Das Leben [English translation]

Life

If you haven't got what you want

You miss it

You throw away what you've got and

Forget it

Your heart grieves for

What you don't know

Your heart is longing for it

You know the rules of the game

You know them briefly

You know as well

That life is just a game

You know as well

That the journey is the reward

You think you're wrong

But you're right

Stay cool, don't take

It so seriously

It might be right that

At the end there's a wall

It might be right that

You don't find everything

With no trouble

When you think that

Tomorrow it might be over

Then take care that

Today you're really working hard on it

You want to

Take life

As life simply is

You want to

Know life

Before you forget it

You want to

Love life

Before you miss it

You want to

Live life

As life simply is

You've got mistakes

That's hard, but that's the way it is

You want to change something

You forget it

You know as well

That the world is contorted

That much is too much and

That much is in the way

You know as well

That the world is crazy

Yes, it's true that you've

Failed many times

You're waiting, when will it

Start again

When you fall you simply have

To get up again

Living means experiencing and experiencing

Means longing

Hearing, seeing, understanding things

Living means love, sorrow and pain

Living means eternity

Eternity