Kapitän Lyrics in English Madsen

In “Kapitän,” German rock band Madsen paints a vivid picture of someone who feels adrift in life. The singer watches birds head south for the winter and envies their natural sense of direction. He compares himself to a ship without sails, floating aimlessly on a foggy sea of longing. Expectations from others press on him, and his own instincts start screaming for freedom.

Yet the chorus flips the mood from doubt to empowerment. By remembering “In meinem Herzen bin ich Kapitän” (“In my heart I am a captain”), the narrator realizes he can seize the wheel, toss unnecessary ballast overboard, and chart his own course. The song becomes a rallying cry for self-determination: no matter how lost we feel, the compass is already inside us—waiting for us to take control.