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Tokio Hotel – Ich bin nicht ich Lyrics 17 years ago
Love this song, it's very catchy! Definitely about a breakup or a lost relation with a friend.

Anyway. I tried translating it. It's very rough, but this is the basic meaning. I know very little German, but I tried X3

my eyes look weary and fail to find comfort
i cannot look anymore at it--i am gone
everything was once here--i can't find anything in me
everything's gone--it's all such an illusion
more and more i disappear

i'm not myself if you're not with me- i am alone
and this is what left of me is remaining- i don't want to be me
outside the sky hangs turned away
and on your wall the suicide note/farewell letter (don't know, i'm assuming farewell letter)
i am not myself if you're not with me- i am alone

i don't know who i am anymore, or what is still important
that all went where you are
without you through the night
i can find nothing more in me
this is what you made of me (? i got confused with the translation here, not sure if it's right)
i see myself disappear more and more

i'm not myself if you're not with me- i am alone
and this is what left of me is remaining- i don't want to be me
outside the sky hangs turned away
and on your wall the suicide note/farewell letter
i am not myself if you're not with me-i don't want to be here much longer

i fade slowly
stop me from fading more
i'm simply not myself anymore
it's perfect where you are- come and rescue me

i'm not myself if you're not with me- i am alone
and this is what left of me is remaining- i don't want to be me
outside the sky hangs turned away
and on your wall the suicide note/farewell letter
i am not myself if you're not with me-i don't want to be here much longer

i don't want to be here much longer
i don't want to be here much longer

It came out a little strange but it's the basic idea. So yeah, I pretty much agree with icantdance435, though it could apply to a friendship as well.

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Tokio Hotel – Übers Ende der Welt Lyrics 17 years ago
Okay, this is a literal translation for those who asked. I, in no way, claim to be good at German since I am teaching myself. (Hey, but this helped me learn a bit more!) But going pretty much word-for-word, this is what the translation is:

We ran through the city
In no place more recognizable
There is no place we weren't once already

We tried everything
But our freedom ends here
We must now go through this wall

Shift your weight
The abyss can't see you here (? not sure about this, but abgrund=abyss, right?)

Attention, ready, let's go
Before us, the sky breaks apart
We create it together
Over the end of the world
We leave it all behind us

We look back again
This is the last glimpse
Of all that was forever there

Come, keep breathing once again
It can be the beginning
We grasp the morning near us

Shift your weight
The abyss can't see you here

Attention, ready, let's go
Before us, the sky breaks apart
We create it together
Over the end of the world
We leave it all behind us

Leave it all behind you
There's nothing left to lose
Everything is behind us
We can't stop further up (also unsure of this part! It didn't make much sense to me...the up part)

Shift your weight,
Look me in the face

Attention, ready, let's go
Before us, the sky breaks apart
We create it together
Over the end of the world
We leave it all behind us

So, there you have it. Sorry if it doesn't make sense to you, but I tried. Also, as with many languages, certain things could have a different meaning there.

Anyway, as Bill himself said, this song is about going through life with a good friend or lover and getting past all the obstacles life throws at you ;) Great song, and I love the video to this one, too.

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