Schön Genug Lyrics in English Lina Maly

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Schön Genug by Lina Maly from German to English.

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I like the things you do

More than the words you say

And the face of the grey city

More than the way you paint it

I like the cracks in the asphalt

And every stone along the way

I don't need a goal to remember

That something moves me

But everything should and everything has to

But everything goes and everyone wants

To be perfect

Are we never pretty enough?

Is it never pretty enough here?

Are we never pretty enough?

The way we are, we're way too fast, too tired or blind

We close both eyes

Yet still want to see it all

And in a thousand beautiful words

We tell each other about love

The whole world has to belong to us

From the sky to the sea

And when we look in the mirror

We don't see ourselves anymore

But everything should and everything has to

But everything goes and everyone wants

To be perfect

Are we never pretty enough?

Is it never pretty enough here?

Are we never pretty enough?

The way we are, we're way too fast, too tired or blind

Sometimes I'd like to be less of everything

And still enough

Want to be without a plan and without direction

But somehow good

Without a solution, without perfection

And without standing out, I want to be myself

I want to be myself

Are we never pretty enough?

Is it never pretty enough here?

Are we never pretty enough?

Is it never pretty enough here?

Are we never pretty enough?

The way we are, we're way too fast, too tired or blind

Are we way too fast, too tired or blind

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Schön Genug invites you to step off the fast lane of perfection and take a slow walk through life’s cracks and cobblestones. Lina Maly compares polished words and glossy dreams to the raw beauty of a grey city, the rips in the asphalt and the stones on the path. By asking the repeated question “Sind wir denn nie schön genug?” (Are we never beautiful enough?) she shines a light on the relentless pressure to look flawless, plan everything, own the world, and still somehow feel empty when we face the mirror.

Instead of chasing an impossible ideal, Lina longs to be “weniger von allem und trotzdem genug”—less of everything yet still enough. The song becomes a gentle yet powerful reminder that authenticity beats perfection, that it is okay to be aimless, quiet, even tired or blind at times. In celebrating imperfection, Schön Genug encourages us to drop the filters, open our eyes, and discover that we are already beautiful just as we are.

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