Do I still belong here?
Or am I long since out?
Time is taking the next flight
I have tried to chase it1
But I was born just yesterday2
Have just learned how to walk3
Have lost my sense of balance,4
Yet, I can stand up for what I do5
My head is filled with so much rage6
Was awake the whole night through7
It was good that you were here8
But please don’t ask any questions9
‘Cause I would only feel regret10
If I got bent because of you11
I surely wasn’t always true12
But I never cheated on you
This is me, this is me
That’s all I’m guilty of13
I am now, I am here
I am me, that’s all I’m guilty of
I don't need to find myself now
I just must not lose myself
We are now, we are here
We are us, that’s all we’re guilty of
1. the time, not the flight. lit. "her"2. a pun with the idiom "Ich bin nicht erst gestern geboren worden" (more frequently "Ich bin nicht von gestern") (both meaning "I wasn't born yesterday")3. lit. "and since a short time I can/know how to walk"4. lit."Have lost my balance"5. This is a pun. "(für eine Sache) gradestehen" means "to take the responsibility" or "to be given the fault". "ich kann grade stehen" also means about the same as "ich kann kaum stehen", in English that means "I can barely stand". And "gerade stehen" means "to stand upright".6. lit. "In my head there's so much rage"7. lit. "I couldn't sleep last night".8. more literally "That you were there did me well"9. lit. "Don't ask any questions now"10. lit. "'Cause I would only regret (it)"11. lit. "If I had bent myself at you"12. in the meaning of "loyal" or "faithful"13. lit. "That alone is my guilt"