Der Song Lacht [English translation]

Sonny Black:

Man, even though Mom says that God won’t leave you, everything’s negative; my everyday life is determined by stress, my child

But I believe what I see, and I see a friend in jail

But I find it hard to pull the trigger ‘cause devil needs me – yeah

More money, more problems, and more who are jealous

Little by little, I realize how alone I am

I’m writing this shit down, blood drips on the paper

I don’t need anyone; I only need God, besides me

Time doesn’t heal wounds and you get used to it

The pain and then it’s quite possibly fear

Fear that won’t let you go anymore

And suddenly you freak out like never before

Tears become blood, which bead down your mother’s face

Has it paid off to become one of the young criminals?

Damn, I don’t believe it; but at that moment

You simply want to make money – Why?

No one believes in you

It’s the burden on your shoulders

At once you’ve got the blame

I seek my fortune with a compass

I just want the song to laugh

I can’t laugh because the street has hardened me

That’s why I want the song to laugh

My chest is made of steel and my soul is made of stone ¹

That’s why I want the song to laugh

I need to prove to myself that I’ve never hardened

That’s why I want the song to laugh

I can’t look at the sadness anymore, and my mom’s crying

That’s why I want the song to laugh

Frank White:

I hear them say that I was useless – I was unbearable

But I write wicked lyrics

And don’t wear the straightjacket anymore

I’m clean now ‘cause I’ve personally kicked the habit ²

This man still has fears on this night

He hears voices in his head and there’s a power struggle

They say:

Write your will and he writes eight sentences

He’s writing eight sentences, his last words

Birthday candles?

There weren’t any on the cake

He only had problems

Problems with himself

Problems with the environment

Man, problems with the world

Tell me, do you know the feeling when everyone shits on you?

When no one believes in you and everyone clearly shows it to you

You sit at home alone with paranoia in your head

Your mother just cries because your father beats her

Your friends are behind bars

You’re going to trial ³

And you realize how lost you are

You’re wondering about the sense of it

Why?

How come?

The swat team rushes in – totally cloaked in black

But on the street I seek for my fortune with a compass

It doesn’t fucking matter, man

I just want the song to laugh

I can’t laugh because the street has hardened me

That’s why I want the song to laugh

My chest is made of steel and my soul is made of stone

That’s why I want the song to laugh

I need to prove to myself that I’ve never hardened

That’s why I want the song to laugh

I can’t look at the sadness anymore, and my mom’s crying

That’s why I want the song to laugh