Glas und Tränen [English translation]

Grouchy German faces

walk one way and the other

In the garish gray of the neon world

they drown in the sea of humankind

Aggressive middle class children

police and oppressors of men

Servants of God and prophets

must beg for their lives

Self-annointed high-flyers

make our lives hard

With every hour new everyday warriors

No place for this army of humans

Religious terrorists

Philistines and moral fascists

Bureaucrats and soldiers

off to new deeds of heroism

Who still believes in the ten commandments

Who still believes in victory

Who still believes in the old man

Who wrote all this nonsense

It's raining glass glass glass

Depressed urban mutants

walk this way and hurry that

Shoot down fat godmothers

in the city traffic, in the morning

Pinstripe nasty hitters

In their pay the uniform-wearers

Masters of men and primates

Well-paid psychopaths

Religious terrorists

Philistines and moral fascists

Bureaucrats and soldiers

off to work new miracles

Smash what's destroying you

Take what isn't yours

To show weakness is to lose

To be hard is to rule

It's raining glass glass glass