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I'm building myself a house from scrap

In a field of white ash

My paradise of rubble

I plant flowers in my garden

Nettles and thistles

And nobody wrecks that for me

And when the sun goes down

On the smoggy horizon

I climb onto my corrugated-iron roof

And let my gaze wander

Across the poisoned sea

And the slowly rusting wrecks

I blow soap bubbles

Into the polluted air

And watch the dreams burst

And how it was before you left

I've long forgotten

Everything is wonderful and fine!

I've decorated my little world

With pretty, colorful plastic trash

I wear my favorite rags and cry tears of joy

And the glass is so full and the grass is as green

As it is

But your eyes see what they want

You tick the way you tick

And my heart also feels what it just feels

And not what it should

And the house of scrap is actually a ruin of gold

And I sit among

Overpriced paintings

And overdesigned furniture

I'm bored and spoiled

Weeds grow in my garden

Orchids and roses

And nobody talks that pretty for me

They bring gigantic plates with tiny portions

But everything tastes like nothing

And I mirror myself in the silver

And I look terrible

Not a wrinkle on my face

And I can't get a wink of sleep

In my canopy bed of horror

And their perfume, how it stinks to me

Oh, turn back time once more

Because I'll never forget

How it was before you left

And I stare at my pool and watch the dreams

Come true

And I laugh out of despair

Because a pigeon sh*ts on my shoe

And the glass is so full and the grass is as green as it is

But your eyes see what they want

You tick the way you tick

And my heart also feels

What it just feels and not what it should

And the house of scrap is actually a ruin of gold

Of gold

And the glass is so full and the grass is as green as it is

But your eyes see what they want

You tick the way you tick

And my heart also feels what it just feels

And not what it should

And the house of scrap is actually a ruin of gold

A ruin of gold

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**Imagine planting roses in a wasteland and blowing soap bubbles into smog – that’s the quirky picture Maxim paints in “Haus Aus Schrott.” He builds his very own “paradise” out of scrap metal, plastic trash and weeds, proudly celebrating every dent and rust stain. For him, the glass is already half-full and the grass is exactly as green as it needs to be. Underneath this playful, almost child-like optimism, though, lurks a deep heartache: he is trying to forget the world before you left.

Halfway through the song, the scenery flips. Suddenly the junk palace turns out to be a golden ruin filled with designer furniture, flavorless gourmet bites and a pool that does nothing to cure his boredom. Here Maxim exposes the emptiness of material perfection and the way perspective shapes reality: your eyes see what they want, your heart feels what it feels. In the end, whether surrounded by trash or treasure, he is stuck between laughter and tears, showing that true value is never about what you own but how you look at it – and who you share it with.

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