Nur die besten sterben jung [English translation]

We were more than friends

We were like brothers

Many a year we sang

The same songs

Only the Best Die Young

You were the Best

Only a memory now

Tell me why.

Only the Best Die Young

Only the Best Die Young

Time heals (all) wounds

But I cannot forget

Time heals (all) wounds

But I think of you (quite) often

Wherever you may be

You know as well as I that

We'll meet again sometime

in our dreams, in our songs

Only the Best Die Young

Only the Best Die Young

Much too young

Much, much too young