Favourite Train Tracks

Back in the day, the Danish Intercity trains had a sign by the windows that said "Læn Dem ikke ud" (Don't lean yourself out). Tv-2 are paraphrasing it in this song.

'Dem' the accusative form of 'de' which normally means 'they', but it is also used in the meaning 'you', in the same manner as for instance the German 'Sie', the French 'vous', the Spanish 'usted' and so on. So "Læn dem ud" can both mean "Lean yourself out" and "Lean them out". Later in the song we get the sentence "Smid dem endelig ud" which consequently can mean both "Just throw yourself out (of the window)" or "Just throw them out". It is possible that the songwriter Steffen Brandt wanted to address the growing xenophobia; he had done so on other occasions, and he has a habit of playing on double meanings. There are many layers to his songs.

Lean yourself, just lean yourself out

Lean yourself, just lean yourself out

On my way out of the window I thought

It might as well have been me

sitting there with the coffee while a train passed by

and someone shouted:

Just throw yourself (them?) ou