Drei Sekunden Lyrics in English Céline , Paula Hartmann

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Drei Sekunden by Céline from German to English.

Sideways looks, loud words

To them we're only bodies now

And he won't stop arguing

As if he hadn't heard my no

Every single one of my girlfriends went through it too

Keys in my fist on the way home

The touch on the subway wasn't by accident

And he says to me: 'How dare you go out like that?'

Turn around every three seconds, alone at night in the dark

Tell me, what do you know about that?

Little drops in my glass, heart starts racing

Tell me, what do you know about that?

A hand on my ass, but it's all just fun

Mom warned us: 'That's all normal'

But what do you know about that?

Please tell me, please tell me, what do you know about that?

AirPods in, but AirPods off

Always sharing location, pepper spray, heart pounding loud

Look pissed, hood up, never a ponytail to pull

Show no hair, no leg, only leave with the Stafford

Girl missing at barely 18, I only jog in daylight

Past a black rolling suitcase in the park

In the club I slipped up, f*ck, eye contact

Then fifteen minutes of talk about why it won't work with us

He flips straight to aggro, glass slams on tiles

Night full of sirens, the anthem of Berlin

Wake up in a stranger's stairwell in the morning

Only strength to tell someone, who then doesn't believe me

Was dressed so he'd like it

Don't blame me, I already blame myself

Turn around every three seconds, alone at night in the dark

Tell me, what do you know about that?

Little drops in my glass, heart starts racing

Tell me, what do you know about that?

A hand on my ass, but it's all just fun

Mom warned us: 'That's all normal'

But what do you know about that?

Please tell me, please tell me, what do you know about that?

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Drei Sekunden throws you straight into the after-dark streets of Berlin, where Céline and Paula Hartmann trade verses like urgent diary entries. Over a moody beat they list every tiny self-defence ritual a woman knows by heart: keys between fingers, hoodie up, no ponytail to grab, location sharing on. Their vivid images turn the everyday walk home into a thriller and expose how quickly a casual night out can slide into harassment, blame games and fear.

The title hints at the chilling statistic that somewhere, every three seconds, a woman experiences violence or intimidation. The song asks listeners - especially men - “Was weißt du davon?” (“What do you know about that?”), challenging anyone who has never felt this constant alertness to imagine it. Rather than wallow in despair, the track shines a light on solidarity: shared stories, sisterly warnings, and the fierce refusal to accept that any of this is “normal.” It is both a haunting anthem and a call for empathy, urging us to turn those three seconds into real change.

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Céline Drei Sekunden Lyrics