I kan ikke slå os ihjelChristiania is an old military base in Copenhagen that was occupied by leftist youths in the seventies. At the time, it was somewhat common to squat old abandoned buildings, but few remain today. Christiania is one of the few squats that ended up with a semi-legal status. Today it's mostly known as a place where you can easily buy weed, even though that's very much illegal in Denmark. Whether it's still controlled by leftists, or by drug selling gangs, is somewhat up for debate. In any case, this is their unofficial anthem, written in 1975. I think the idea that you can't fight revolutionaries with all your power because they're your own children is a very powerful one:
| I kan ikke slå os ihjel | You can't kill us |
|---|---|
| (0:30) | |
| I har slået med knipler | you've hit us with batons |
| I har truet med våben | you've threatened us with weapons |
| I har prøvet at stoppe | you've tried to stop |
| jeres egne børns råben - | your own childrens' shouts |
| I kan komme med hjelme | you can come with helmets |
| og hule paragraffer | and empty statutes |
| men I burde snart ku' indse | but you should soon realize |
| det er jer selv I straffer | you're only punishing yourselves |
| (1:01) | |
| |: I kan ikke slå os ihjel | |: you can't kill us |
| I kan ikke slå os ihjel | you can't kill us |
| I kan ikke slå os ihjel | you can't kill us |
| vi er en del af jer selv :| | we're a part of you :| |
| (1:34) | |
| I holder på magten | you hold the power |
| og støtter det I kender | support what you know |
| I kæmper jeres kampe | you fight your fights |
| for at vinde nye stemmer | to win new votes |
| låser vores døre | locking our doors |
| med sikkerhedskæder | with safety chains |
| vi er mennesker som lever | we're humans, living |
| ler og kæmper mens vi græder | laughing and fighting while we cry |
| (2:02) | |
| |: I kan ikke slå os ihjel | |: you can't kill us |
| I kan ikke slå os ihjel | you can't kill us |
| I kan ikke slå os ihjel | you can't kill us |
| vi er en del af jer selv :| | we're a part of you :| |
| (2:34) | |
| I kan sætte os i fængsel | you can imprison us |
| og fjerne os fra verden | remove us from the world |
| I kan sætte detektiver | you can assign detectives |
| til at følge vores færden - | to follow our movements |
| I kan splitte alt med bomber | you can shatter it all with bombs |
| lægge hele verden øde | devestate the whole world |
| er det os eller er det jer selv | is it us, or is it yourselves |
| I er bange for at møde? | you're afraid of meeting? |
| (3:04) | |
| |: I kan ikke slå os ihjel | |: you can't kill us |
| I kan ikke slå os ihjel | you can't kill us |
| I kan ikke slå os ihjel | you can't kill us |
| vi er en del af jer selv :| | we're a part of you :| |
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Reading Danish is so weird from Swedish as a second language perspect