An Tagen wie diesen

awesome song :D

this song is about all the crap that is happening in society nowadays with wars, crime, and other atrocities. The part that toches me the most is the line where he talks about how he is afraid for his daughter after watching the news.

lgmjon64, I read the English translations for the song, and the part where Schiffmeister talks about his daughter touched me too. I know they said this wasn't supposed to be a funny song, but I laughed when Renz was all "how dare this damn cat die in front of my eyes!" I may be translating that wrong, though.

Hey Monde_Triste, could you please tell me where you've found the English translation of these Lyrics?

amoresperros, someone was kind enough to translate the majority of the songs from Am Wasser Gebaut on some message board I was browsing. I don't recall the link to it, but here's the translation:

On Days Like These

Hey hey, what's up? Are you feeling fine? What's the time? Nearly nine – okay. I'm going to buy some breakfast. Switch on the walkman, close the door Walk along the street to the little shop Where you can find the best rolls in town At the counter I have a quick look at the newspaper Something about a big attack Countless bombs on a small town Many people that died Razed to the ground in just one night. I pay and leave the bakery Just hearing, what the newscaster says "situation dramatically aggravated, fantastic weather today!" suddenly a bang, thousands of pieces everywhere The neighbour's cat get killed in that accident How does this damned bastard dare to die in front of my eyes!

[Refrain:]What a madness-show In telly an on radio And the sun laughs gloatingly On days like these Nobody who could tell me why At breakfast and supper Gnawing questions On days like these

Unicef estimates: A million of people coming under thread from starving While I cut good fruits in my Mulinex See the child, in whose sad eyes crawls a fly I know that this awful, but – damned! – I don't feel anything What's the matter with my, how is this possible? Maybe I saw it to often, you see it nearly daily Why am I not shocked by the fact, That somewhere are croaking peoples by dirty water That vague feeling, that mental vacuum That will not happen to us, but what if it happens yet? I'm tortured by these questions, can't bear that shit They got nothing to eat and I got stones in my stomach

[Refrain:]What a madness-show In telly an on radio And the sun laughs gloatingly On days like these Nobody who could tell me why At breakfast and supper Gnawing questions On days like these

What did he say just now, on such an ordinary Saturday a brutal attempt, six people died, the injured people yell names these awful actions stop me from sleep now I always remember the picture on telly A young man standing in the dust Pleads for child and wife I wonder how it feels to loose one's child Before it has had it's first birthday But I can't imagine it Maybe the assassins were full of hate for their enemies Maybe there was love for their families and they were also fathers Sometimes when I watch the news, I got a strange feeling 'Cause we are parents now and our child lives in this world and sometimes I get scared that something could happen to us to lose someone, you really love, that this could really happen in the middle of the night I awake, wet with perspiration creep to my daughter's bed to hear her silent breathing

[Refrain:]What a madness-show In telly an on radio And the sun laughs gloatingly On days like these Nobody who could tell me why At breakfast and supper Gnawing questions On days like these

Very nice, I've been looking for the translated lyrics for ages, really. Thanks a LOT :D

Monde Triste, your translation helped a lot! I'm german and I used the one you posted(and the video to the song on youtube) to made my own one! I think my translation is "nearer" to the original text...

My translation:

Morning, morning - What's up? Is everything fine with you? - How late? Soon nine. Ok! Just wanna go, get something for breakfast. Turn on the walkman, close the frontdoor Walk along the street to the shop Cause there you find the best rolls in town At the counter I can have a quick look at what the newspaper's telling (now fast rap) Something 'bout a major offensive "innumberable bombs on little town" Many people lost their live and razed to the ground in just one night I pay and leave the baker Just hear the newscaster say "situation dramatically aggravated, fantastic weather today!"

suddenly there's a bang - thousands are dying everywhere the neighbors cat just got killed in an road accident that sight really can piss you off! how does that little bastard dare to die here right in front of my eyes!?

[refrain] Absolute show of madness (ment like 'it's sheer lunacy') In the TV and in the radio The sun laughs so gleefully On Days like these No one who could tell my why at breakfast and supper the questions bother mercilessly On Days like these

One million (people) threatened of starvation told estimates of UNICEF While I chop healthy vegetables up in the mulinex (mulinex=kitchen utensil or so) See a child in whose cheerless eyes a fly is sitting Knowing it's that it's really cruelty - but -bloody shit - i don't feel anything!

What's just wrong with me - damned how is that possible? Perhaps I saw that stuff too often, people see this nearly daily But why am I not even shocked anymore by the fact that somewhere people peg out in dirty water!? This vague feeling, this blankness in the head Something like that can't happen to us, but what if it would? And I'm tortured by the questions, I can't stand it any longer- People there have nothing to eat and I've got stones in my stomach!

[refrain]...

What did he just say - on such an ordinary sunday (?) happens a real brutal assault in a bestial way -In which six people died - the injured cry out names This terrifying actions stop me from sleep now.

And I still see it clearly, the picture on TV A young man standing there in the dust - Pleads for child and wife Now I wonder how it would be to lose one's child even before it had it's first birthday but that's beyond my imaginativeness Maybe the assassins were full of hate for the enemy Maybe there was love to the family and they where fathers themselves Sometimes when I watch the news I get a strange feeling 'Coz we're also parents now have begotten a child Then I'm becoming afraid that something could happen to us To lose one person you love, that those things really happen In the middle of the night I get up and am drenched in sweat Sneak to the bed of my daughter and hear how she's breathing lowly

[refrain] + What a madness-show In the TV and the radio While the sun laughs so gleefully I can't get rid of these images anymore! At breakfast and at supper And no one who could tell me why