Solange mein Herz schlagt [English translation]

It’s late, can’t get any sleep,1

I’ve given up, I’m hurt.

Devastated, old scars remain,

images burn; feel the hate,

which they feel for me.

As long as my heart beats,

as long as my heart beats.

Massiv:

Think about it; it’s hard

if someone gets you down

when you’re in a sorry state 2

and you don’t even see the brightly

shining sun anymore.

Everyone even wishes you were dead and tears

the heart out of your body;

you only feel pain and cry.

Even the smallest blunt knives are sharp

and even the water you drink

isn’t as clear as it is.

If you can keep the pace from time to time;3

then they hate you,

yeah, if you have nothing more at all,

then they’ll leave you

cause in the end, you can only enjoy

the rain yourself. Only the stars

themselves can tell us

if they will forgive us.

Even if you cry for days,

every door is closed,

everyone’s hard-headed like a rock.

Real life has left

and is hiding behind a curtain.

You want to decide

whether we eat or laugh like crazy.

All the people are chasing their dreams,

where one begs for his food and the other’s

already a millionaire.

Sefo & Massiv:

As long as my heart beats,

I’ll carry on with my life

‘cause this life didn’t mean well.

As long as my heart beats,

I appreciate every day here

‘cause every day can be your last.

As long as my heart beats,

I’ll sew my angel wings

onto my back and glide.

As long as my heart beats,

as long as my heart beats.

Massiv:

That Arab's sitting there without a sandwich; look,

everyone’s teasing him; man, even the teacher

doesn’t spare him; whose family lives in one-room

flat; he comes from a building where drunks fight

over alcohol. His sisters force him

to eat vomit ‘cause you should forget whose apron

strings you hang onto. 4

That little devil’s in the cross hairs of the entire 5

world, who isn’t from Berlin, but from the

very small Pimasens. Life forced him into delinquency6

until he realized that his dreams wouldn’t come true

if he kept skipping school. He signed a contract

and drives a Benz, the big man from the ghetto;

he’s got 100.000 fans. Even if the whole of

Germany is against him, you recognize the champ,

but here you get shot; nothing’s given to you. I’ll

make my dream come true, as long as my heart

beats. As longs as it beats I’ll

keep getting up.

Sefo & Massiv:

As long as my heart beats,

I’ll carry on with my life

‘cause this life didn’t mean well.

As long as my heart beats,

I appreciate every day here

‘cause every day can be your last.

As long as my heart beats,

I’ll sew my angel wings

onto my back and glide.

As long as my heart beats,

as long as my heart beats,

as long as my heart beats.

I’ll carry on with my life

‘cause this life didn’t mean well.

As long as my heart beats,

I appreciate every day here

‘cause every day can be your last.

As long as my heart beats,

I’ll sew my angel wings

onto my back and glide.

As long as my heart beats,

as long as my heart beats.

1. Straight translation: kreig kein Augen zu = can’t close my eyes.2. sorry state = devastated. 3. wasser reichen = to keep up with someone else, to keep the pace. Hier und da = every so often, now and then.4. Nabelschnur man hängt = apron strings = who you’re attached to. 5. Straight translation: Terroristenbengel = terrorist boy.Delinquency: conduct that is out of accord with accepted behavior or the law; especially : Juvenile delinquency. See source below.6. Primasens: a city in Rhineland-Palaninate, Germany; the town where Massiv’s from.

• Artist:Massiv
• Album:Solange mein Herz schlagt