No one knows why
Everything is coming apart at the seams (*1)
Bring it out of you (*2)
Glory of a newborn
It all dies right away
by your hands, until the end of time
Very slowly you sigh
Kill the ego-masks off
Nobodies' harmonies
are healing your world
Quietly devouring worms
Shadows in the longing
Your reality
Like a beast in it's warm cattle stall (*3)
You welcome the morning star(*4)
(Welcome, welcome, welcome)
It is like hunger, it is like sex
It makes me weary, it tastes like crud
It is like hunger, it is like sex
And so, an end to the beginning flows, like the swan song (*5)
With huge eyes questioning, we're setting off the sun (*6)
And so, a beginning to the end flows, like the songs of the war
With all of the waters, we're washing the other children pure. (*7)
(And so, an end to the beginning flows,
And so, a beginning to the end flows,)
We are breaking loose
forevermore from radioactive decay
In the barbwire of time,
Angels are hanging featherless
With the flagon of the heart
You fill up the wellspring of death
Your daily log books
(Books...)
Make children's eyes sigh
Sleep in a dark cave
Forget about secrets
At odds with daily satisfaction (*8)
Cats howling in the distance (*9)
Deep inside your skull
Swarm voices in the night
The evening star alludes to your 'departure'
(Departure, departure, departure)
It is like hunger, it is like sex
It makes me weary, is tastes like crud
It is like hunger, it is like sex
And so, an end to the beginning flows, like the swan song
With huge eyes questioning, we're setting off the sun
And so, a beginning to the end flows, like the songs of the war
With all of the waters, we're washing the other children pure.
(And so, a beginning to the end flows, like the songs of the war
With all of the waters, we're washing the other children pure.)
And so, an end to the beginning flows, like the swan song
With huge eyes questioning, we're setting off the sun
And so, a beginning to the end flows, like the songs of the war
With all of the waters, we're washing the other children pure.
(Repeat, repeat, repeat...) (*10)
Follow That Rat
Sciera
Wed, 18/09/2013 - 22:43
barsiscev 
*1: In German, the phrase is "coming apart at the jointery". I felt that in English, "coming apart at the seams" was a fair equivalent.
*2: Although "bring it out of you" is a literal translation, I feel like the language sounds somewhat harsh. I was considering using the phrase "rip it out of you".
*3: In English, we have no agreed-upon singular form of the word cattle. I replaced that word that doesn't translat with "beast" and included "cattle stall" to get the point across instead of just saying stall.
*4: One of the words in here might be hinting to the idea that the morning star is very hot. The morning star probably refers to the sun.
*5: The swan song refers to the final gesture of someone who is dying. Also, in German, it says "scream of the swans". In English, we don't typically use the word scream to refer to the noises animals make. The word choice in German should be noted, though to understand his tone.
*6: This line also seems to suggest the idea of the sun blowing up and it being the end of days, as well as someone actually wanting to 'set the thing off' as in blow it up.
*7: This line hints at the idea of baptism. Das Ich uses plenty of 'Satanic' language and imagery.
*8: Thanks to username CicelyBelen on Last.fm, I was able to understand this line and the next one, and translate them. It was very hard to hear the words, and this set of lyrics has a lot of confusion around it, it seems like.. I haven't seen a single other example of these lyrics being correctly transcribed in German. The word Tagelohn means something along the lines of 'daily rewards'. The line literally translated is something like "The daily rewards are arguing with you". I did my best with this confusing line.
*9: Literally, this translates as "in the courtyard, the cat voices." Very odd and confusing for a non native German speaker like me.
*10: I am actually uncertain what is being said in german here. It seems to be the word wiederholen, though, but I can't be 100% certain. It does mean "repeat", but it seems like it could mean "do it again"