Keine Zeit [English translation]

Onwards, move it.

Keep marching in time and operate efficiently

Hurry on from duty to duty

So the sacrificial animal toils

For this no praise and no thanks

Organised in units of time

Never tired, never sick

Humanity is being perfected today

To delay would be pointless

For the conveyor belt doesn't wait

Never fed up with it all

Endless in the extreme.

To waste nothing

Always ready

I don't want to end up like that

But for me there's no time left.

Just don't be so lazy, make an effort

Break the record and echo the sound

Perfectly drilled in step

The little man paces in the cage

Work pays but isn't worth it.

Why all the drudgery?

Be quiet, be satisfied

And keep in line

Continually I have to labour

Continually haul the cart

No murmur, no complaint?

Can never escape the pressure

Onwards

We must go on

Onwards

Carry others in my arms

Nothing is ready

I don't want to end up like that

But for me there's no time left.