Ich bin ein wahrer Satan [English translation]

Everywhere crosses stand, already bent at the ends

And the same unchanging shadows zig-zag1 on the walls

Rusty ideas are polished to a new shine

And poison nourished by fear is planted in your mind

And they do it all openly

While you merely stiffen

While you, shocked and indignant, point your finger at me

I'm a true Satan

Come and touch me

The truth is my cloven hoof

My horns, and my plan

Yes I'm a real devil

Listen well and you'll understand

And I'll bring you the fire

With which to see the darkness

And the other sacrificial victims

Mammon, pinstripes, high priests

Pull the puppet strings

Of governments and ministers

Your flesh and your bones offered up to their idols

Ground fine in the mill and turned to cold gold

And they do it all openly

While you merely make so bold

While you, shocked and indignant, point your finger at me

I'm a true Satan

Come and touch me

The truth is my cloven hoof

My horns, and my plan

Yes I'm a real devil

Listen well and you'll understand

And I'll bring you the fire

With which to see the darkness

And they preach of love

Violently, when necessary,

Drive out with sword and book,

And the ashes are already cooling

And they send you, full of faith

In the Good, marching off

To bleed out, here in the hot sand,

Or freeze, there, in the cold snow

For the world must not change

Better it should remain horribly the same

They acquire entire countries

You get Heaven

And they feed you suffering

Feed you flesh and blood

And you can't avoid it

The flood of images increases daily

Audience share is all that's left lurking

Behind the high ideals

And not a trace of regret

For the dead and for the misery

The devil only knows why someone who knows the truth just lies

The devil only knows why someone who understands pain inflicts it

The devil only knows why nobody knows we've already woken from death

We're already in Paradise, and have made of it a Hell

And I say it all openly

Because you are always inclined to evil

While you, shocked and indignant, point your finger at me

I'm a true Satan

Come and touch me

The truth is my cloven hoof

My horns, and my plan

Yes I'm a real devil

Listen well and you'll understand

And I'll bring you the fire

With which to see the darkness

1. Here 'Hacken' alludes to 'Hackenkreuz," hooked cross or swastika