Nichts bleibt mehr [English translation]

I believed I could change it

No road would be too long

I believed there wouldn't be a goal

I could not reach

I believed that life were my game

But on the way to my goal

I had to learn that even I could lose

Nothing remains

When I quit now

Nothing remains

When I don't go down this road

And nothing remains

When I flee ahead of me

Nothing remains

When I lose this battle

I was the hero on this stage

King and Lord of the World

Set the rules without compromising

Fed what robbed me of everyday life

I with iron grip was the director

Cut every part I didn't like

But where there's a king

There'll always be a hangman