I was born in a Kadett1
A poster of Littbarski2 hung above my bed
Autumn '74, constellation Aries
In the cold war we knew why we still shivered
On finger in the air, two crossed behind my back
I will never forget what you dream about at night
Life is hard but that's the price to pay
To spawn and to die, that's why salmon swims upstream
When my first string broke, I thought my instrument was broke
I cried like it was lost forever
Now I have a guitar and I'll travel
I never get tired of praising the things I love
When there's a lesson to be learned I've learned it
Life is like fire it burns and it heats
Life is hard but that's the price to pay
To spawn and to die, that's why salmon swims upstream
To spawn and to die, that's why salmon swims upstream
My life feels like hunted whales
like a horse's skull filled with eels
I put my head in the lion's mouth
The wind takes me and I fly with the seagulls
When there's a lesson to be learned I've learned it
Life is like fire it burns and it heats
Life is hard but that's the price to pay
To spawn and to die, that's why salmon swims upstream
To spawn and to die, that's why salmon swims upstream
1. A popular car model from Opel (GM)2. German soccer player