Throughout my life I have heard a song
A lullaby you once sang
Throughout my life I have believed in myself
But now I need your help
Throughout my life I have heard a song
A song my mother once sang
Throughout my life I've tried to think for myself
But I won't get any further without your help
All of my thoughts revolve around sick things
Those dreams we dreamt came from the borderland beyond the barbed wire
Where trenches were dug when someone else built the country while we slept
Now we are awake but we don't recognize ourselves
They have destroyed our streets, burned down our playgrounds
Where we hung out as children
How long has it been
It is all still there
There was a light that never went out
In the songs from my childhood
Throughout my life I've believed in my luck
But this I cannot wriggle myself out of
All of our ideals come from a pink 80's
So now we're thinking of travelling, White nights, Ian Curtis
Are you Michael Jackson or Michael Bolton?
Are you Pepsi, do you have cola?
Are you profitable in your nudity, your bruises and calluses
You have goosebumps because you're cold, is this the best life had to give?
How long has it been
It is all still there
All my thoughts revolve around expensive things
Oh baby where have you been?
We have already lit the grill
We have waited here in the rain on something that isn't happening
and will never happen
It's just a vague feeling
that something has been lost
That we wasted our best years on envy
We haven't come any further
Those 999 things I would never do
They are weighed up to 999 worse things I have done
Those 999 things I would never do
They are weighed up to 999 worse things I have already done