Die perfekte Diktatur [English translation]

I don't answer the telephone anymore; it rings every day at four.

I don't take the streetcar; I walk all the way to you.

The telephone is bugged and there are spies sitting on the streetcar.

They always wear the same watch and they all know where I live.

We meet in a park, at this hour there's no one here.

We can talk undisturbed and there are no microphones.

They mostly come at night to take people

Afterwards another apartment is empty

The newspapers are full of morale-boosting slogans

But nobody reads the newspaper anymore anyway

There are cameras mounted everywhere

Everything is monitored around the clock.

The borders have been closed for years already,

your only way is inner emigration.

I know you since we were kids,

I know I can also trust you.

We've been planning for a year to get out of here.

You got us dynamite,

now we also need a few weapons

You say you can't take it anymore

And you really hope we make it.

I look deep into your eyes one more time as a goodbye

I think about you all the way home

I probably won't get much sleep.

They mostly come at night to take people

Afterwards another apartment is empty

The newspapers are full of morale-boosting slogans

But nobody reads the newspaper anymore anyway

There are cameras mounted everywhere

Everything is monitored around the clock.

But still it happened again tonight

Bombs exploded downtown

And the radio says

"There is no danger to the public."

But everyone somehow knows different.

I went to you again today too, the streets were completely empty

You name was not on the doorplate. Some random person stood in the doorway.

He gave me a letter from you in which you say you are are sorry

And also you wish me luck and thank me for the good times

I know you had to betray me,

but it won't do you any good now

You didn't know that I've been working for Security for years.

We mostly come at night to take people

Afterwards another apartment is empty

The newspapers are full of morale-boosting slogans

But nobody reads the newspaper anymore anyway

There are cameras mounted everywhere

Everything is monitored around the clock.

The borders have been closed for years already,

And tomorrow I will attend your execution.