Kartenhaus English translation
von Kayef

Yeah, remember when we thought it was perfect
No house, just a mattress in the van is really enough
Get out and we had the sea by the bed (sea by the bed), yeah, yeah
Make plans that lead so infinitely far, yes
Never considered that that time might never come
No mansion and kids, just some job
Didn't get far, still, didn't get far

Believing to the end that this would be big
No limits, it keeps going up
And that continuing to build is sometimes rewarded
That it's going to be big

This life is a house of cards
We've been building it for so long
And now you pull out the queen and shuffle up the deck, yeah, yeah
This life is a house of cards
We've been building it for so long
It didn't even take you a day and the house of cards fell apart


You're playing with my house of cards, house of cards
You're playing with my house of cards, house of cards
you play with my-

Who Makes the Rules? Who says you need rules?
Isn't a sea just a deep valley with rain on it?
Who writes laws? Who says you need laws?
They always end with the last house in every town

Before the concrete begins, a special wind blows from there
It makes every word sound like an opportunity sometimes
When the sound breaks in gorges of gray
Every scream was born deep in the chest as a breath

In the beginning, every kiss was like a rush
New life is a twitch in the stomach
Flares burn a dark black smoke
The queen and the king get out of the house of cards (yeah)

This life is a house of cards
We've been building it for so long
And now you pull out the queen and shuffle up the deck, yeah, yeah
This life is a house of cards
We've been building it for so long
It didn't even take you a day and the house of cards fell apart


You're playing with my house of cards, house of cards
You're playing with my house of cards, house of cards
You're playing with my house of cards, house of cards
You're playing with my house of cards, house of cards

You're playing with my house of cards, house of cards
You're playing with my house of cards, house of cards
you play with my-