Die Konkurrenz Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Mozared 

Cover art for Die Konkurrenz lyrics by Wir Sind Helden

"Sag's mir, Hippiekind"

"Sag's mir, kleiner Punk"

"Ihr singt: „Alle für einen, einer für alle!“ Dann kommt einer und macht alle anderen alle Am morgen geht's eilig und früh aus der Falle Du singst: „Jetzt bin ich der Eine und ihr andern seid alle!“"

I think those 3 pieces of text hold the main idea on what this song is about. It's about the 'competition' on belonging to a specific sub-culture. One starts off being for example a punk to feel companionship among other punks. Then a new 'wave' of punks appears and calls all the other ones posers so you have to 'step it up' to stay a 'true punk', and this phenomenom keeps repeating itself over and over.

Basically, I think it describes the need to be 'hardcore' in a scene to be akknowledged.

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