Tribut English translation
von Lo & Leduc

And you say
I've never written a song for you
but love is not a song
see, I can't play that for you
I can only watch it playing
and I don't know how to rewind it
but I've wanted to hear it forever
and that's why I'm looking for "repeat"
but "repeat" doesn't exist
because that would mean that everything stays the same
but I know that's not possible
and if it doesn't work, there's nothing left but to leave

And there are already a thousand songs that remind me of you
And every time I listen to them, you're standing in the room with me
lying next to me in bed
dancing through the day
or singing them out loud in the middle of the night on the street


Look, this is a tribute
to all the albums in old sleeves
This here is a tribute
For the songs that promise what I can't deliver
this is a tribute
I immediately have the images in my head with every line
and even the silence between the songs
is familiar to me
Do you know this too?

So please tell me
tell me how the song should sound
So you can hear how much I loved you
I don't think there's a rhythm to this one
you know, love is only whole when you share it
And yet I can't make a piece out of it
no matter how beautiful it would be
there would only be a chorus
the most beautiful sounds the world has ever heard
but I know that I can't
and if it doesn't work, there's nothing left but to leave

And there are already a thousand songs that remind me of you
And every time I listen to them, you're standing right there in my room
lying next to me in bed
dancing through the day
or singing them out loud in the middle of the night on the street


Look, this is a tribute
to all the albums in old sleeves
This here is a tribute
For the songs that promise what I can't deliver
this is a tribute
I immediately have the images in my head with every line
and even the silence between the songs
is familiar to me
Do you know this too?

And you say
I've never written a song for you
but love is not a song
Look, I can't play this for you
I can only watch it playing
And I don't know how to rewind

I could be somewhere else
I know I could be someone else
but then again I wouldn't know who
and I know you wouldn't know me
you wouldn't know me - look
I could be somewhere else
I know I should be somebody else
but then again I wouldn't know who
and I know you wouldn't know me if I was

look, this is a tribute, tribute
the memories always inside me
look, this here is a tribute, tribute, eh
you wouldn't know me
look, this here is a tribute, tribute
the memories always inside me
look, this here is a tribute, tribute