Darkness is beckoning me
My lungs are burning
On this path of no return
My lungs are burning
I can't keep up anymore
What will I leave behind
When my time has come?
I arrived with empty hands
And I'm gonna depart just the same
I'm not looking for darkness
Darkness is looking for me
A hand's cold fingers
Are taking the light away from me
Darkness is beckoning me
Bucket wheel excavators
Large as a planet
Excavate my soul
Was there one to begin with? No idea
I've stopped
Praying for it
My lungs are burning
For the cross I bear seems to weigh a ton
My lungs are burning
I can't keep up anymore
Feeling as lonely as Marie Antoinette
As empty as eyes on a deathbed
I'm not looking for darkness
Darkness is looking for me
A hand's cold fingers
Are taking the light away from me
If I stay
So does the pain
Monkey business, dark heart
Darkness is beckoning me
In the midst of life
We are surrounded by death
[The rest translates the Martin Luther verses that line refers to.]