Langt Innpå Skoga Lyrics English Translation — Inn I Skogen | Odd Nordstoga

Odd Nordstoga pens and performs ‘Langt innpå skoga,’ a track from the album ‘Inn i skogen.’ The musician collaborates with Øystein Frantzvåg and Morgan Nicolaysen to create a melody that blends nature and introspection. Together, they craft a song that listens to the whispers of the forest.

Langt Innpå Skoga Lyrics English Translation — Inn I Skogen | Odd Nordstoga
Released: October 7, 2022

Langt innpå skoga

Odd Nordstoga • From “Inn i skogen”

Lyricist
Odd Nordstoga
Composer
Odd Nordstoga, Øystein Frantzvåg & Others

Inn i skogen’s Langt innpå skoga Norwegian Lyrics English Translation

The poet describes a journey into the woods, where ‘a man becomes as wise as a whispering tree.’ He mentions the sighing trees and the wind, which converse in ‘beautiful, windswept words.’ Odd Nordstoga uses the forest as a metaphor for solitude and the search for answers.

Ti tusen mål skog står og svagar i vindTen thousand acres of forest stand and sway in the wind,
Og tenker og er som et levende sinnthinking and existing like a living mind.
Og hjertet mitt banker, aleine med altAnd my heart beats, alone with everything
Som hvisker så stilt og som huier så kaldtthat whispers so quietly and howls so coldly.
Langt innpå skoga, langt innpå skogaDeep in the woods, deep in the woods,
Je står her og lyer meg sorgsam og rarI’m standing here, listening with a sorrowful and strange feeling.
For alt det je spør om, får skogsus til svarFor everything I ask about, the sighing trees are my only answer,
Og aldri i evighet vil det vel skjeand it’ll likely never happen in all eternity.
En mann blir så vis som et susende treA man becomes as wise as a whispering tree,
Langt innpå skoga, langt innpå skogadeep in the woods, deep in the woods.
–ho-ho ho–ho-ho ho,
Men hugsamt er det nå likevelbut it’s still comforting nonetheless.
Å høre på grana og vinden i kveldenTo listen to the spruce and the wind in the evening,
De prater sammen som søster og brorthey talk together like sister and brother.
Og bruker så vakre, vindfulle ordAnd they use such beautiful, windswept words,
Langt innpå skoga, langt innpå skogadeep in the woods, deep in the woods.
– ho-ho ho– ho-ho ho.
Og bakenfor høgda, den borteste blåAnd beyond the ridge, the furthest blue,
Skal gåtene alle vel løsningen fåall the riddles will surely find their solutions,
Når hjertet er jord under villgraset blaktwhen the heart is earth beneath the pale wild grass.
Når lengslen er lys i en grenseløs traktWhen longing is light in a boundless space,
Høgt over skoga, høgt over skogahigh above the woods, high above the woods.
– ho-ho ho– ho-ho ho.

Langt innpå skoga Music Video

The meaning behind ‘Langt innpå skoga’ is the peace found in nature’s silence. Odd Nordstoga’s lyrics offer a heartfelt connection to the forest’s timeless wisdom.