Wir waren hier [English translation]

This life has poured us

We have soaked every night in wine.

Stood on rooftops,

Raised the cups

But our cups had holes on the ground.

The best years are gone so fast when you smoke the days up to the filter.

What remains is hot air and burning bridges.

Memories and blackouts.

We were here

Clouds of smoke are rising behind us because we were here and now I realise it was good the way it was.

I know a fire must burn while it's hot

We only ever wanted to burn, even if the price is that we're losing each other now.

We were here.

We were naive and young and carefree, mouth too full and hands empty.

Looking back we see no cracks and wounds, like the sundial we only draw the sunny hours.

We never saw through the bubbles, dreams grow slowly, burst loudly

Did we believe the happy ending would be infinite?

When the penny drops it drops penny by penny. 1

We were here

Clouds of smoke are rising behind us because we were here and now I realise it was good the way it was.

I know a fire must burn while it's hot

We only ever wanted to burn, even if the price is that we're losing each other now.

We were here.

We were here

We were here

What we own are two cardboard boxes, what we feel fits into three or four pop songs.

Fill up the tank, no matter where it takes us

We were here

We were here

We were here

Clouds of smoke are rising behind us because we were here and now I realise it was good the way it was.

I know a fire must burn while it's hot

We only ever wanted to burn, even if the price is that we're losing each other now.

We were here.

We were here

1. A "Groschen" was a 10-Pfennig coin used in Germany before the introduction of the Euro. The term "der Groschen ist gefallen" means about the same as the English term "the penny has dropped". "Pfennig" however also translates to penny. That is why this translation seems a little bit strange.