Die Gassen der Stadt [English translation]

When everything gets dark from the lifeless grey

And powers perish, because time smothers them

When the words atrophy before the sad gaze

And no laughter sounds through the city streets

In the tears of heaven, your hope drowns

Because your longing fades and desires bleakness*

When the movie of your life no longer throws shadows

And no eye takes in the beauty of the emptiness

Your will broken from the endless load

Thoughts disturb in the dying night

You only speak very softly, pull yourself further away

You gave up without a fight, always feel alone

Did no one understand you? You look back sadly

Weighed down by the silence, you'll slowly be destroyed

In the tears of heaven, your hope drowns

Because your longing fades and desires bleakness

When the movie of your life no longer throws shadows

And no eye takes in the beauty of the emptiness

When this life reveals itself to you, completely quiet,

Then you will collapse, because you don't forgive yourself