Schick mir ein Zeichen [English translation]

Part 1: PA Sports

When I look in the mirror today

it’s like I am caged

The hate is truly gone

‘cause I’ve got a pure heart

Just one thing

that I’m still ashamed of

and whenever I think of it, angel,

it hurts me so badly

Your mother and I,

our relationship worked well

After that time that fucked me

I regained my peace

In spite of the distance,

she repeatedly came back

By the time you came,

I thought I’d forgotten how to love

Damn, we believed in it

Even though there were so many barriers, dear;

please don’t tell me that I have failed

It just came

as none of us had planned it

and all of a sudden, I became a father

At first, I felt the emptiness: ¹

no emotion, a dead atmosphere,

joy from within, a dream, and so many plans

After that, ²

I only saw problems

Hook: Moe Phoenix

Send me a sign

(send me a sign)

in bitter times

(in bitter times)

When I’m alone

(when I’m alone)

that you’re okay

Send me a sign

(send me a sign)

I don’t want to cry anymore

(I don’t want to cry anymore)

Don’t let me suffer anymore

(don’t let me suffer anymore)

but it’s too late for that

Part 2: PA Sports

I was twenty, she was older

back then, she didn’t give a shit

that I didn’t have any money

We’d become parents

I was so very happy,

but the joy of that time

isn’t worth anything today ‘cause -

you weren’t able to cope

with the fame and my name

and you saw every woman

around me as a threat

So we fought every day

without a clue, without reason, just like that

Man, I couldn’t stand it

so I left you alone

Again, I wasn’t ready

and over time, that fear dragged you

into the hospital

I know that I’m to blame

although you were never in the right, sweetheart, ³

but even if I had sometimes hurt you,

you were there

Now every day I’m dying in my bed

and think about it

This child would have changed so much by now,

whether boy or girl,

it didn’t matter to me,

it was only suppose to be healthy

and live, Hamidullah! ⁴

Hook: Moe Phoenix

Send me a sign

(send me a sign)

in bitter times

(in bitter times)

When I’m alone

(when I’m alone)

that you’re okay

Send me a sign

(send me a sign)

I don’t want to cry anymore

(I don’t want to cry anymore)

Don’t let me suffer anymore

(don’t let me suffer anymore)

but it’s too late for that

Part 3: PA Sports

When I look in the mirror today

I’m not satisfied

‘cause I never had the opportunity to love you

What has become of you?

I’d love to know

The moment of surgery, my heart was torn apart

damn, they took your life

Can you see these tears?

I’m on my knees, begging you for forgiveness

I’m so very sorry

I want to see how you walk,

how you speak in Persian

and speak in German

how you laugh, how you cry

I swear, I’d give my life

if I knew you could live your life after that

God forgive us; I’m struggling,

and tell my child that I would have loved him ⁴

until the end

Hook: Moe Phoenix

Send me a sign

(send me a sign)

in bitter times

(in bitter times)

When I’m alone

(when I’m alone)

that you’re okay

Send me a sign

(send me a sign)

I don’t want to cry anymore

(I don’t want to cry anymore)

Don’t let me suffer anymore

(don’t let me suffer anymore)

but it’s too late for that