Bergab Lyrics in English by Mark Forster
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Bergab by Mark Forster from German to English.
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Verse 1
Alles is heut' schief gelaufen
Everything went wrong today
Alles is kaputt
Everything is broken
Was vorbereitet, abgeklärt
What was prepared, clarified
Übrig blieb nur Schutt
All that was left was rubble
Hurtig und munter
Fast and cheerful
Rolltest du hinunter
You rolled down
Die Messlatte war nicht zu hoch
The bar wasn't too high
Trotzdem passt du drunter
You still fit underneath it
Warum bist du abgeschmiert
Why are you smeared?
Fragt dich dein Spiegelbild?
Does your reflection ask you?
Hast du zu wenig investiert
Have you invested too little?
Die Erwartung nicht erfüllt?
Expectation not met?
Manchmal ist es dir schon
Sometimes you do
Greifbar und nah
Tangible and close
Doch aus irgendeinem Grund
But for some reason
Verpasst du's um ein Haar
You missed it by a hair
Prechorus 1
Du strengst dich an
You make an effort
Du strengst dich so an
You're trying so hard
Und kommst nich' ran
And you can't get it
Kommst nich' ran
You can't get it
Strengst du dich an
Do you make an effort?
Strengst du dich so an
Are you trying so hard?
Chorus 1
Manchmal geht es bergab
Sometimes things go downhill
Und manchmal geht es bergauf
And sometimes things go uphill
Kein Grund zu kapitulieren
No reason to capitulate
Manchmal hat es geklappt
Sometimes it worked
Und manchmal fällst du aus
And sometimes you fail
Doch was soll schon passieren?
But what is supposed to happen?
Manchmal geht's bergab
Sometimes things go downhill
Manchmal geht es bergauf
Sometimes things go uphill
Schon tausend mal erlebt
Already experienced it a thousand times
Heute hast du's verpatzt
You messed up today
Doch dann steh wieder auf
But then get up again
Um voran zu gehen
To move forward
Um vorran zu gehen
To move forward
Verse 2
Alles ist heut schief gelaufen
Everything went wrong today
Nix hat funktioniert
Nothing worked
Vorbereitet, abgeklärt
Prepared, clarified
Doch nicht triumphiert
But not triumphant
Reuig und geknickt
Remorseful and broken
Wirst du vom Hof geschickt
You will be sent from the court
Dein Kopf mit Asche überstreut
Your head strewn with ashes
Deine Haltung ist gebückt
Your posture is hunched over
„Du hast es in den Sand gesetzt'
“You messed it up”
Hat jeder Mann im Ohr
Every man has it in his ear
Deine Fähigkeiten überschätzt
Overestimated your abilities
Den Kampf ganz klar verloren
Clearly lost the fight
Manchmal is' es ganz egal wie du's machst
Sometimes it doesn't matter how you do it
Denn es is' einfach nicht dein Tag
Because it's just not your day
Und es is' klar, dass du's nicht schaffst
And it's clear that you can't do it
Prechorus 2
Du strengst dich an
You make an effort
Du strengst dich so an
You're trying so hard
Und kommst nich' ran
And you can't get it
Kommst nich' ran
You can't get it
Strengst du dich an
Do you make an effort?
Strengst du dich so an
Are you trying so hard?
Chorus 2
Manchmal geht es bergab
Sometimes things go downhill
Und manchmal geht es bergauf
And sometimes things go uphill
Kein Grund zu kapitulieren
No reason to capitulate
Manchmal hat es geklappt
Sometimes it worked
Und manchmal fällst du aus
And sometimes you fail
Doch was soll schon passieren?
But what is supposed to happen?
Manchmal geht's bergab
Sometimes things go downhill
Manchmal geht es bergauf
Sometimes things go uphill
Schon tausend mal erlebt
Already experienced it a thousand times
Heute hast du's verpatzt
You messed up today
Doch dann steh wieder auf
But then get up again
Um voran zu gehen
To move forward
Um vorran zu gehen
To move forward
Bridge
Egal was du machst, es hört nicht auf
No matter what you do, it doesn't stop
Mal geht's bergab, mal geht's bergauf
Sometimes it goes downhill, sometimes it goes uphill
Und egal, du änderst nicht den Lauf
And no matter, you don't change the course
Mal geht's bergab, mal geht's bergauf
Sometimes it goes downhill, sometimes it goes uphill
Chorus 3
Manchmal geht es bergab
Sometimes things go downhill
Und manchmal geht es bergauf
And sometimes things go uphill
Kein Grund zu kapitulieren
No reason to capitulate
Manchmal hat es geklappt
Sometimes it worked
Und manchmal fällst du aus
And sometimes you fail
Doch was soll schon passieren?
But what is supposed to happen?
Manchmal geht's bergab
Sometimes things go downhill
Manchmal geht es bergauf
Sometimes things go uphill
Schon tausend mal erlebt
Already experienced it a thousand times
Heute hast du's verpatzt
You messed up today
Doch dann steh wieder auf
But then get up again
Um vorran zu gehen
To move forward
Outro
Manchmal geht's bergab
Sometimes things go downhill
Und manchmal geht es bergauf
And sometimes things go uphill
Manchmal hat es geklappt
Sometimes it worked
Und manchmal fällst du aus
And sometimes you fail
Manchmal geht's bergab
Sometimes things go downhill
Und manchmal geht es bergauf
And sometimes things go uphill
Heute hast du's verpatzt
You messed up today
Doch dann steh wieder auf
But then get up again
Um voran zu gehen
To move forward
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