Baader-Meinhof Blues [English translation]

Violence is so fascinating

And our lives are so ordinary

You pass by at night and always see

Enlightened apartments

Everything seems to be so real

But you also watched this movie.

Walking down the streets

I thought I could hear

Someone calling me

Saying my name.

I'm so full of feeling empty

My body is hot* and I'm cold**

Everybody knows and nobody wants to know anymore

Loving the neighbor is too old-fashioned, after all.

This tuneless justice

Is so human and so awry

We watch TV too

What's the difference?

Don't nationalize my feelings

For your concern,

My state is self-contained.

I'm so full of feeling empty

My body is hot and I'm cold

Everybody knows and nobody wants to know anymore

Loving the neighbor is too old-fashioned, after all.