Leon Mondschein - Christmas in Hamburg Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Cold lights on Reeperbahn tonight
Mom's pretending everything's alright
Watching faces glow in neon signs
While dad pours another glass of wine
Through fogged-up windows of our home
I feel so goddamn alone

[Chorus]
Christmas in Hamburg, feels like a game
Playing happy family, it's all the same
Fake smiles and presents wrapped in lies
Under artificial paradise
Christmas in Hamburg, minus five
Sometimes I wonder if I'm alive

[Verse 2]
Oma's stories from the old days
While I'm lost in this synthetic haze
They talk about love and holy nights
But all I see are blinking lights
In this suburban masquerade
Watching memories slowly fade

[Bridge]
Frohe Weihnachten, they say
But their words just float away
Like snowflakes in the Elbe's stream
This whole night feels like a dream
F*ck these picture-perfect scenes
I know now what Christmas means

[Chorus]
Christmas in Hamburg, feels like a game
Playing happy family, it's all the same
Fake smiles and presents wrapped in lies
Under artificial paradise
Christmas in Hamburg, minus five
Sometimes I wonder if I'm alive

[Verse 3]
Silent night in Blankenese
Watching ships through frozen trees
They don't see through my disguise
As I count the blinking eyes
Of planes above the harbor lights
Leading somewhere through the night

[Outro]
Christmas in Hamburg fades to grey
Like childhood memories swept away
In this cold December show
Watching faces come and go
Under stars that never shine
In this winter town of mine