De Echte Vent Lyrics in English Racoon

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Verse 1

What you loved

Is nothing to rely on anymore

When everything you saw as your life

Turns out to be mud you can't build on

They watch and they laugh at a joke

They should've kept to themselves

What you stood for

What you'd give your life for

Ah, money is money and friendship's for sale

And regret's for later

And then you're almost dead

Chorus 1

So tell me who can piss the farthest

Who's the sissy, who's the man?

You won't lure the boss out of the tent

So tell me, who's a real man?

And who walks off, who dares

To stand up for someone else

Whom he doesn't know

Chorus 1

Who's a real man?

Verse 2

A lifetime

First spending years building a future

But when push comes to shove

You ask yourself how you could stand it

So many years giving your all for a joke

And then dumping it in the damn doghouse

Chorus 2

So tell me who can piss the farthest

Who's the sissy, who's the man?

You won't lure the boss out of the tent

So tell me, who's a real man?

And who walks off, who dares

To stand up for someone else

Whom he doesn't know

Chorus 2

Who's a real man?

Verse 3

What you fell for

The beautifully worded nonsense

Of someone who can lie fantastically

Cold inside and eyes set on conflict

He does his thing and treats it like a joke

To rip everybody off

Chorus 3

So tell me who can piss the farthest

Who's the sissy, who's the man?

You won't lure the boss out of the tent

Tell me, who's a real man?

Who walks away, who dares

To stand up for someone else

Whom he doesn't know

Chorus 3

Who's the real man?

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SONG MEANING

De Echte Vent literally means “The Real Man” and Racoon uses the phrase to ask a biting question: what really makes someone brave or honorable? Through vivid images — friends who suddenly put a price on loyalty, bosses who hide behind power, and jokers who mock other people’s pain — the singer paints a world where money, status, and empty talk have replaced true values. Each chorus fires off a playful but pointed challenge: “So tell me, who can pee the farthest? Who is the coward, who the man?” It is Racoon’s sarcastic way of showing that childish contests and macho posturing say nothing about real courage.

Behind the humor lies a serious message. A real vent is not the loudest in the room; he is the one who dares to stand up for someone he does not even know, even when there is nothing to gain. The song becomes a wake-up call to drop the ego games, question hollow ambitions, and measure strength by empathy and integrity instead. Listeners are left reflecting on their own choices: will you walk away, or will you be the person who acts when it truly matters?

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