LEGOLAND BRENNT
Sub Dub Micromachine Lyrics

I ask you, man
The singer is posing a question to the listener

Do you remember this time
The singer is asking if the listener recalls a particular time

It's long ago
The time being referred to occurred a significant period in the past

Almost a dream to your mind
The memory is distant, hazy and difficult to recollect properly

Being a child
The artist is referring to a time in the listener's childhood

It was horrible for you
The singer is implying that the listener's childhood was unpleasant

Always to do what they want you to do
The listener was under strict control and had to obey others' wishes all the time

In the nursery
The artist is referring to a confined space where the listener spent a lot of time

You lived in isolation
The listener was separated from other people

But your parents said
The artist is referencing the listener's parents

It's for your own protection
The parents justified the listener's confinement as necessary for his/her safety

There was only one chance
The listener had only one way out

To get away from this jail
The nursery was like a prison for the listener

Give you thoughts
The listener could only rely on his/her imagination

And build of plastic bricks a way
The only option was to escape by building a path using plastic bricks

Chorus:
The following lines are part of the chorus

Es ist Krieg
This line is in German and translates to 'It is war'

LEGOLAND brennt
Also in German, this means 'LEGOLAND is burning'

They hurt your body
The listener was physically harmed

They hurt your soul
The listener's emotional well-being was negatively affected

It was hard to get
The listener found it challenging to control his/her emotions

Your rage under control
The listener was often furious and had trouble managing his/her anger

No love, no friend
The listener had no one to care for or befriend

In fuckin' LEGOLAND
The listener's unhappy childhood occurred in LEGOLAND, likely a metaphor for somewhere unpleasant and unsettling

Only a lonely little boy a plastic pumpgun in his hand
The listener was a young, solitary child gripping a toy gun

Time 's gone by
The event referred to occurred a long time ago

You're an angry young man
The listener grew up to be a hostile young adult

A tickin' timebomb
The listener is ready to explode with fury

A loaded gun
The listener is armed and dangerous

You're on a oneway
The listener is headed down a path from which there is no going back

Can't return
There is no turning back for the listener from his/her current trajectory

I see your smile and fuckin' LEGOLAND burns
The listener's smile signals impending destruction of LEGOLAND

So many tears
The listener has cried a lot over the years

And so much pain
The listener has suffered tremendously

You stick to nothing
The listener has nothing and nobody to rely on

Point the gun at the aim
The listener is aiming at something with his/her weapon

Only the shots are smashin' through the silence
The only sound is that of the weapon being fired

Your drug is blood
The listener finds pleasure in bloodshed

And your language is the violence
The listener communicates through violent acts

I ask again
The artist is asking a repeat question

Do you remember the time
The artist is referring to an unpleasant time in the listener's past

Next to a dream to your mind
The memory is vague and somewhat surreal

To be a child
The singer is once again referring to the listener's childhood

Was so horrible for you
The listener's childhood was unpleasant

But you never ever do what they want you to do
The listener has become independent and refuses to comply with others' demands

Chorus
The song's chorus is being repeated