Wartesaal [English translation]

I look at you - when

you sit there

Every day from 9 to 10

You look like

You’re waiting for someone

Until you get up

And leave with no one.

And you prop up your head

If it gets too full again

And I prop up my head

If it gets too full again

We’re sitting in the waiting room

Of happiness, of happiness,¹

And we’re sitting in the waiting room

And wait, and wait …

And prop up our heads

If they get too heavy again

And we’re sitting in the waiting room

And wait, and wait…

And you say

You always wanted to get out of here

Out of this cramped and deserted town

But at the end of every day

You’ve only made it to the corner here

And you prop up your head

On old stories

And have tried for a long time

To prop them up again

We’re sitting in the waiting room

Of happiness, of happiness

And we’re sitting in the waiting room

And wait, and wait….

And we prop up our heads

If they get too full again

And we sit in the waiting room

And wait, and wait…

And you prop up your head

To a glass of Weiss beer

And I prop up my head

Until they throw us out of here

And we just look at each other

When the other isn’t looking

And whatever you’re thinking about

Is where I want to be.

Hey – we’re being - so obvious

Yet don’t notice, we don’t notice

And we take the time catch our breath

And don’t notice, we don’t notice

And we stay in the waiting room

Of happiness, of happiness

And so we stay here in the waiting room

And wait, and wait…

And we prop up our heads

If they get too full again

And we sit in the waiting room

And wait, and wait…

And wait, and wait…