What is it about?
The person in the song talks about what they like and what they don't: they like getting up early, and love the morning light, summer, good books, nature, and peace and quiet. They don't like the cold, noise, waiting, and crying. In the bridge, someone invites them to go partying, but they prefer to stay at home and play the piano. The message is: Everyone has a choice, and everyone is allowed to have their own taste.
Useful words and expressions
- mögen / lieben / hassen / bevorzugen: four verbs to express feelings and preferences, from strongly positive to strongly negative
- der Tag bricht an: morning comes, the day begins
- frieren: to feel cold (Ich friere.)
- gar nicht: not at all, intensifies nicht
- etwas nicht ertragen können: to not be able to stand or bear something
- Das stört mich nicht.: That is not a problem for me.
- Das zieht mich runter. (colloquial): That makes me sad or puts me in a bad mood.
- munter: awake, cheerful, full of energy
- feiern gehen: to go to a party or a club
- Das ist nicht mein Bier. (colloquial): That doesn't interest me, that's none of my business.
- lieber: Ich bleibe lieber hier. = I stay here, I like that better.
- aus meiner Sicht: in my opinion
- süß oder salzig, schnell oder langsam: pairs of opposites
Grammar
- mögen + accusative: Ich mag den Winter nicht. Ich mag die Ruhe.
- Verb + es + zu + infinitive: Ich liebe es zu gehen. Ich hasse es zu frieren. Ich mag es sehr, ein gutes Buch zu lesen. The es anticipates the infinitive clause.
- Position of nicht: With an accusative object, nicht usually goes at the end: Ich mag den Lärm gar nicht.
- gefallen + dative: was mir gefällt. The person who likes something is in the dative case.
- Subordinate clause with wenn: wenn der neue Tag anbricht. The verb goes at the end, and the separable verb anbrechen is written as one word again.
- lieber as the comparative of gern: Ich bleibe lieber hier.
Watch out: Here the rhyme bends the language
- „wir sind nicht alle gleichsam“: Gleichsam is an adverb and means "so to speak". What is meant here is gleich: Wir sind nicht alle gleich.
- „und das lass ich erscheinen“: People don't say this expression like that. More natural would be: Und das zeige ich auch.
- „mitten ins Revier“: This sounds unusual and is only there to rhyme with Bier and Klavier. You would rather say: in die Stadt or ins Nachtleben.
- „da kann ich nichts verlieren“: This doesn't really fit with summer. It roughly means: Da geht es mir gut.
- „Ich liebe es zu gehen“: What is meant is spazieren gehen. On its own, gehen sounds unclear here.
- „ich spiele auf dem Klavier“: This is correct, but in everyday life people usually just say Ich spiele Klavier.