Wenn es Nacht ist English translation
von XAVAS

I've been writing for half my life and writing always goes on through the night
I write and you will forgive me, because that's the only thing that's brought me this far
I've been writing for half my life and writing always goes on through the night
I write and you will forgive me, because that's the only thing that's gotten me this far


The last light is dimmed, the last curtain is drawn,
The last ember glows quietly,
The last text message reaches the recipient,
The last pair of eyes can't stay open any longer,
They close.
The last shadow that falls is the first ray that wakes me,
The same city, but we don't live in the same world,
Not anymore.
I used to be with you,
Today I only do monologues, they don't even touch the ground.
I wouldn't have believed it, never suspected,
That the dream of eternal life, constantly sheds blood.
Find a woman who shares that, who waits until you come,
Every now and then she's fed up, says, I'm waiting here in vain.
You say, surely not, no,
Although you're not even sure yourself,
Because unfortunately you only find time for her when the light goes out,
And that's not even intentional, nonstop on night shift,
My senses can only function again.

Then when it's night, I come alive and awake
And when it's night, dreams are brought to paper
Then when it's night, I come alive and awake
Everything at night, mostly at night
Then when it's night


Are the colors, like blown away
Nothing but the familiar, guiding voice,
that asks me to drive straight ahead
Gloomy play
Weg and Schwarz
Suddenly you only see scenery where something was just now
Flee from the day
Entrenched behind blinds, windows shifted,
so I can't see outside anymore,
and I ask
I ask my cronies, what do you think,
how long can a plant really grow without daylight
Shrug
Everyone knows the answer all too well,
no one speaks it out, stuck in this rhythm like drums
No one breaks out of here
Air shimmering, grey, moths fly slalom,
I stand here in the flickering floodlights of our stadium
Saddle my horses and wait for the day to unfold
Darkness sweeps through these streets like a strong wind,
every time the sun clears the way for us
I accelerate, when, especially when she's dreaming,
always.

Then when it's night, I come alive and awake
And when it's night, dreams are brought to paper
Then when it's night, I come alive and awake
Everything at night, mostly at night
Then when it's night