So wird es geschehen [English translation]

Who wants to sleep through their lives?

Who wants to be woken abruptly?

The people we met in life

Weren't checked on a list

Don't wait for trumpets and harps

Pay your life respect

Don't queue up with the lines of sheep

Stretched out on the slaughter

Be woke, be inspired

[Chorus:]

Because It will stop again

It will cease to hurt

Even if you don't believe it

So will it be

And even while everything is being thrown out of joint

I'm not sure if you're that well advised

To throw everything overboard

This man overboard needs some good nerves

And it *will* stop again, it will cease to hurt

Even if you don't believe it, that's how it will be

I've seen pink elephants on the streets doing you-know-what1

You were without a conscience, I've found it again

The catastrophy won't happen, so enjoy these hours

[Chorus]

1. lit. "I've seen horses in front of the pharmacy doing you-know-what" ("to have seen horses puke in front of the pharmacy" is an old proverb meaning "to have seen it all" ot "to have seen worse")