Was wirklich bleibt [English translation]

Life is Heaven

Life is Hell

You build your happiness on sand

and then the wave comes rolling on

On each of your days

the wind may shift

And something gives you the power

to get on your feet again

What will you remember

What will you remember

And then you look back

Back

on what's really enduring

We haven't got a lot of endless time*

tell me what's really enduring

And then you look back

Back

on the shadows and the happiness

Our time does not last forever

tell me what's really enduring

At one time you feel like a stranger

at the finest spot on earth

At another you're simply happy

when it's merely raining

Time continues running its course

it drags you down

lifts you up

But

what will you remember

And then you look back

Back

on what's really enduring

We haven't got a lot of endless time*

tell me what's really enduring

And then you look back

Back

on the shadows and the happiness

Our time does not last forever

tell me what's really enduring

...

...

...

What brought us here

What made us who we are

What's the thing that's really enduring

I want to remember you

And then I look back

Back

on that what's really enduring

We haven't got a lot of endless time*

tell me what's really enduring

And then I look back

Back

on the shadows and the happiness

Our time does not last forever

Tell me what's really enduring

Back

Back

On that what's really enduring

Our time does not last forever

And then you look back

On the shadows and the happiness

Our time does not last forever

Tell me what's really enduring

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*too literally translated...