Angst [English translation]

It somehow happens

That I still live

I roll the stone up the mountain1

Stuck to it day by day

Yet, so many words

Overwhelm me

So many people

Trying to convince me

I can't hear myself

Can't see myself

Can't find no peace and quiet

Only you2 can see me

But can you guys also hear me?

I fear every day

Every night, it's the same

I'm afraid that I confide in myself

Afraid that I lost myself

I'm afraid of myself

I'm afraid of me.

I simply never got the hang of it

And yet, I live

I alone make my dreams come true

Every bit and piece (of it)!

Yet, so many questions

At my front door(step)3

They all want an answer

And only from me

I don't know it

I'm not aware of it

(But) I do know this smell

I don't love myself

I just need...

I just need some air! 4

1. this is a German idiom which is similar to the English: "having to go/get thru the worse (of it)"2. used to more than one person, as in "y'all" or "you guys"3. lit. stands before my door4. lit. air, but can also mean "I just need some SPACE, (damnit!)"