Everyone carries his biotope1 around with him
like an aura, apparently invisible living space
I look, the view sheltered by the thick canopy.
to the borders that come ever closer as the edge of the desert
So thin and gentle, a skin of weak film over us
so impenetrable but at the same time so easily destroyed
No matter how close we stand,
we are nevertheless actually completely alone in this world that belongs to us
We can see each other and hear the voices
Each one an island in the endless sea
Forgotten to fly and can't swim,
their wings pierced, armed with barbs
I am a pariah
I climbed the highest mountain in Biotopia
Awaited the dawn, the glimmer of hope,
year after year.
Welcome to Biotopia
I still keep an eye out and I'm still waiting
...for you.
Everyone carries his biotope around with him,
which he covers himself with like a coat for protection
In my garden I hear singing and it sounds
as though the air is full of nightingales' calls
The molecules between us are galaxies
impregnable, which is why unbindableness reigns
which is why we glow for such a short time
Each one freezes alone in the husk of its being
We can see each other and hear the voices
Each one an island in the endless sea
Forgotten to fly and can't swim,
their wings pierced, armed with barbs
I am a pariah
I climbed the highest mountain in Biotopia
Awaited the dawn, the glimmer of hope,
year after year.
Welcome to Biotopia
I still keep an eye out and I'm still waiting
...for you.
Everyone carries his biotope around with him
A paradise, a spot of rainforest inundated with strength
So easily drowned in the smog between inhumanity
we are like straws against the rolling asphalt
I am a pariah
I climbed the highest mountain in Biotopia
Awaited the dawn, the glimmer of hope,
year after year.
Welcome to Biotopia
I still keep an eye out and I'm still waiting
...for you.
1. A biotope means a habitat.