Hin zur Sonne [English translation]

It all starts when my mom wakes me up:

"My son, I love you,

but we gotta leave the States!

No time to lose, pack your bags

one day, I promise, you'll understand.

Please, don't hate me now,

I'm not the one taking your dad away from you.

You've got to be strong,

we'll leave after school,

please tell noone.

Don't look at me with your big baby eyes,

everything will be better there, you just got to believe me!"

and I believed every word of the warrior

felt stepdads belt once more while boarding the plane

but tomorrow no more, I'd rather be anywhere else!

No more crying because of him, no more worries and fever

never again crying with the sisters in my arms!

I don't want to go yet I have to, it's the best for mom

and with a shaking voice I ask "what now?"

(Hook)

Mom said:

"Go, to the sun, to the sun,

where you can touch the stars, lead you into the sun

you've gotta go to the sun, where the angels will carry you in the light, lead you into the sun

You've gotta go to the sun, where you can touch the stars, lead you into the sun

you've gotta go to the sun, where the angels will carry you in the light, lead you into the sun"

(PartII:)

"Mommy, the kid's don't get me, look through me,

I'd love to take part but they don't choose me,

if they do, I'm last, I don't know their rules,

see, everyday it's torment,

please let me get back to dad!

I won't ever learn this language,

look, I won't quit, I'm just learning what rain is.

Here in the boonies where you can only laugh when you're alone, where you don't talk to strangers... I hate this and it's your fault, call dad, I'm coming home!"

One last "Germany, I hate you", then I'm outside

echoing through the hall: "Momma please forgive me!

I'm just looking for the way, taking the wrong steps... no matter what it is, the two of us can make it! And though I'm small, whoever wants something gotta come at me first!"

I Ask myself with a shaking voice: "What now?"

I promise

(Hook)

"Go, to the sun, to the sun,

where you can touch the stars, lead you into the sun

you've gotta go to the sun, where the angels will carry you in the light, lead you into the sun

You've gotta go to the sun, where you can touch the stars, lead you into the sun

you've gotta go to the sun, where the angels will carry you in the light, lead you into the sun"

(Part III)

We didn't need school, didn't read the books

Every break in the bushes, got caught smoking

on weekends it's drinking,

my grades were failing

lived through the day...

Today it's emberassing when the others avoided us,

still we stayed loyal to each other.

Bitches got with bros

the bitches love them

see the fists fly

one splash and done

"Fuck off!"

Together immortal, completely honest

learn what suffering means when Alex' parents divorced

Just making enemies, go crazy, run away,

get in fights, get wasted, in small suburb streets...

if life still fucks us it's us two against everybody

We still have us, and with a shaking voice I ask: "What now?"

Alex said:

"Go, to the sun, to the sun,

where you can touch the stars, lead you into the sun

you've gotta go to the sun, where the angels will carry you in the light, lead you into the sun

You've gotta go to the sun, where you can touch the stars, lead you into the sun

you've gotta go to the sun, where the angels will carry you in the light, lead you into the sun"