Lass es kreisen – Bilingual Lyrics German/English

• By: AnnenMayKantereit
• Album: Es ist Abend und wir sitzen bei mir

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful sounds of AnnenMayKantereit to master natural German phrasing and idiomatic expressions. This song is special for its poetic simplicity and the unique, gravelly vocal texture of Henning May, making it a perfect tool for learners to practice listening to authentic, modern German storytelling.

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you don't have to say so much

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you don't have to talk so much

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you just have to move

the way you want to again

you just have to move

the way you feel like moving right now

so many months alone, yeah, I think

everything was just too much over the winter

going on

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I want to lose control with you again

Kontrolle verlieren

let it out

let it circle

let it claw

let it out

that's great in these strange times

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[Applause]

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I you

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prove to yourself first that you can still do it

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can do it

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[Applause]

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[German]

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du musst gar nicht so viel sagen

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du musst gar nicht so viel reden

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du musst dich einfach nur mal wieder so

bewegen wie du willst

du musst dich einfach nur mal wieder

bewegen so wie du es gerade fühlst so

viele Monate alleine ja ich glaube wir

übern Winter war die alles viel zu viel

los

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ich will mal wieder mit dir die

Kontrolle verlieren

lass es raus

lass es reisen

lass es Krallen

lass es raus

das ist geil in diesen seltsamen Zeiten

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[Applaus]

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ich dich

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erstmal beweisen dass du es noch kannst

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kannst

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[Applaus]

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Key Grammar Structures

• du musst gar nicht so viel sagen

  ➔ Modal verb 'müssen' + negative particle 'nicht'

  ➔ Using "müssen" indicates obligation or necessity. The addition of "nicht" negates the necessity.

• bewegen wie du willst

  ➔ Subordinate clause with the modal verb 'wollen'

  ➔ In a subordinate clause introduced by 'wie', the conjugated verb "willst" is placed at the very end.

• so wie du es gerade fühlst

  ➔ Comparative conjunction 'so wie' + accusative pronoun 'es'

  ➔ "so wie" acts as a comparative connector. "es" refers to the internal feeling (accusative).

• so viele Monate alleine

  ➔ Quantifier 'so viele' + accusative of duration

  ➔ Using "so viele" emphasizes the duration, often functioning as an adverbial phrase of time in the accusative case.

• ich will mal wieder mit dir die Kontrolle verlieren

  ➔ Modal verb 'wollen' + prepositional phrase + infinitive construction

  ➔ The modal verb "will" is conjugated, while "verlieren" stays in the infinitive form at the end.

• in diesen seltsamen Zeiten

  ➔ Preposition 'in' + dative plural

  ➔ The preposition "in" here indicates location in time, requiring the Dative case, hence "Zeiten" ending in -n.

• erstmal beweisen, dass du es noch kannst

  ➔ Subordinate clause with 'dass' + modal verb 'können'

  ➔ "dass" introduces a subordinate clause where the verb ("kannst") is pushed to the end.