Meine Schuld! [English translation]

The evening falls,

Mama turned the cartoon off.

Bedtime.

Tomorrow she pushes back to school.

Say "Good night" leaves the door open a gap, looking at her mother with the ball round belly.

She seems constantly tired, taking overtime .

Dispensed with, gives her little what she needs.

She's a strong woman.

And weeps secretly alone when she knows that no one is looking.

Suddenly a ring at the door.

He is back.

Roar. slams the door, he's back.

She hears every time what he does with her mother.

A completely different person when he's drunk.

Not long now until a plate to breaks it and she pulls her blanket over her head.

The first tear down her face tumbles.

Fearing for her mother

[Refrain:]

Is this all my fault?

Do tell me Mama, this is all my fault when he gets loud?

Is this all my fault?

I can not help, no.

They say I'm too small.

Is this all my fault?

Tell me, Mama, tell that's all my fault if the door slams?

Is this all my fault?

I can not help, no. Much too small, much too small.

It is only a stepfather.

Out of politeness she calls him "Dad".

As a professional car mechanic.

he is there for his Benz, but his Family travels on the side-walk.1 2

To increase his income,

he turns crooked things.

Has nothing to lose.

They are not his children.

The psychosis is drowned in a after-work drink.

A small Heineken is equal to a whole barrel.

Not long now until a vase breaks and she winces under the covers.

She is careful to breathe quietly.

So he does not hear that she is still awake.

[Refrain]

And their little world falls behind the door gap.

And her perfect world falls behind the door gap.

It draws. It is cold.

[Refrain]

Is this all my fault?

Is this all my fault?

1. They play second fiddle basically2. Side-walk seems the best translation here, even as a Brit