Was die Welt jetzt braucht [English translation]

You lie on your sofa

And roll about sleeplessly

You reach for your popcorn

Yet the bag is empty

Take your jogging suit off

You know it doesn't suit you anyway

The ridiculous bat

Behaves as if it were king

As a child I waved at you

You were completely drunk

You flew past, your cape really stank

But what the world really needs now

Is you in your Superman costume

Before every battle, the anxious question:

If you lose, what will happen?

Nowadays that's asked

Simply as self-administered therapy*

Enough with the anxiety already!

So many villains, so little time

One last look in your mirror and you're ready

For what the world really needs now

Is you in your Superman costume

And what the world really needs now

Is you in your Superman costume