Anfassen Lyrics in English Johannes Oerding

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Anfassen by Johannes Oerding from German to English.

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We know everything everywhere

But far too little about ourselves

And even that little bit gets shared

What was once real is cold now

Today synthetic, yesterday art

Those who don't notice borders often go too far

We have thousands of friends

Yet we've never seen them

Because the flashy glare is way too bright

We have thousands of dreams

Yet we lose real life

It crumbles to dust of zeros and ones

I need something I can touch

Then I can let go again

I don't wanna adapt anymore

I wanna hold my life in my own hands again

Because we're drowning more and more

In this cold sea of lights

When everything's always possible everywhere

The moment's worth nothing anymore

Wrong direction step by step

Until the next wave breaks

No time to catch our breath again

We drift click by click

Away from what's actually real

Do we swim against or with the current?

We have thousands of dreams

Yet we lose real life

We get lost in smog and fog

I need something I can touch

Then I can let go again

I don't wanna adapt anymore

I wanna hold my life in my own hands again

Because we're drowning more and more

In this cold sea of lights

When everything's always possible everywhere

The moment's worth nothing anymore

And how often have I thought?

How often have we missed each other

Because our world blinks too loudly?

You can hear and see much clearer

Feel and understand way better

Come on, let's chat a little again

And lift our heads up again

I need something I can touch

Then I can let go again

I don't wanna adapt anymore

I wanna hold my life in my own hands again

Because we're drowning more and more

In this cold sea of lights

When everything's always possible everywhere

The moment's worth nothing anymore

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SONG MEANING

Anfassen (which translates to Touch) is Johannes Oerding’s heartfelt wake-up call to a world lost in screens. He paints a vivid picture: we have “thousands of friends” online, endless information at our fingertips and neon lights that never sleep, yet we barely know ourselves. Every click pulls us further from what is real, until life itself seems to dissolve into cold code, “dust of zeros and ones.” The singer’s solution is disarmingly simple – he longs for something he can literally hold, a moment he can truly feel, so he can drop the exhausting act of constant digital self-adjustment and reclaim control of his life.

The chorus turns that longing into a rallying cry. Oerding urges us to lift our heads from the glow, breathe, talk, listen and rediscover the art of genuine connection before we “drown in this sea of cold lights.” In just a few minutes, the song transforms from critique to invitation: unplug for a while, grab the people beside you, and let the present moment regain its worth.

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