More songs by Whorensohn
Description
A subtle sadness that aches in your chest: the weight of unspoken words and glances that no one has brought to light. ‘Nie genug’ - like a quiet refrain in your head, which unexpectedly becomes a one-word diagnosis for anyone who doesn't fit into other people's moulds. There are no filters or gloss here - only the raw, honest weight of what weighs you down and goes unnoticed.
Being ‘too slow,’ ‘too quiet,’ ‘too timid’ - it's like a set of labels from a child's wardrobe that don't come off by themselves. It's better to remain invisible, because if you're noticed, you're vulnerable. The irony of life is that silence is somehow always unjustified, and speaking up is a crime.
Then comes a determination, like a slight change in the wardrobe: it's time to bring out the old things into the light and speak up. And immediately, accusations arise: ‘too loud,’ ‘too bold,’ ‘bad example.’ Laughing at stereotypes is both hurtful and liberating - as if you have discovered the freedom to be both uncomfortable and real at the same time.
In the end, there is a gentle victory: the voice remains, history is written and rewritten with your own hands. Not everyone will like it, not everyone will find it suitable, but somewhere inside there is a simple truth - stop trying to be what others want you to be. It is better to be yourself, even if for some people it will always be ‘not enough’.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Nie genug.
Nie genug. Nie genug. Nie genug. Nie genug. Nie genug. Nie genug. Nie genug.
Nie -genug.
-Ich werd' euch heute mal meine Geschichte erzählen, so wie ich sie fühlte. So wie das Leben mich fühlte. Kein Filter, kein
Glanz, nur echt.
Es gibt so viel, was ich sagen will, denn da war so viel, was mich fast erschlagen hat. So viel geweint und keiner hat's gesehen.
Schon früh hab ich's kapiert.
Das Leben ist nicht fair. Die Leisen haben selten was zu sagen.
Und wer nichts sagt, geht unter.
Ich war nie, wie man mich haben wollte. Zu langsam, zu still, zu viel Angst.
Ich passte nicht, wollte auch nicht. Ich konnte nicht unsichtbar sein.
War besser als gesehen, verletzt werden.
Nie genug.
Nie genug.
-Nie genug. Nie genug. -Doch dann kam der Wandel.
Ich wurde älter und ich dachte mir: Fuck drauf, ich werd' reden, ich werd' laut sein.
Ich hab was zu sagen. Ich bin da.
Und plötzlich war ich zu laut, zu frech, zu unbequem. Ein Störfaktor. Egoistisch. Partygeil.
Ein schlechtes Vorbild. Aber weißt du was?
Es ist egal, wie du bist, denn für manche bist du nie genug.
Nie richtig, nie passend. Nie das, was sie erwarten. Nie genug.
Nie genug.
-Nie genug. -Nie genug.
-Nie genug.
-Nie -genug. -Nie genug.
Nie genug. Nie genug.
-Nie genug.
-Und trotzdem steh ich hier mit meiner Stimme.
Mein Weg mit allem, was ich bin.
Denn das hier, das ist meine
Geschichte, Geschichte, Geschichte.
Nie das, was sie erwarten.
-Nie genug. -Nie genug.
-Nie genug. Nie genug. -Nie genug.
-Nie genug. -Nie genug. Nie genug. Nie genug.
English translation
Never enough.
Never enough. Never enough. Never enough. Never enough. Never enough. Never enough. Never enough.
Never-enough.
-I'm going to tell you my story today, the way I felt. The way life made me feel. No filter, no
Shine, just real.
There is so much I want to say because there was so much that almost overwhelmed me. Cried so much and no one saw it.
I figured it out early on.
Life isn't fair. The quiet ones rarely have anything to say.
And if you don't say anything, you'll go under.
I was never what anyone wanted me to be. Too slow, too quiet, too scared.
I didn't fit in, nor did I want to. I couldn't be invisible.
It was better than seeing being hurt.
Never enough.
Never enough.
-Never enough. Never enough. -But then change came.
I got older and I thought to myself: Fuck it, I'm going to talk, I'm going to be loud.
I have something to say. I'm here.
And suddenly I was too loud, too bold, too uncomfortable. A disruptive factor. Egotistical. Party crazy.
A bad role model. But you know what?
It doesn't matter what you are like, because for some you are never enough.
Never right, never appropriate. Never what they expect. Never enough.
Never enough.
-Never enough. -Never enough.
-Never enough.
-Never -enough. -Never enough.
Never enough. Never enough.
-Never enough.
-And yet I stand here with my voice.
My path with everything that I am.
Because this is mine
History, history, history.
Never what they expect.
-Never enough. -Never enough.
-Never enough. Never enough. -Never enough.
-Never enough. -Never enough. Never enough. Never enough.