"Langebro" is the first track on Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 rock band Gasolin'

Gasolin'

Gasolin was a Danish rock band from Christianshavn in Copenhagen formed by Kim Larsen, Franz Beckerlee and Wili Jønsson in 1969. Their first drummer was the late Bjørn Uglebjerg. He was replaced by Søren Berlev in 1971...

s 1971 first album, Gasolin'

Gasolin' (album)

Gasolin' is the debut studio album by Danish rock band Gasolin'. It was released in November 1971 by CBS Records. Instead of boogie rock and catchy tunes, they relied on creating songs with a moody feel such as "Langebro", "Fra dag til dag" and "Tremastet beton". The latter is recited by the poet...

. The lyrics were written by Mogens Mogensen and the melody is borrowed from the English folk song "Geordie

Geordie (ballad)

-Synopsis:The "Geordie" of the title is taken for a crime, to hang; it may be rebellion, murder, horse-stealing, or poaching deer. His wife goes to appeal for his life, sometimes refusing offers to marry her, once widowed, along the way....

" with very slight alterations. "Langebro", named for a bridge of the same name

Langebro

Langebro is a bascule bridge across the Inner Harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, connecting Zealand-side H. C. Andersens Boulevard to Amager-side Amager Boulevard...

 in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

, is one of Gasolin's most popular songs.in The lyrics give an insight to the darker side of society in Copenhagen. Gasolin' was concerned about the poor and helpless and this was often reflected in their lyrics.

Themes

The lyrics are in the first-person perspective, of observations seen on a walk through Copenhagen on an early Monday morning. The theme is clearly depressing, with the protagonist observing a number of things, first passing Langebro seeing someone crying. He then passes the "gates of demons" at Kofoed Skole (an institution in Copenhagen established in 1928 for socially disadvantaged people) where drunks stand around "drinking themselves to death". He then meets a Jehovah's Witness who's predicting that the world ends today and finally, a woman chasing after her husband, yelling that he stole her life.

The chorus "Hvis du tør, så kom med mig" - "if you dare, then come along with me" - can be seen as the protagonist's dare to force the listener to "come along" and see the darker side of Copenhagen (or society as a whole).