"Porzellan" [Porcelain] is a song by Farin Urlaub

Farin Urlaub

Jan Ulrich Max Vetter, better known as Farin Urlaub was born on 27 October 1963 in West Berlin, Germany. He is best known as the guitarist/vocalist for the German punk rock band Die Ärzte...

. It's the second single and the fourth track from his album Am Ende der Sonne

Am Ende der Sonne

Am Ende der Sonne is the second solo album of the German musician Farin Urlaub, released in 2005. The title translates to At Sun's end.-Track listing:All songs written by Farin Urlaub.# "Mehr" – 3:14...

. It's about feeling, that everyone else's life is good, while your life is bad - the happiness, however, can be everywhere, if people could only let it.

Video

Farin plays a man, who most probably survived a plane crash and lands on a deserted beach with a parachute. He settles down and learns to fish. After a long time he sees a group of people resting on the beach, who got there with a dinghy

Inflatable boat

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 and runs to them to get help. However, he looks quite scary, because he now has a lot of facial hair and on the way to the people he trips and hits his mouth, so he's also got blood around his mouth and he also has a spear (for fishing) in his hands, so the people sail away in fear. As they are sailing away, we can see a girl wearing a shirt that says "R.I.P Farin Urlaub".

In an alternate version of the video, Farin just sings the song and plays guitar under palm trees on the beach.

Track listing

1. "Porzellan" (Porcelain) – 3:58
2. "Atrás" (Behind in Spanish) – 4:27
3. "Xenokratie" (Xenocracy) – 3:08
4. "Porzellan" (Video) – 4:47