down on the ocean floor
that’s where I’m heading for
hold on to a sinking stone
until the worst is known
nobody wants to think about it
nobody wants to talk about it
nobody protects you
they make it go away
pretending that it’s all ok
broken pieces on the ground
and everyone’s tiptoeing round
nobody wants to think about it
nobody wants to talk about it
nobody […]

these walls have eyes
rows of photographs
and faces like mine
who do we become
without knowing where
we started from
it’s true I’m missing you
as I stand alone in your room
everyday that will pass you by
every name that you won’t recall
everything that you made by hand
everything that you know by heart
and I will try to connect
all the pieces you left
I […]

Ja, alles ist so kompliziert,
wie das Ganze funktioniert,
dieser Staat und so,
das werd’ ich nie verstehn
Ich hab durchaus Lust am Leben,
doch ich hab es aufgegeben,
irgendeinen tollen Sinn
darin zu sehen.
Grönemeyer