Hinter der Elbe New York [English translation]

Stuff going on at every corner, people queueing in front of the clubs

Kicking their heels, for a gasp of musty air

It won't be long until twilight hour and some are heading home, whereas the others are still clearing leavings and remains off the streets

I still hover around, together with a couple of other lone souls

And my square-cut heart has already been raw for some time

The witching hours with you - I actually used to love them

But now that it's just me all the streets and faces appear like a blank paper sheet

We used to be a global city

and now we are nothing but a village

Our love reaches barely behind the Elbe

And used to be as big as New York

We were the city that never sleeps

With it's thousands of lights

vast, but never alone

The two of us used to be a global City

And now we are only a village

The tourists take over the place like vermin in summer

I drive to the surburbian swimming lake

Where we both used to hide

Our favorite pub is crowded, the happy hour beyond all bearing

I don't know where to go... I don't know what to do with myself...

I don't know where to direct myself... I don't know where to direct myself...

We used to be a global city

and now we are nothing but a village

Our love reaches barely behind the Elbe

And used to be as big as New York

We were the city that never sleeps

With it's thousands of lights

vast, but never alone

With it's great history that depicts it's people

With the flotsam and jetsom around floating in the water

With the child that does not sleep, with the father who swigs

Where the people misremember paying their bills

The air is airless and thick but I breath it in

Maybe this is how can set a part of my soul free

We used to be a global city

and now we are nothing but a village

We were the city that never sleeps

With it's thousands of lights

vast, but never alone

The two of us used to be a global City

And now we are nothing but a village

• Artist:Revolverheld
• Album:Immer in Bewegung