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Vertaling
And my hands rise
Trapped in my body, my being is broken.
I might look happy, but things aren't what they seem.
Trapped in my body, nipped in the bud.
The way out is plain to see, but things aren't what they seem.
One beautiful morning, everything was as usual,
yet one thing is missing since that day, and it gets ever worse.
Gone the love of life, the grip, the belief.
I stand here alone, eyes filled with tears.
Nothing makes sense, I want out of here.
Say goodnight and bye, I think it's over.
Still something in me believes in it.
I reset everything and restart from scratch.
One step at a time on my way,
toward the goal, through rain and storm.
(chorus)
And my hands rise,
in prayer1 for life
I will give anything
And my hands rise,
reaching out for life.
Hope is the last to die.
You don't know where you stand until you fall.
Everything is collapsing like a sand castle.
I was my own worst enemy
The darkness in my self pity
I will go back to my old life now
though I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse
Yet something is growing out of me
I reset everything and restart from scratch.
One step at a time on my way,
Full of strength in my new life
(chorus)
I'm afraid to lose,
have no will to take chances.
I'm in the open sea with no harbour in sight.
I look Fate in the eye and take it into my own hands
With no fear to run aground6, I set foot on the new land.
One step at a time on my way,
toward the goal, through rain and storm.
(chorus)
- 1. "I pray..."
- 2. don't know if that's idiomatic. "the dream I have every night" or something?
- 3. that seems to be the intended meaning but I find the grammar a bit wacky ("to my dreams, my goal, I would give anything for that")
- 4. "I'm in the here and the now", whatever that means
- 5. lit. "sadness"
- 6. I suppose "scheitern" refers to the open sea just before?
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Idioms from "Und die Hände gehen ..."
| 1. | Der Schein trügt. |
| 2. | Die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt. |
| 3. | I don't know where I stand |
| 4. | Schritt für Schritt |
| 5. | want out of |
Gegeven reacties
A native second opinion would be most welcome.