Lyrics and translations of Zeit

Translation

Are you as sad as I am
Are tears running down your face
Come to us and line up
We want to be sad together

Come on, come with us

Why are you staying away on the edge
Come join us in our gang ⁽¹⁾
When we drearily march in step ⁽²⁾
Nothing, really nothing can happen to you

Hand in hand, no longer alone
Hand in hand, no looking back
Come on, we’re closing our ranks
Marching in step against happiness

Come with us, line up
Come forward, march on
Come with us, line up and
Come forward, march on

Depressed, distressed, shattered
We should despair together
Gloomy and melancholy
Pessimistic, diabolic
Based on withered roses ⁽³⁾
The party of the hopeless
Become a member, join in
Everybody can belong
Come in

Hand in hand, no longer alone
Hand in hand, no looking back
Come on, we’re closing our ranks
Marching in step against happiness

Come with us, line up
Come forward, march on
Come with us, line up and
Come forward, march on

⁽¹⁾ Bande can be a line or a criminal gang ⁽²⁾ There is a pun here: in Tritt (in step) was removed for trist (forlorn or dreary) ⁽³⁾ The roses might be a reference to socialism, since the song reminds us a little of Bertolt Brecht's "Einheitsfrontlied" (United Front Song), one of the songs of the German Labour movement, because of the repetition of Reih dich ein.

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Translation

Some should, some shouldn’t
We can see though we are blind
We cast shadows without any light

Afterward there will be forward
Ever since childhood there’s been distress
We waste away until we live
(We) Die living in death

We are drifting against the end
No rest, only striving forwards
Eternity is waving on the banks
Imprisoned in the stream of

Time
Please hold on! Hold on!
Time
It must always keep going

Warm body soon to be cold
Future can’t be brought on
Can’t stand any delay
Created and immediately destroyed

I’m lying down here in your arms
Ah, could it be forever
But time is merciless
The moment is already over

Time
Please hold on! Hold on!
Time
It must always keep going
Time
It’s so beautiful, so beautiful
Everyone knows the perfect moment
Time
Please hold on! Hold on!

When our time has come
It’s time to go
Live every day as if it were your last
Clocks are standing still

Such a perfect moment
But time is ticking away
Just wait a minute!
I’m not ready yet

Time
Please hold on! Hold on!
Time
It must always keep going
Time
It’s so beautiful, so beautiful
Everyone knows the perfect moment

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Translation

I’m going to rest before nightfall
I’m wrapping up with gloom
The bright world wouldn’t turn out well
I must delight in darkness

This is the night expecting the dead ⁽¹⁾
That turns us into ecstatic sinners
The commands that we pass over
Can’t be seen by anybody in the dark
The night is wonderful
I don’t want to go to bed

Because every time I’m alone
I’m drawn to the darkness
I’m rejoicing in the sun’s death
Every time it gets dark
The soul wanders into lust
I’m rejoicing in the cold night
Drinking the dark in deep drafts
Drink

The day has sneaked into the moon
A fever is rising into our bones
No prayer and no candle
Shroud light in our hearts

The daylight won’t be mourned
The night is holding many to her breast
Drinkers, whores and conspirators
Belong to the shadows
The night is wonderful

Every time I’m alone
I’m drawn to the darkness
I’m rejoicing in the sun’s death
Every time it gets dark
The soul wanders into lust
I’m rejoicing in the cold night
Drinking the dark in deep drafts
Drink

Because every time I’m alone
I’m drawn to the darkness
I’m rejoicing in the sun’s death
Every time it gets dark
The soul wanders into lust
I’m rejoicing in the cold night
Drinking the dark

⁽¹⁾ Schwanger actually means pregnant

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Translation

In the sea and on land
Many creatures are well-known to us
Restlessly roaming their territories
Nobody can lay hands on them
But danger is lurking camouflaged
Right next to me threateningly close by

You’re toxic, oh so toxic
Pricked while I was sleeping
And the sting is stuck so deep

Every night I must be worried
Nothing holds me captive as well as you do
Danger within easy reach
Beautiful though unpredictable
You’ll put your arms around me
I get stiff, I can’t move

