So schön wie früher [English translation]

I had twenty years of time at the very least

I give in to the cause

When if not now? It’s been a long time

I give in to the cause

And the choir goes:

It won’t be like it used to be

That’s not what our future yields

So how would you know? That’s up to us!

Who is “us”? Is that a kind of guild?

Maybe it will become one’s heartfelt wish

Only one problem: You’ve got no heart!

And heartfelt wishes, they come true

What is truth? What is reality? What exists?

Ask Einstein: The universe will make it clear

Einstein is dead…

But the choir goes:

It won’t be like it used to be

That’s not what our future yields