Halb so viel [English translation]

I've had your second key since March

And now its already slowly Autumn1

And you still have to ring2 at my place3

I've met your parents

And I really do like them

My own live so far away from here

I know every one of your friends

You only know the names of mine

You book flights for the winter

But I can't plan that far ahead

It would be so nice4 if I felt the same

And not just half as much

Not just half as much as you

It would be so nice if I wanted the same (things/amount)

And not just half as much

Not just half as much

Half as much as you

The same as5 you

The same as you

Not just half as much

Half as much as you

The same as you

The same as you

Not just half as much as you

You want (to spend) an evening on the couch

But I drag you out again

(I) prefer to let time6 go by in the midst of people

(You) need more time alone with me7

I notice that that just won't work8 for me

But let's not talk about that today

You lay the world at (my) feet

(And) (for) another9 time I don't lock myself in10

It would be so nice if I felt the same

And not just half as much

Not just half as much as you

It would be so nice if I wanted the same (things/amount)

And not just half as much

Not just half as much

Half as much as you

The same as you

The same as you

Not just half as much

Half as much as you

The same as you

The same as you

Not just half as much as you

I know every one of your friends

You only know the names of mine

You hold me in your heart

I hold you only in my arms

It would be so nice if I felt the same

And not just half as much

Not just half as much as you

It would be so nice if I wanted the same (things/amount)

And not just half as much

Not just half as much

Half as much as you

The same as you

The same as you

Not just half as much

Half as much as you

The same as you

The same as you

Not just half as much

Half as much as you

1. in the Northern Hemisphere March is in Spring and Autumn begins in September2. ie; the doorbell3. literally "by me"4. literally "beautiful"5. literally "so as/like you" as in "just like you" ie; "the same as you"6. I've translated "mal" as the noun "Mal" (="Time", as opposed to "(some)timeS" or "again") because I think it makes more sense this way7. literally "as a pair/couple with me", ie; just the two of them8. "reichen" literally "to be enough/suffice/reach", but I think the impression here is that she DOESN'T want to be alone with him, as opposed to the idea that "more time alone isn't enough for her" which comes through with a literally translation.9. literally "again"10. this is a sort of play on words in the German, since "festlegen" (literally "to lay fast/tight/firm" as in "laying out firm plans") means "to fix/determine/schedule/write in ink etc." - He lays the world before her and she lays down nothing concrete.

• Artist:LEA
• Album:Zwischen meinen Zeilen (2018)