You’re toxic, oh so toxic
Pricked while I was sleeping
And the sting is sitting so deep
You’re toxic, oh so toxic
Bitten while I was sleeping
And the sharp teeth are deep

And the poison courses slowly through my veins
Ah, now I can see the white light
And somehow, I find it great
Yes
There is no antidote

You’re toxic, oh so toxic
Bitten while I was sleeping
And the teeth are digging deep
You’re toxic, oh so toxic
No symptom, no warning
Your disguise was so perfect
Deceitfully while I was sleeping
And your tongue is stuck so deep

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Translation

Cuter, bigger, harder
Firmer, smoother, stronger

Your breasts are too small
Two pounds of silicon are perfect
Cut off the bags from under the eyes
Mill the nose, suck out body fat
We quickly remove two ribs
Make a dinghy out of the lips
In the cheeks, in the forehead
Botox right into the brain

Zigzag, zigzag, cut it off
Zigzag, zigzag, in a nutshell

All that is flabby above the chin
Can be pulled back onto the nape
Implants in the mug
And we lift the buttocks
Blade, swab, general anaesthetic
Seven kilos of flabby thighs and
Belly fat into the compost bin
Now the penis can see the sun again

Zigzag, zigzag, cut that off
Tick-tock, tick-tock, you’re getting old
Your time is slowly running out

Beauty knows no pain
Cut out, away and off
Needle, thread, scissors, light
But it won’t be without hurting

Have a facelift, shape the cheekbones
Inject toxic waste into the lips
Wrinkles rustle under the scalpel
Foreskin gone in today’s fashion
Isn’t the woman pleased with the man
Everything’s gone anyway

Zigzag, zigzag, cut that off
Tick-tock, tick-tock, now you’re old
Your time is slowly running out

Beauty knows no pain
Vanity gets never modest
Needle, thread, scissors, light
But it won’t be without hurting
Cuter, bigger, harder
Firmer, smoother, stronger

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Translation

I’d like to be inside your skin
Spare the rod, spoil the girl ⁽¹⁾
When you’re not inside, it’s hardly bearable
I pull my finger out and get behind
A lot of sensibility but no sense
You have me in your hand

No condom

You lead me behind the red light
Please, just let me down
I set the bar high and hard
You shouldn’t take it so seriously
I love you when you let me do it
And I screw you hard

No condom

There are many holes to plug
No sense but a lot of sensibility
Every little drop helps to get rewarded
You get stuck, you don’t get stuck inside

No condom

⁽¹⁾ The words in German actually mean, "What loves itself may be licked", but they are very similar to the idiom "Spare the rod, spoil the child."

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Translation

I still live at mum’s place
So old already, but still there
Even if my sleeves are longer now
I’m still her little child

We are alone but just the two of us
And we share half a pain
The house is small but silence huge
She often pulls me onto her lap

I still live at mum’s place
And may stay there forever
At home a man has been missing for long
I help as well as I can
Mother doesn’t give me much love
So she still hits me across the face
And once in a while I cried
Then she would say with a grin

A man only cries when his mother dies
Death is strong but the heart is weak
When your own flesh comes undone over blood
Discretion is the better part of valour ^(1)>

Neither could she love my father
She threw him away from this world
Sometimes there was a dumb scream
Then a small litany
Mother didn’t give him much love
So she often hit him across the face
And once in a while he cried
Then she would say with a grin

A man only cries when his mother dies
Death is strong but the heart is weak
When your own flesh comes undone over blood
Discretion is the better part of valour ⁽¹⁾
You should be ashamed of yourself
Never show your tears
You should be ashamed of yourself
Never show your tears
Your tears

Your tears
Your tears

⁽¹⁾ The idiom in German is literally, "The wiser one gives in."

