Notlandung auf Berlin English translation
von Chakuza feat. Sebastian Madsen

For many people it may be a huge house
You get lost inside and won't ever find your way out
Snow in the winter and blazing heat in summer
But no beach around
Forever caught in a spider's web downtown
Then, the faces are tense and cool
If you're weak, it's quite sure
That you'll be washed to the roadside
And sometimes you feel
That there's nothing to laugh about
Even the neighbour is just the guy nextdoor – like a stranger
The city without any mountains – Berlin
Just heavy hearts and empty batteries
The legs are weary
You would ride by train
To and fro distant destinations
And again another shift is over, the bills have been paid
The kitschy ideal world has disappeared
And has given way to an ugly one
Lights shining behind all windows
Where strangers are telling stories

Storm is ahead
My plane is running out of fuel
Can't escape any farther
Emergency landing in Berlin

The city sucks me in
Telling me I'm at home
And sometimes I think so, too
Emergency landing in Berlin


At five a.m. there's already noise around
Nobody complained, because the dust bins are emptied that early
But that won't last forever
And this work will soon be done
The broken glass has been swept away
And the sidewalks were cleaned by a broom
The city that doesn't know love, but just lousy weather
From all the wind and hail
The roof tiles are falling down

There may also be violence in a small town
But here you also dipose of
Letters to Santa Clause like waste paper

Out from here to the countryside
You'll take a deep breath, but you'll break your head.
You can't stand fresh air and you miss the smog
You prefer to walk between high buildings
Among rude people and drug addicts
You'll have to wait till a miracle happens
And until then walking a tightrope
Across canyons
And myself, after 100 years
I've finally got it
That I lost my way in this urban jungle

Storm is ahead
My plane gets out of fuel
I can't escape any farther
Emergency landing in Berlin

The city sucks me in
Telling me I'm at home
And sometimes I think so, too
Emergency landing in Berlin

I'm waking up
Every part of my body is aching
I open my eyes
Thank God I survived
A rough wind has blown me to here
Through dense fog into a sea of people

Forever friend and foe
Love and hate united
Don't want to escape any farther
Emergency landing in Berlin

The city sucks me in
Says to me it's difficult at home
I can't escape from here
Emergency landing in Berlin

Oooh, emergency landing in Berlin
Oooh, emergency landing in Berlin