Der Letzte Schrei [English translation]

I can't even think about what they want to give me again

I don't want to know at all, have to swallow every bite

Damn it! I don't want it, but they never let me down

How the wind blows is more than obvious

However you make your bed, you must lie in it, wrong or right

They take you for a fool and you take it at face value

Illusion or reality, they dictate your wishes

Whether you like it or not, they dictate your wishes!

All these lovely gifts, super-cheap, all lies

The whole lovely illusion, all in all, all lies

Everywhere and again and again, the latest craze, all lies

And yet you still fall for it

And you take part in it

And it goes on and on

You become poor and they are rich

And everyone knows that everything has its price

Time is short, time is running out

You believe every lie, surround yourself with scammers

You take your interests from their false pusses1

And that has its price, in for a penny, in for a pound2

They demand the herd instinct, loyalty and obedience

Zugzwang, make you blindly do what they want you to

For whoever howls with wolves gets up with hyenas

Whoever looks in the mirror also looks out so

And it goes on and on

You become poor and they are rich

And everyone knows that everything has its price

And it goes on and on

You become poor and they are rich

And everyone knows that everything has its price

1. Slang for "face" or "mouth". "Mug" is an alternative.2. Or the other idiom "cling together, swing together"