Glorreiche Zeiten [English translation]

Have you ever

Achieved something

Which makes you look back with pride

Even after many years?

Something that, in all its glory

Without a shadow of a doubt

Makes you immortal

Forever?

Have you ever burned

For an important goal

That outshines everything

Like a bright dream?

Have you noticed

That with every step

You take in its pursuit

A piece of you

Lives forever?

Glory days

Are ahead of us

All it takes is one step

Luck is on our side

Glory days

Forever remembered1 in a sea

Of tears and pride

(Of tears and pride)

Have you ever fought

With all weapons at your disposal

For that one prize

That seems to be unttainable?

With all the tears

Of every crazy hope

For that one true love

That you only feel once in your life

And that remains unforgettable?

Glory days

Are ahead of us

All it takes is one step

Luck is on our side

Glory days

Banned into a sea

Of tears and pride

(Of tears and pride)

Who will remember us

When we have been history for a long time?

What traces will remain of us

When our time runs out?

Always higher, faster, further

As long as our breath still sustains us

Regardless whether we succeed or fail

What counts is what you live for

Glory days

Are ahead of us

All it takes is one step

Luck is on our side

Glory days

Banned into a sea

Of tears and pride

(Of tears and pride)

Glory days

We are already so close

From dust and from courage

A dream rises above

Glory days

The skies are filled with gold

Can you see them yet?

(Are you ready)

(Are you ready)

(Are you ready)

For your date with destiny2

1. I understood this as a poetic metaphor similar to "auf Zelluloid gebannt" (lit. "banned onto celluloid") which is an outdated/poetic way of saying "recorded on film". Here, "gebannt" means "immortalized".2. Lit. "for your place in eternity".