And I was already at a distance from you,
And we had no words left to speak,
The wind carried a lonely sail,
In the end made it lonelier still,
From every dream and waking whisper,
Everything passes.
All that once was and has been forgotten,
Will never return,
It is in every line carved into the skin,
Which today burns even more,
Because there is no way back,
And everything passes.
So long as day follows day and night, night,
And so long as nothing changes in the world,
It's good we stayed together,
And good that we have someone to tell,
Despite everything there's no way back,
And everything passes.
Every wound that sealed only to reopen,
Today burns even more,
It heals and becomes as good as new,
Then bursts again and intensifies,
No longer breaking and becoming a crisis,
And everything passes.
So long as day follows day and night, night,
And so long as nothing changes in the world,
It's good we stayed together,
And good that we have someone to tell,
Despite everything there's no way back,
And everything passes.
And do you remember how once we were,
Facing the wind and its increasing strength?
And after all the bad years,
Many more good years returned,
It's good we stayed together,
And good that we have someone to tell,
Despite everything there's no way back,
And everything passes.