Abreißen Lyrics in English Revolverheld

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Abreißen by Revolverheld from German to English.
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It's dark outside and my alarm screams way too loud at me
Running late again
Late again
Through the rain into that grey of reinforced concrete
Off and gone
I walk the middle, never step onto the cliff
’Cause the best is still gonna come
Someday
I live for weekends when I just crash
Keep falling deeper into the black hole
But there’s this voice in my head
That keeps knocking from the inside
I gotta tear myself down, rebuild
Smash it up, today
Paint the sky blue again, folks
Everything’s allowed, I gotta flee this grey
Tear down, rebuild, smash it, today
Tear down, rebuild, smash it, today
Everything on plan, I'm always ready to roll
You can count on me
Change is hard, so I stay put
I’m happy to sit back down
Just ask me
I never liked fighting
And the door slams shut in front of me
I can keep waiting and still beam
Never counted on a thank-you
I gotta tear myself down, rebuild
Smash it up, today
Paint the sky blue again, folks
Everything’s allowed, I gotta flee this grey
Tear down, rebuild, smash it, today
Tear down, rebuild, smash it, today
All sorted, all destroyed
All rubble and ash, just like it should be
Everything’s wrong, the account’s empty
I wave from afar, never coming back
But there’s this voice in my head
That keeps knocking from the inside
There’s this voice in my head
That keeps dripping from the ceiling
I gotta tear myself down, rebuild
Smash it up, today
Paint the sky blue again, folks
Everything’s allowed, I gotta flee this grey
Tear down, rebuild, smash it, today
Tear down, rebuild, smash it, mic drop
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SONG MEANING

Stuck in a daily grey and rainy grind, the singer wakes up to a blaring alarm, dashes through concrete monotony, and dreams of weekends spent asleep. Yet a stubborn inner voice won’t let him settle. „Abreißen“ captures that restless moment when you realise the only way forward is to tear everything down – habits, comfort zones, even a perfectly ordered life – so you can rebuild it in brighter colours.

Revolverheld turns demolition into liberation: the rubble of old routines becomes the foundation for a fresher, freer self. The chorus is a rallying cry to paint the sky blue again, proving that risks, chaos, and even an empty bank account are worth the thrill of starting over. It’s an anthem for anyone who feels trapped by sameness and secretly longs to hit the reset button, step out of the grey, and turn their life into something vivid and new.

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