Wenn Träume sterben [English translation]

I was a person with a hundred thousand plans

I only lacked the courage to carry them out

Only the longing remained from my dreams

and already the ashes lay upon the embers

There I met one who had stayed young,

who said to me, "Look out, it's too late"

One is quickly ground by the river of time

Try everything, for it's too late

When dreams die...

then you become old.

You are only your own shadow and you can't catch up with yourself any longer

When dreams die

then it becomes cold.

You are a person among dead things and are alone

I saw many who were but 30 years old,

They seemed young and were however already old.

Thus I concluded, "If I regret something

I regret only what I didn't do yet!"

When dreams die...

then you become old.

You are only your own shadow and you can't catch up with yourself any longer

When dreams die

then it becomes cold.

You are a person among dead things and are alone