So wies war – Bilingual Lyrics German/English

• By: AnnenMayKantereit

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful sounds of AnnenMayKantereit to master conversational German! This song is perfect for learning how to express nostalgia and past tense reflections through emotive, poetic lyrics.

[English]

Just how it was

It will never be that way again

Just how it was

It will never be that way again

Just how it was

It will never be that way again

Just how it was

It will never be that way again

It will never be that way again

It will never be that way again

It will never be that way again

It will never be that way again

It will never be that way again

...

[German]

So, wie's war

So wird es nie wieder sein

So, wie's war

So wird es nie wieder sein

So, wie's war

So wird es nie wieder sein

So, wie's war

So wird es nie wieder sein

So wird es nie wieder sein

So wird es nie wieder sein

So wird es nie wieder sеin

So wird es nie wiedеr sein

So wird es nie wieder sein

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sein zaɪn A1	verb - to be
wieder ˈviːdɐ A1	adverb - again
war vaːr A1	verb - was

Key Grammar Structures

• So, wie's war

  ➔ Adverbial comparison with 'wie'

  ➔ 'wie' here acts as a particle of comparison, equating the state of 'so' (thus/so) to the past situation described by 'war'.

• wie's war

  ➔ Contraction of 'wie es'

  ➔ The apostrophe in 'wie's' indicates the deletion of the vowel 'e' in 'es', a common feature in spoken German and song lyrics.

• So wird es nie wieder sein

  ➔ Future I with negative adverb 'nie wieder'

  ➔ The phrase uses the future tense 'wird... sein' combined with the adverbial phrase 'nie wieder' (never again) to emphasize irreversibility.