Ein Schmerz Und Eine Kehle Lyrics in English by Jennifer Rostock

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ein Schmerz Und Eine Kehle by Jennifer Rostock from German to English.

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You lower your eyes, your voice and your sword

You have calluses on your forehead, you just kept fighting back

Doubt curls around your temples, mottled grey

Because the path we walk is rarely paved

What are those hands that grab your neck

What kind of feet chop your heels when you run

You falter, come to other thoughts

Your hands, bloody again, are just hands, not paws

But you must have cut your knees often enough

Until you realize that weak knees won't carry you

Have we taken on too much with this stone in our stomachs?

And since those who dare ask questions we dare not ask?

Who shuffled the cards like that, marked them like that, saw them like that

Who linked the group here?

The karma is corrupt, the drama is screaming

But when you scream, you don't scream alone!

A pain and a throat

We are a pain and a throat

Didn't you hear the shot, that was a weak start

But defeats and discomfort make the weak strong

Nothing is harder than the time you have for revenge

Everything under control, the red thread is made of barbed wire

Gangrene and anger at your reflection

Without a bandage, the bleeding will probably never stop

You stand with your hands in your pockets, fists clenched

A nail digged into the skin for every blemish

When you come out of yourself, you put out breadcrumbs

This is how you find your way home every evening

But the way home is dark and fraught with guilt

If you're going inward, don't go unarmed!

Who covered up the truth, covered it up, anyway!

Who stole your freedom?

The years in prison, at the end the realization

No matter how loud you scream, the walls remain deaf!

A pain and a throat

We are a pain and a throat

What I want and what I want are two different things

I dare to go to the roof if I force myself

But your legs are getting weak

What makes me so weak isn't the fear that I'll fall

It's the fear that I jump! jump!

A pain and a throat

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Stacheldraht — barbed wire

Stacheldraht literally translates to "barbed wire". It's a strong and evocative compound word that paints a vivid picture.

In the song, the line "Alles im Griff, der rote Faden ist aus Stacheldraht" (Everything under control, the common thread is made of barbed wire) uses this word metaphorically. It suggests that what seems like control or a guiding principle is actually painful, restrictive, and potentially harmful, reflecting the song's themes of struggle and resilience.

Jennifer Rostock's "Ein Schmerz Und Eine Kehle" [One Pain And One Throat] is a powerful anthem about resilience and collective struggle. The song throws you right into the thick of it, describing someone who's constantly fighting, with "Schwielen an der Stirn" [calluses on their forehead] from always defending themselves. It's about the feeling of being held back and tripped up, asking, "Was sind das für Hände, die dich am Nacken packen" [What kind of hands grab you by the neck]?

But even with bloody hands and scraped knees, the message is clear: you're not alone in this fight. The lyrics declare, "Wenn du schreist, schreist du nicht allein!" [If you scream, you don't scream alone!], emphasizing a shared experience of pain and defiance. It's a song that acknowledges the darkness and the feeling of being wronged – "Das Karma ist korrupt, das Drama ist zum Schreien" [The karma is corrupt, the drama is to scream about] – but ultimately finds strength in unity. It's about facing your fears, even the fear of jumping rather than falling, and realizing that together, "Wir sind ein Schmerz und eine Kehle" [We are one pain and one throat].

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