Das Sind Wir Lyrics in English by Joris

Einschusslöcher literally means “bullet holes,” making it a vivid and memorable German compound noun: Einschuss (gunshot impact) + Löcher (holes).

In the song, Joris uses it metaphorically alongside scars to describe the visible and hidden damage people carry, comparing their shadows to a second skin. Its dramatic imagery and unusual structure make it an especially striking word to learn.

JORIS sings about a "we" that carries its history on the outside. The song opens on "Wir tragen unsere Schatten, wie 'ne zweite Haut" (We wear our shadows like a second skin), a skin "voller Einschusslöcher, Narben" (full of bullet holes, scars) and "angesteckte Orden" (pinned-on medals) that "schimmern abgenutzt" (shimmer, worn out). Winning and losing are "beides Teil von uns" (both part of us), and in every crack that stays there "steckt ein bisschen Ewigkeit" (lies a little bit of eternity).

The chorus answers with a picture of a night out: "Mit Tränen in den Augen, aber lachendem Gesicht" (with tears in our eyes but smiling faces), people who are "Gewinner und Verlierer zur selben Zeit" (winners and losers at the same time). The image that holds it together is "ein Mosaik aus tausend Teilen" (a mosaic of a thousand pieces) turning into a "Kaleidoskop mit tausend Farben" (kaleidoscope with a thousand colors). Late in the song he admits "So lang gebraucht es zu begreifen" (it took so long to understand) that being everything at once is simply who we are: "Das sind wir" (That's us).