Alles Was Zählt Lyrics in English Namika

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Alles Was Zählt by Namika from German to English.

They give me 81 years here

Fifty-hour weeks, workhorse

I smile about thirteen minutes a day

Take vacation every other summer

Have 1.5 kids on average

And forty-five thousand gross a year

Is that all that counts?

Somehow I can't feel it

All that counts?

Numbers were never my thing, yeah

And whenever the day rushes past me

I realize how much I miss you

I think everything that counts

Can't be counted

The wristwatch counted every step

Says I should walk faster or it'll be too late

And reminds me to take a sip of water

Looked for the word "meaning" seven times

And Amazon recommends this book to me

But where's the meaning if we don't see each other?

Is that all that counts?

Somehow I can't feel it

All that counts?

Numbers were never my thing, yeah

And whenever the day rushes past me

I realize how much I miss you

I think everything that counts

Can't be counted

Bridge

They broke me down to

Six senses and 212 bones

Tell me, when the heart stops beating, who calculates the value?

They broke me down

To thirty trillion cells and 212 bones

Bridge

But that one heart beats and longs for more

Is that all that counts?

Somehow I can't feel it

All that counts?

Numbers were never my thing, yeah

And whenever the day rushes past me

I realize how much I miss you

I think everything that counts

Can't be counted

And whenever the day rushes past me

I realize how much I miss you

I think everything that counts

Can't be counted

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David Vogt, Fabian Roemer, Hanan Hamdi, Hannes Buescher, Philip Boellhoff, Sipho Sililo

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SONG MEANING

Ready to trade spreadsheets for heartbeats? In Alles Was Zählt (“All That Counts”), German-Moroccan singer Namika turns everyday statistics into poetic confetti. She lists the numbers society loves to flaunt—81 years of life, 50-hour workweeks, 1.5 kids, €45 000 a year—then smiles only “13 minutes a day.” With each line, the singer pokes fun at our obsession with counting and measuring, while a smartwatch nags her to walk faster and drink more water. The result is a catchy reminder that life can feel like one gigantic Excel sheet… until you notice what is missing between the cells.

So what really counts? For Namika, it is the unquantifiable: the warmth of someone you love, the pulse of a single heart, the moments that refuse to fit into neat columns. Every time the day “runs past” her, she feels the absence of that special person and realizes that everything that matters can’t be counted. By the final chorus, the numbers crumble, leaving only emotion—proof that love, presence and meaning will always beat the math.

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