Einer dieser Steine [English translation]

Weather-worn and scarred by life,

Bitter and surrounded by annoyances,

Like being in prison - an eternal sameness;

Every one of my steps created problems.

Disgustingly sunken every night,

Almost drowned in a lake of crap.

No one picked me up, I had no maturity...

But some stones just need polishing.

You came along, bringing your compass.

You saw that this one stone was special.

You picked it up and didn't toss it into the sea.

You gave it a big, warm place in your heart.

Do you remember the place where I waited for you?

I lay there alongside the other stones.

I was cold, homeless and alone;

Before you came along, I was just another stone.

I was so dusty before you found me,

Got me going, gave me a jump-start at last.

I was cold, fossilized and alone;

Before you came along, I was just another stone.

Homeless and alone, just another stone.

Do you remember the place where I waited for you?

You build me up, lie next to me;

I can talk about anything with you,

Or simply gesture without words...

In the old days I would certainly never have grasped something like that.

You guided me down new pathways;

I sensed life for the first time.

I know, too, that not everybody gets so lucky.

I'll never leave, I'm only here because of you.

You came along, bringing your compass.

You saw that this one stone was special.

You picked it up and didn't toss it into the sea.

You gave it a big, warm place in your heart.

Do you remember the place where I waited for you?

I lay there alongside the other stones.

I was cold, homeless and alone.

Before you came along, I was just another stone.

I was so dusty before you found me,

Got me going, finally gave me a jump-start.

I was cold, fossilized and alone

Before you came along, I was just another stone.

I was nothing but dusty, gray and clueless

Before you came [and] took me with you.

I no longer need to be rescued;

You did that already, by coming along

And taking me with you.

Do you remember the place where I waited for you?

I lay there alongside the other stones.

I was cold, homeless and alone.

Before you came along, I was just another stone.

I was so dusty before you found me,

Got me going, gave me a jump-start at last.

I was cold, fossilized and alone;

Before you came along, I was just another stone.

Homeless and alone, just another stone.