vi skal flytte
grænserne for hvad man kan og hvad man bør
alt det bavl de har bildt os ind, sådan nogen som os ikke kan gøre
(Steffen Brandt)
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