Strophe 1                                                   
Holding back the tears when they are hurtin’, they can’t afford to be a burden 
The chains of poverty embrace them, a silent battle we don’t see 
In lands so far away, worlds away from you and me

Strophe 2
And when they’re drowning in the waves, there’s not much chance of being saved
Can’t even call it by its name, but it’s an illness just the same
It won’t be diagnosed, there won’t be treatment for the most

Chorus
They’re worlds away, left behind, trapped in black and white pictures                      
of hopelessness, where despair is their darkest secret
And they can’t reach out, no, cause who’d be listening? 
Who’d see the sadness in their smiles?

Strophe 3
So, as they navigate the haze of sleepless nights and endless days
Resigned to living out their fate, could you and I ever relate?
A place we’re all alone, where we can’t just pick up the phone

Chorus

Bridge
Cannot make a scene, keep it bottled up and clean
Make nice with a sunny face, the rest will fall right into place
Cannot make a scene, keep it bottled up and clean
Make nice with a sunny face, the rest will fall right into place
     
Chorus

Outro
Cannot make a scene, keep it bottled up and clean
Make nice with a sunny face, the rest will fall into place

Übersetzung:

Strophe 1                                                   
Sie halten die Tränen zurück, trotz der Schmerzen, 
sie können es sich nicht leisten, eine Last zu sein 
Die Ketten der Armut umschlingen sie, ein stiller Kampf, den wir nicht sehen 
In Ländern, die so weit weg sind, Welten entfernt von dir und mir

Strophe 2
Und wenn sie in den Wellen ertrinken, gibt es keine große Chance auf Rettung
Man kann es nicht einmal beim Namen nennen, aber es ist trotzdem eine Krankheit
Sie wird nicht diagnostiziert, es wird keine Behandlung für die meisten geben

Refrain
Sie sind Welten entfernt, zurückgelassen, gefangen in schwarz-weißen Bildern                      
der Hoffnungslosigkeit, wo Verzweiflung ihr dunkelstes Geheimnis ist
Und sie können die Hand nicht ausstrecken, nein, denn wer würde zuhören? 
Wer würde die Traurigkeit in ihrem Lächeln sehen?

Strophe 3
Während sie also durch den Dunst schlafloser Nächte und endloser Tage navigieren
Resigniert mit ihrem Schicksal leben, könnten du und ich das je nachempfinden?
Ein Ort, an dem wir ganz allein sind, wo wir nicht einfach das Telefon abheben können

Refrain

Brücke
Nur keine Szene machen, halte alles verschlossen und ordentlich
Gib dich nett mit einem sonnigen Gesicht, der Rest wird sich von selbst ergeben
Nur keine Szene machen, halte alles verschlossen und ordentlich
Gib dich nett mit einem sonnigen Gesicht, der Rest wird sich von selbst ergeben
     
Refrain

Outro
Nur keine Szene machen, halte alles verschlossen und ordentlich
Gib dich nett mit einem sonnigen Gesicht, der Rest wird sich von selbst ergeben

Malaika Wainwright - Worlds Away

Here is a song I never quite finished... I wrote it when I was 10 or 11 years old after a beach vacation in Spain.

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Malaika

Lets go to the Beach (© 2017)

This is a song I wrote about the winter season when I was 10 years old. It was summer and I was on vacation in Thailand, but I was already thinking about the next winter in Germany.

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Winter (© 2017)

I wrote this song when I was 9 years old and looking forward to summer vacation. The photo was taken during a sand dune bashing tour in the desert between Dubai and Saudi Arabia.

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Summer (© 2016)

I wrote this song about visiting islands when I was 8 years old. My family loves to go to islands during our vacations. At that time, I only wrote the melody and part of the lyrics. When I was 10 years old, my father helped me finish the lyrics and record the song in his home studio. This version was recorded a few years later in 2017.

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Another Hello and Goodbye (© 2015)

Here is a song I wrote when I was 11 years old.

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Found (© 2018)

With this song I applied for the songwriting competition Dein Song 2020 at the German TV station KiKA. My song made it into the top 40, but unfortunately it wasn't enough to become one of the 15 or so candidates in the show.

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What I'll Feel (© 2019)

Here is a song I wrote when I was 10 years old, when I was inspired by a cloudless summer night in southern Germany.

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With this song I participated in the national songwriting competition "Treffen Junge Musik-Szene" and won : https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/de/treffen-junge-musik-szene/programm/2020/auswahl/start.html. As a prize I would have participated in workshops and coachings together with the other winners from November 25th to 30th 2020 in Berlin and then would have played/sung one of my songs live at the concert in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. Unfortunately that has been postponed for a year because of covid.

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With this song I applied for the songwriter competition Dein Song 2021 and later for the Dein Song für Warschau competition (German selection for Junior Eurovision 2020) on KiKA. At Dein Song I made it into the top 40, like last year, but not into the show. But I made it into the top 5 at the selection for the Junior ESC 2020.

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Born in 2006, I have been playing piano since age 4 and have been performing in public since age 6. I also like to play guitar, sing and write my own songs. For more info on my background please see my website at www.malaikawainwright.com/bio.

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Letting You Go (© 2020)

Malaika

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