Sie verdienen einen besonderen Schutz [English translation]
Sie verdienen einen besonderen Schutz [English translation]
What is the use of a child?
To break it, to fuck it, to beat it and baptize it
What is the abuse of a child?
To break it, to fuck it, to beat it and baptize it
[Chorus 1:]
They merit a special protection1
For your sense of truth is beating in their chest
They merit a special protection
Do you not see that their suffering stains and defiles us
They merit a special protection
Through them alone we are privy to our own infancy
They merit a special protection
Let us speak about abuse, let us speak about use
It has never been elected Ugliest Word of the Year2
"Child Abuse" - A disgrace it has been and still is
In the Land of Poets and Philosophers3it occurred
Language became brutalized like the people and I saw it
In its full extent it's getting painful and grave
What kind of people are willing to sell off their own speech?
Language becomes empty, we need pictorials instead4
As people don't understand their own words anymore
[Chorus 2:]
She deserves a special protection5
For you as well have used her in your childhood days
She deserves a special protection
Do you not see that her suffering stains and defiles us
She deserves a special protection
Through her alone we are privy to our own infancy
She deserves a special protection
Let us speak about abuse, let us speak about use
Children could much rather use us
To give them advice, call them up, buy them clothes
I mean, where is the instruction on "How to Use a Child"?
Sure, there's children being used up all around the globe
But to see the German language fuddling in that as well
Is just sad and sorry or abysmally evil
It's time to detach from this usage of words
I'll punch a nail through your loopholes of language trespasses
[Chorus 1]
Sometimes a text becomes art, poem or judgement
Believe me, I don't try to audit that
Sometimes I write and truth hits me straight in the face
Doesn't spare me and shortens the grace period
Until the opinion of the masses breaks down on me, thrashes in on me
They don't love me, I don't love them - who cares...
Because who will be the one to tell our children about all the fabrications
About satanic verses with sugar coatings,
Wicked rhymes, machinations? - Truth is light and shadow
Frightening like rats crawling, closing in on you
Ready to shorten your lifespan
But this truth will lead us to the light
It deserves a special protection
And the children will lead us to the light
They merit a special protection
Words of wisdom will lead us to the light
They merit a special protection
And love will lead us to the light
It deserves a special protection
And our language will lead us to the light
It deserves a special protection
Words of wisdom will lead us to the light
They merit a special protection
These children will lead us to the light
They merit a special protection
And love will lead us to the light
It deserves a special protection
1. Alludes to Article 6,1 of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany: "Marriage and the family shall enjoy the special protection of the state." - Children's rights are not explicitly included in this Constitution which is what Naidoo wants to draw attention to with this line.2. "Unwort des Jahres" ("Non-Word of the Year") is a yearly award handed out by an independent jury. It usually goes to political talking points like "Lügenpresse" ("Lying Press" , similar to Fake News, 2014) or "Volksverräter" ("Traitor of the People", 2016)3. Germany4. "Bildzeitung" or "BILD-Zeitung" ("Pictorial Newspaper") is a highly illustrated German yellow-press newspaper"5. This time he's talking about the German language
- Artist:Xavier Naidoo
- Album:Alles kann besser werden - DunkHell