Haltickling
06-20-2004, 06:53 PM
Since a few weeks, a religious song is storming up the German charts. It's from a group called "Die Soehne Mannheims" (The Sons of Mannheim) who always deliver rather thoughtful lyrics. Here's a translation (it rhymes in German, but my English is not good enough to translate poetic texts):
Perhaps
I understand all doubts,
respect all beliefs;
I also distrust zeal.
Everybody should find happiness
in what he believes
or what he knows.
But the one I believe in
is the one I worship.
(Refrain): Perhaps they don't listen
or they can't see well.
Perhaps they have lost their way,
or they lack the courage.
I try to understand
what others see in you;
Why they start wars
and kill in your name;
why they force people
to die of a virus.
2000 years after you,
all's lying in shambles here.
(Refrain) Perhaps they...
Forgive my guilt
when I'll see you.
Until then I'll carry my sins
when I sleep or when I walk.
I don't want promises
that humans give to me
who'll break them again.
That's how humans are!
All that counts
is my connection to you
and it would be my end
if I ever lost it!
(Refrain) Perhaps they...
*
I'm an atheist, but that song really touches me. It's highly unusual for religious songs to make the international top ten charts in Germany. It's on 6th place this week (for comparison: Britney Spears is 4th with "Everytime").
Perhaps
I understand all doubts,
respect all beliefs;
I also distrust zeal.
Everybody should find happiness
in what he believes
or what he knows.
But the one I believe in
is the one I worship.
(Refrain): Perhaps they don't listen
or they can't see well.
Perhaps they have lost their way,
or they lack the courage.
I try to understand
what others see in you;
Why they start wars
and kill in your name;
why they force people
to die of a virus.
2000 years after you,
all's lying in shambles here.
(Refrain) Perhaps they...
Forgive my guilt
when I'll see you.
Until then I'll carry my sins
when I sleep or when I walk.
I don't want promises
that humans give to me
who'll break them again.
That's how humans are!
All that counts
is my connection to you
and it would be my end
if I ever lost it!
(Refrain) Perhaps they...
*
I'm an atheist, but that song really touches me. It's highly unusual for religious songs to make the international top ten charts in Germany. It's on 6th place this week (for comparison: Britney Spears is 4th with "Everytime").