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Translation

When children were naughty
Their father would soon threaten them
The boogeyman will come and get you
If you don’t follow my rules

And we have believed this up until today
This country and this people have lived in fear
Something wicked this way comes
The evil is coming down, will never go away

And dread is spreading during nighttime
Doors and gates are closely guarded
Sweaty backs and clammy hands
Everybody is scared of the boogeyman ⁽¹⁾

In the dark he’s creeping up
If you’re not a good child, he’ll seize you
Stranger is danger
So many nightmares, so much madness

And we have believed this up until today
The mob is armed to the teeth
Ah, they can’t help it
They’re shouting Fire! in the streets

And dread is spreading during nighttime
Nobody keeps their eyes shut
Sweaty back and clammy hands
Everybody is scared of the boogeyman

Who is scared of the boogeyman?
Who is scared of the boogeyman?
Who is scared of the boogeyman?
Who is scared?

And dread is spreading during nighttime
Nobody keeps their eyes shut
Sweaty backs and clammy hands
Everybody is scared

The boogeyman
The boogeyman

⁽¹⁾ The words Schwarzer Mann (Black Man) come from an eighteenth-century German playground game, reminding us of plague history. It is here used as a way to threaten children, just like the boogeyman, but the song also refers to xenophobia.

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Translation

I’ve been living alone for so long
Life is dull, just the daily grind
I lose patience, my mind and hair
I’d like to have a wife

And here is dwindling away the hope
Of finding a partner
Who’d be a perfect match
No, there is no luck within view

She doesn’t have to be cute
She doesn’t have to be smart
No
She doesn’t have to be rich
Nor a model with long legs
Yet, with big tits

Like a wound forever open
Blood is dripping out of my soul
Small dogs as a crumb of comfort
A young lady would be good

A young lady would be great
I’m not fussy at all
I’m not picky at all
At the end of the story

She doesn’t have to be cute
She doesn’t have to be smart
No
She doesn’t have to be rich
But I’d like to ask for just one thing
Big tits

I’m not fussy at all
But big breasts would be great

She doesn’t have to be cute
She doesn’t have to be smart
She only has to be rich
In fatty tissue, please, please
She won’t be lacking anything with me
She doesn’t even need to kiss me
Doesn’t need grapes to refresh me
She must only have giant tits

Big tits

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Translation

Walking barefoot on the beach for a while
Gazing at the starry night
Lying down in the open countryside
Strolling about in the rain
Listening to classical music
Belonging to you forever
Having many, many children
And loving you forever

I never swear, I’m very faithful
Never say no to sleeping in the hay
Always serving breakfast in bed
Cooking fat-free all the time

Writing a lot of poetry, and pondering
Giving heart and soul away
To someone who is worth it
And misses me when I’m away
Coffee and biscuits on Sunday
And visiting granny

Lies, all lies
I’m lying and cheating
I’m even deceiving myself, no one believes me
Nobody trusts me, neither do I

I’m a compulsive liar who can’t be cured
I only make promises that I can’t keep $
But I really have to hurry
Here is the truth coming out already
I’m a great deceiver, I’m very patient
Whoever believes this should take the blame

Everyone lies, so do I even more
I don’t even trust myself anymore

Lies, all lies
I’m lying and cheating
Yes
I’m even deceiving myself, no one believes me
Nobody trusts me, neither do I
Neither do I

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Translation

Only death can last an eternity long
He whispers under sprigs of fir
He shall draw everything into his darkness
Even the sun will burn out

But don’t be scared, we are with you
So are we singing one last time

Farewell, goodbye, see you soon ⁽¹⁾
You must take the last road on your own
One last song, one last kiss
There will be no miracle
Farewell, goodbye, see you soon
That moment with you was great

You're quietly flying away from life
The soul is undertaking a silent journey
Body decaying, mind rising up
And the spirit will surrender to death
Yes

In the end you’re by yourself
But we’ll be there with you

Farewell, goodbye, see you soon
You must take the last road on your own
One last song, one last kiss
There will be no miracle
Farewell, goodbye, see you soon
That moment with you was great

Everyone dies alone
On their own
But you’ll always be with us

Farewell, goodbye, see you soon
You must take the last road on your own
One last song, one last kiss
There will be no miracle
Farewell, goodbye, see you soon
That moment with you was great

⁽¹⁾ The words are in French, English then German, and the latter actually mean "goodbye".

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