Fall Out Boy lyric from EN to DE

You're Crashing, But You're No Wave

by Fall Out Boy



The D.A. is dressed to the nines


In the mirror he practices all his lines


To his closing argument twelve hearts beat in favor


I'm guessing that he read the morning paper


The headline reads "the man hangs", but the jury doesn't





And everyone's looking for relief


United States versus disbelief


Mothers cast tears on both sides of the aisle


Clear your throat and face the world


The verdict falls like bachelors for bad luck girls


Only breathing with the aid of denial.





Case open, case shut,


But you could pay to close it like a casket


Baby boy can't lift his headache head


Isn't it tragic? (Whoaaa-ooo)





He glances at his peers sitting seven to twelve stacked


On one to six the gallery is hushed


Boys in three pieces dream of grandstanding and bravado


The city sleeps in a cell notwithstanding what we all know


Hang on a rope or bated breath


Whichever you prefer





And everyone's looking for relief


A bidding war for an old flame's grief


The cause, the kid, the course, the charm, and the curse


Not a word that could make you comprehend


Too well dressed for the witness stand


The press prays for whichever headline's worse





Case open, case shut,


But you could pay to close it like a casket


Baby boy can't lift his headache head


Isn't it tragic? (Whoaaa-ooo)





Fresh pressed suit and tie


Unimpressed birds sing and die


Can talk my way out of anything


The foreman reads the verdict


In the above entitled actions we find the defendant...


Guilty...Guilty...Guilty...Guilty...





Case open, case shut,


But you could pay to close it like a casket


Baby boy can't lift his headache head


Isn't it tragic?



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Hello,
can someone help me to translate this lyric into german?

bye

The D.A. is dressed to the nines --- Der D.A. hat sich feingemacht


In the mirror he practices all his lines --- Im Spiegel übt er all seine Züge


To his closing argument twelve hearts beat in favor --- als abschließende Meinung schlagen zwölf Herzen dafür


I'm guessing that he read the morning paper --- Ich nehme an, dass er die Morgenzeitung gelesen hat


The headline reads "the man hangs", but the jury doesn't --- die Schlagzeile lautet "der Mann hängt", aber die Jury tuts nicht





And everyone's looking for relief --- und jeder hält Ausschau nach Erleichterung


United States versus disbelief --- die USA kontra Zweifel


Mothers cast tears on both sides of the aisle --- die Mütter vergießen Tränen auf beiden Seiten des Gangs


Clear your throat and face the world --- räusper dich und steh der Welt gegenüber


The verdict falls like bachelors for bad luck girls --- das Verdikt fällt wie Junggesellen für unglückliche Mädchen


Only breathing with the aid of denial. --- Nur das Atmen mit Hilfe der Ablehnung.





Case open, case shut, --- Koffer öffnen, Koffer schließen


But you could pay to close it like a casket --- aber man könnte zahlen, um ihn wie einen Sarg zu schließen


Baby boy can't lift his headache head --- Babyboy kann seinen Kopf nicht heben


Isn't it tragic? (Whoaaa-ooo) --- Ist das nicht tragisch?




That's the first part

that's funny.. I just finished my translation for this one...
I think with "case" they do not mean Koffer but Akte (die Akte des Falles, um den es in dem Text geht)

I wasn't sure about the Babyboy part as well..
and can somebody tell us what D.A. stands for, I left that line in my translation because of this word

oh and I like your "casket" = Sarg part.. this is a good idea for it

Hi Steena,
I think you are right: case open, case shut means: Akte geöffnet, Akte geschlossen.

Casket means SCHATULLE oder URNE. Sarg in english is: coffin, as far as I know.

My english dictionary offers me District Attorney for D.A.
This is kind of a lawyer and I think it makes sence in this context.

Regards Tahira

yes casket is a Schatulle, but I thought that Sarg fits in there since they mean that the case will be shut forever

thanks for clearing the "D.A." part, it makes a lot of sense in this text if it's kind of a lawyer

Oh, you two are right, case should be better translated with Akte!

Also, this here may get better results for translation, as this song is about a certain person. SongMeanings | lyrics | Fall Out Boy - You're Crashing, But You're No Wave

I hope it helps, to understand the lyrics better

Good job everyone, I love it how you guys and girls put so much effort in translations!

Also, a quote from there:

The headline reads 'The Man Hangs'
But the jury doesn't.

