Ist das nichts [English translation]

You are young and you say, you are down on your luck

That the world's just a scam, and you're about to give up

You say, you deserve better, and life ain't no fun

And then, you blow your brains out, with a shotgun

Don't you think, it is good, that you still have a friend

That you used to be grieving, and are smiling again

Don't you think, it is enough, to eat oatmeal and corn

While Somewhere, right now, a new orphan born

Don't you think, you could help someone, if you'd only try

Don't you think, you're getting somewhere, even if you don't know why

Being raised where the word 'freedom' is more than an empty shell

Don't you think, don't you think, don't you really think ?

With the world at your feet, a young and healthy looking lad

don't you think, it is time, to give back..

you hide in your basement, and say this world's not for me

but, take a look around, there is so much to see

there are millions that would trade fates with you,

and live happy as can be

but you just sit there, and lecture me

Don't you think it's a good thing, that you have a place to sleep

and have three hundred dollars, worth of clothes on your heap

that there's somebody somewhere, that you can't even touch

that no eye has ever seen, but who loves you so much

Don't you think, it is good to feel a sunray on your skin

Or to see the children run, and feel happy within

That you live, where freedom, is not just a word

Don't you think, don't you think, don't you really think

With the world at your feet, a young and healthy looking lad

don't you think, it is time, to give back..

With the world at your feet, a young and healthy girl

don't you think, you could be something, in this world