Translation of the song Luftballoner artist Katinka

Det var det liv, du fik foræret

It was the life you'd been given

Du må selv klippe dine rødder fri

You must cut your roots free yourself

Du ser dig selv i alle citater

You see yourself in all quotes

Og får for eventyr for meget poesi

And for your fairy tales, you get too much poetry

Du taler om bristende vulkaner

You speak of shattering volcanoes

Men du er smukkest uden din fiktion

You're the most beautiful without your obsession

Du kan imitere alle forfattere

You can imitate all authors

Man hvis man er alle, er man så nogen?

But if you're everyone, then are you someone at all?

Og du går i ring

And you walk in circles

Men du ser ingenting

But you see nothing

For alt dét, du ventede

'Cause everything you were waiting for

Var meget mere spændende

Was much more exciting

End dét, de talte om

Than what they were speaking about

For her' ingen luftballon

'Cause there's no air balloon here

Og folk er gået, før du kom

And people left before you came

De sender ingen postkort nu

They don't send any postcards now

Så du lukker din dør

So you close your door

Og alting er lige så stort som før

And everything is just as great as before

Du søsætter ingen skibe

You launch no ships

Men griner af min kødelighed

Instead, you're laughing at my carnality

Det er så let at grine ad livet

It's so easy to laugh at life

Når man aldrig ta'r af sted

When you don't set out

Og du går i ring

And you walk in circles

Men du rø'r ingenting

But you touch nothing

For alt dét, du ventede

'Cause everything you were waiting for

Var meget mere spændende

Was much more exciting

End dét, de talte om

Than what they were speaking about

For her' ingen luftballon

'Cause there's no air balloon here

Og folk er gået, før du kom

And people left before you came

De sender ingen postkort nu

They don't send any postcards now

Så du lukker din dør

So you close your door

Og alting er lige så stort som før

And everything is just as great as before

Ja, du lukker din dør

Yeah, you close your door

Og alting er lige så stort som før

And everything is just as great as before