Explanation:
Its saying how the final verdict was finding the man guilty. The jury had no problems agreeing on this, because a hung jury is when they don't all agree, so when its saying that the man hangs, but the jury doesn't it says that they all agreed he was guilty with out any argument.

But i don't know, how to put this in German?

Thank you lollipop, this is a good translation and of course it's helping a lot

I hope that you, spawnferkel, understand German since I also translated two of the explanations into German to make it clearer

Originally Posted by lollipop

Also, a quote from there:

The headline reads 'The Man Hangs'
But the jury doesn't.

Explanation:
Its saying how the final verdict was finding the man guilty. The jury had no problems agreeing on this, because a hung jury is when they don't all agree, so when its saying that the man hangs, but the jury doesn't it says that they all agreed he was guilty with out any argument.

But i don't know, how to put this in German?

word-plays have always been hard to translate.. as the German judiciary system doesnt have a jury, we have nothing that is 100% comparable to this
maybe simply explaining this line is best?

here's my try of the rest with the help of the explanation

He glances at his peers sitting seven to twelve stacked
Er sieht die Geschworenen an an, der siebte bis zwölfte sitzt ruhig da
On one to six the gallery is hushed
Der erste bis sechste ist aufgeregt
Boys in three pieces dream of grandstanding and bravado
Die gut angezogenen Jungs träumen davon, den Mut zu haben und halten zu können
The city sleeps in a cell notwithstanding what we all know
Die Gang ist hinter Gittern, ungeachtet all dessen, was wir wissen


Hang on a rope or bated breath
Am Seil erhängt oder den Atem angehalten
Whichever you prefer
Was dir lieber ist
And everyone's looking for relief
Und jeder sieht sich nach Erleichterung um
A bidding war for an old flame's grief
Ein harter Kampf für etwas längst vergangenes
The cause, the kid, the course, the charm, and the curse
Der Grund, das Kind, die Richtung, der Zauber und der Fluch (das Kind bezieht sich laut dem Erklärungstext auf Billy the Kid, der trotz seiner Verbrecherkarriere immer noch die Leute für sich gewinnen konnte)
Not a word that could make you comprehend
Nicht ein Wort dabei, dass es dich verstehen ließe
Too well dressed for the witness stand
Zu schick angezogen für den Zeugenstand
The press prays for whichever headline's worse
Die Presse betet für immer größere Schlagzeilen

Case open, case shut,
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can't lift his headache head
Isn't it tragic? (Whoaaa-ooo)

Fresh pressed suit and tie
Frisch gebügelter Anzug und Krawatte
Unimpressed birds sing and die
Unbeeindruckte Vögel singen und sterben (Vögel wird in der Erklärung auch als Sinnbild für Menschen genommen, die entweder freudig auf etwas warten oder die ihre Hoffnung schon verloren haben)
Can talk my way out of anything
Kann mich aus allem rausreden
The foreman reads the verdict
Der Sprecher der Geschworenen spricht das Urteil
In the above entitled actions we find the defendant...
Für die oben genannten Tagen befinden wir den Angeklagten als…
Guilty...Guilty...Guilty...Guilty...
schuldig

Case open, case shut,
But you could pay to close it like a casket
Baby boy can't lift his headache head
Isn't it tragic?

Thank you all.
Now I get the meaning of this lyric in some parts.

But something like
>> die Schlagzeile lautet "der Mann hängt", aber die Jury tuts nicht
is nevertheless still incomprehensible for me.

I am a german and it is a little bit peeve that I can't get the hole sence.


Bye

Alexander

Originally Posted by spawnferkel

But something like
>> die Schlagzeile lautet "der Mann hängt", aber die Jury tuts nicht
is nevertheless still incomprehensible for me.

that's the line lollipop was referring to

ich probier das mal mit hilfe der erklärung von der anderen seite..
"the headline reads 'the man hangs'" besagt, dass die zeitungen schon im voraus (bevor das urteil gefallen ist) behaupten, dass er für schuldig befunden wird
"but the jury doesn't (hang)" ist in der zweiten satzhälfte dann ein wortspiel und bedeutet laut erklärung, dass die geschworenen sich da auch einig sind, denn "the jury hangs" bedeutet im dem zusammenhang, dass sich die geschworenen noch nicht einig sind und keine entscheidung herbeiführen können

besser?