Am Boden Bleiben Lyrics in English Vega , Casper, Montez

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Am Boden Bleiben by Vega from German to English.
With every meter, dreams burst, no matter how high I climb
To see what's beneath me, I must be up there
Everything I wanted seems small from up here
Better if I stay on the ground
With every meter, dreams burst, no matter how high I climb
To see what's beneath me, I must be up there
Everything I wanted seems small from up here
Better if I stay on the ground
The apartment is too small for two
Mom rides home on the Kreidler
I know, I know, she prophesied
It wouldn't be easy
Only she who is there is the sh*t on fire
She said: 'Falling is like flying
For a brief moment', that's why
We talk about the big dream
We don't take it too seriously
Living in a drug haze, thought dead, but so needed
Here in my little hotspot
Just a hundred bunkers around a shopping center
I guess that's how you build a small ghetto
You wanted to disgust the kids from the scene, even back then
I wanted to give sh*t a soul, even back then
Because money buys you soldiers, but money doesn't buy you an army
It buys you weapons, but money doesn't buy you a heart
It was exaggerated and sad, the ones I love, they need me
We are alone here, that's why the songs are so sad
Is lazy
With every meter, dreams burst, no matter how high I climb
To see what's beneath me, I must be up there
Everything I wanted seems small from up here
Better if I stay on the ground
With every meter, dreams burst, no matter how high I climb
To see what's beneath me, I must be up there
Everything I wanted seems small from up here
Maybe it's better if I stay on the ground
Come from a place you don't know
Next to the city that probably doesn't exist
Here come platinum rappers back
Dude, what kind of fantasy?
Alex's turn, thinking on the phone, he lies
Pray for chemotherapy, Bökes cancer quickly defeated
Give me red wine for stress, ten Melas for sleep
A couple of Zepames by the bed get me through the day better
Man, I'm tense
Reached a point where you can't breathe
Hit my head against the wall
Lose my mind
And where were you when we stood there? Twenty others against us
So don't come to me with back then and all I owe you
Take your hand off my face
Slowly losing patience
Hell will freeze over before, sub-zero temperatures
With every meter, dreams burst, no matter how high I climb
To see what's beneath me, I must be up there
Everything I wanted seems small from up here
Better if I stay on the ground
With every meter, dreams burst, no matter how high I climb
To see what's beneath me, I must be up there
Everything I wanted seems small from up here
Maybe it's better if I stay on the ground
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Andre Witter, Benjamin Griffey, Lennard Oestmann, Luca Manuel Montesinos Gargallo, Marco Rakowski
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SONG MEANING

Am Boden Bleiben – literally “Stay on the Ground” – is a gritty yet reflective anthem in which Vega, Casper, and Montez ride the roller-coaster of ambition only to find that each rise brings cracked dreams and shrinking desires. The soaring chorus insists that to see what lies below, you first have to climb, but once you are up there, everything you once craved suddenly looks small, even pointless. That insight flips the usual rap narrative: instead of celebrating the ascent, the song asks whether it might be wiser and healthier to remain grounded.

Vivid scenes of tiny apartments, tired mothers on mopeds, drug-blurred nights, sick friends, and neighborhood tension paint a picture of people who have learned the hard way that money can buy soldiers yet never buy a heart. The rappers expose the pressure, anger, and loneliness that success often hides, turning street-level struggle into a soulful reminder that real strength is not measured in heights reached but in how firmly you can keep both feet on the pavement while protecting the ones you love.

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