09 August 2011

Du schreibst Geschichte an jedem Tag

So, I was on YouTube looking for a song from a band I used to listen to (Panik) and had completely forgotten about until they came up on my iTunes shuffle.  On the side bar there was a link to a music video titled "Madsen- Panik" and I was like, huh, I don't remember that song.  Anyways, it turns out it was a song called Panik by another German band called Madsen.  Evidently I'm falling behind with my German music, since they're fairly popular right now.  They're not exactly my current cup of tea (I generally go more for metal and industrial, they're rock/punk-pop), but I let it play a video list to listen to, and this song "Du schreibst Geschichte" come up.  My German is decent enough to know that's "You write history" and I could make out that the chorus goes something like "You write history, with every step, with every word... on every day" and I was like, huh, that sounds interesting, I should look up the lyrics.  I don't normally go for "positive" rock, but the lyrics really spoke to me.  That, and the mention of Geschicte made me think of my favourite history major. :D


In English:

Because the world's turning so fast
Because time's going so fast
You're not keeping up.
Because the hecticness won't stop
You're drowning in the crowd
You're a drop in the ocean.

Yet you live longer than a lifetime
You're what started it all.
Because you write history
With every step,
With every word,
You let it continue.

You write history
On every day.
Because here and now
You're a part of it.


Because there's a monster standing in front of you
Looking threateningly into your eyes
You're rather still.
Because everyone's telling you
who you are and what you're missing,
You're forgetting what you want to say.

Yet you live longer than a lifetime
You're what started it all.

Because you write history...

Because you only live once
You want things to change
Before you go, before you go.

Yet you live longer than a lifetime
You're what started it all.

Because you write history...

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