Ich kann nicht mehr [English translation]

You’re taking tiny steps

When you move among them while it's day

In the dark I still hear you rattling your chains

Which, for ages, you no longer take

No more hot steel sheets

Under your feet, yet you dance

Not because you want to,

But you think that’s all you can

The way on which you came,

for the most part, was mined

We’ve bandaged up your wounds

The most-needed are in splints

I’ve shared my bread, water, and morphine with you since that time

Although I know my closeness is

The thing that heals you best

Refrain:

But I can’t go on, I can’t go on,

My gaze is dry - my hands are bare

I can’t go on, I can’t go on

And I know that it’s not fair

And I can’t go on, I can’t go on

My heart goes numb, my head gets heavy

And I can’t go on, I can’t go on

And we act as if it’s a new beginning

You’re drawing contours of doors upon the walls with chalk

You push through them, and run in darkness with a knife in your hand

You’re always starting new wars and it’s still the same old fight

I’ve fought with you and watched over you in so many of these dreams

Refrain:

But I can’t go on, I can’t go on,

My gaze is dry - my hands are bare

I can’t go on, I can’t go on

And I know that it’s not fair

And I can’t go on, I can’t go on

My heart goes numb, my head gets heavy

And I can’t go on, I can’t go on

And we act as if it’s a new beginning

Every step further is a step too far

Every step together

And I can’t figure this out

I’m sorry, I’m sorry

But this lock is in sorry shape

The wallpaper is stained

With fear and envy

I’m sorry

With each blink of the eye

impends a new struggle, a new demise

Refrain:

But I can’t go on, I can’t go on,

My gaze is dry - my hands are bare

I can’t go on, I can’t go on

And I know that it’s not fair

And I can’t go on, I can’t go on

My heart goes numb, my head gets heavy

And I can’t go on, I can’t go on

And we act as if it’s a new beginning

Every step further is a step too far

Every step together

And I can't figure this out

I’m sorry, I’m sorry

But I can’t go on, I can’t go on

And I can’t go on, I can’t go on

And I can’t go on, I can’t go on

And we act as if it's a new beginning