Wahrheit [English translation]

He comes home and finds this letter

The bailiff brought the date

His children are smiling

But he seems like petrified

Because he has only three weeks left

His wife is in the kitchen and washes the dishes

He turns off the radiator and the rooms get cold

He’s afraid of telling his wife

So first, he takes his children and gets them to bed

He puts on his coat

Goes outside

But (he) does not know what to do

(He has) Worked hard for 10 years

With side jobs, his wife didn’t know

How should he explain it to his boss

That he needs more money

To feed the rest

And he walks back now

His head lowered

He tries to block out this sh**

Every day is like a fight

Which you’d survive wounded

To the outside you’d not show any pain

Nobody should see the truth

And every hour on earth

You’d have to go upright

No matter how deep the wounds are

Nobody should see the truth

On the next morning

The phone rings

It’s his boss

Now the problems are hunting him

He’s fired

The company is bankrupt

Desperatly he grips his head

Do you know the feeling when nothing’s

Left beside one’s dignity

Welcome to reality

His pride breakes

His eyes get wet

His wife recognizes what keeps him busy

He says it will never be normal again

Says, how should they pay the rent

And the family has to get out (of the flat)

Now he looks into the eyes of his children

If only the knew it will get a thousand times worse

He has not chosen it

This man who was so strong

A husband, an upright father

He’s very ashamed

So he told nobody about it

Since this problem was tormenting him so much

Because...

den man verwundet übersteht

niemand soll die Wahrheit sehn

muss man weiter aufrecht gehn

niemand soll die Wahrheit sehn

His life has gone done the tube

What a tragedy

Like a small child

Falling down a wall

He has nothing anymore

This life has no worth for him

And he even gave his pride

A woman at home who hates him now

He blocked out his grief with booze

Gambled his savings

Even took money from his daughter’s money box

What should one do when the money is not enough

(He) Sits in the bar/casino full of self-pity

And his life passed by

His innermost broke

A blind man on earth

Who could not see the sky anymore

He remembers

The love and his luck

He closes his eyes

Because he knows what he’s lost

Simply gulps it down

So that he won’t have any sorrow

den man verwundet übersteht

niemand soll die Wahrheit sehn

muss man weiter aufrecht gehn

niemand soll die Wahrheit sehn