Nicht So Schnell Lyrics in English Max Giesinger

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Nicht So Schnell by Max Giesinger from German to English.

Don't know how long I've been standing here

I've lost my sense of time

The days are getting shorter

You didn't come back

I say it's bearable

Whenever someone asks again

For all I care I'll stay forever

I haven't thought past that

You shouldn't change

I know what you want

I'm waiting just in case

In case you change your mind

And my heart is on ice

You're not here anymore

With time it beats slower and slower

It dances, it's still alive, it laughs, it still works

Just not that fast

Just not that fast anymore

I guess I was caught up in the thought

Of what spring was like with you

A beach chair on the Baltic Sea

And you in my arms

And I still hear them whisper

He's wasting his time

But who knows, if I'm gone for a sec

Maybe you'll swing by

You shouldn't change

I do know what you want

I'm waiting just in case

In case you change your mind

And my heart is on ice

You're not here anymore

With time it beats slower and slower

It dances, it's still alive, it laughs, it still works

Just not that fast

Just not that fast anymore

And my heart is on ice

And it won't warm up again

With time it beats slower and slower

It dances, it's still alive, it laughs, it still works

Just not that fast

Just not that fast anymore

And my heart is on ice

You're not here anymore

With time it beats slower and slower

It dances, it's still alive, it laughs, it still works

Just not that fast

Just not that fast anymore

And my heart is on ice

And it won't warm up again

With time it beats slower and slower

It dances, it's still alive, it laughs, it still works

Just not that fast

Just not that fast anymore

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JENS SCHNEIDER, JULIAN SCHWIZLER, MAX GIESINGER

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SONG MEANING

Ever felt like someone hit slow-motion on your heart? In “Nicht So Schnell” ("Not So Fast"), German pop troubadour Max Giesinger sings from the middle of that freeze-frame. The narrator is literally standing still, counting ever-shorter days while clinging to the faint hope that a lost love might swing back around. Friends ask if he’s OK – he says it’s “bearable.” Yet every line reveals the truth: his heart is “on ice,” beating more sluggishly with each tick of the clock, still able to dance and laugh… just not at its old speed.

Giesinger’s lyrics mix vivid daydreams – a beach chair on the Baltic Sea, a perfect spring together – with the dull ache of waiting. The contrast turns a simple breakup song into a relatable snapshot of that in-between zone where you’re neither fully heartbroken nor fully healed. Wrapped in a smooth pop melody, the track reminds us that recovery is rarely a sprint. Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is admit you’re moving forward, but not so fast.

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Max Giesinger Nicht So Schnell Lyrics