Antiexemplu [English translation]

Dreams shatter when you touch them, forget them,

They get lost in the past even when you don't touch them.

All there's left to do is stop and listen

To echoes we cried out when we were young.

Are you what you dreamed of becoming? But I'm not,

And I can't sing to you about it, forgive me.

You're honest and almost perfect, but I'm not.

And I won't be talking about you, forgive me.

You have an amazing life and always obtain what you want, but I don't

So I won't be singing about that, forgive me.

You're the exemplar parent, and you were the perfect child, but not me

And I cannot be - forgive me.

I'm just a human that passes through time, mistake after mistake, learning.

I'm not a role-model, but maybe I'll be a historical anti-example soon.

I'm just a human that passes through time, mistake after mistake, learning.

I'm not a role-model, but maybe I'll be a historical anti-example soon.

I've never dug a well, never built a temple,

Sometimes, I wasn't friendly - perhaps I'm an anti-example.

I often haven't visited my parents, haven't embraced my children,

Haven't publicly clenched my teeth, so perhaps I'm an anti-example.

Sometimes I drink too much, with no reason, and sometimes I dress too macabre,

But as the years pass, I receive more and more advice, so I'm an anti-example.

I'm not socially active, I don't have a member's insignia,

I've only got limited time and soon you will say: "He was nothing but an anti-example."

I'm just a human that passes through time, mistake after mistake, learning.

I'm not a role-model, but maybe I'll be a historical anti-example soon.

I'm just a human that passes through time, mistake after mistake, learning.

I'm not a role-model, but maybe I'll be a historical anti-example soon.

I'm just a human that passes through time, mistake after mistake, learning.

I'm not a role-model, but maybe I'll be a historical anti-example soon.