Out there we form gangs
Whoever screams cannot think at the same time
I don't write us slogans
How could I claim to steer?
I know no solution, only songs
I'm not smarter or better
I know nothing that still gives me support
So I hold on to a poem
I don't expect any salvation from it
I don't expect it to achieve anything
I only know that one forgets fear
Forgets fear when one sings

I know when we talk about peace
Then we are already at war
I know that because I can feel it
That's all I have left
I have no words, only tears
For most, that's not much
I don't know whom I can still believe
So I trust my feelings
And I know that we messed it up
And that a miracle now
Won't help anymore
And I also know that one forgets fear
Forgets fear when one sings

Look how we fight on the street
And you think the war is still far away?
Hear what they shout, "My uncle"
"Your brother"
Listen closely, then you'll know
Who is angry is not vigilant
And doesn't see what really happens
Who is afraid starts to bite
Who feels helpless functions
But courage doesn't mean having no fear
Courage only means that you jump anyway
And I know that one forgets fear
Forgets fear when one sings

Because I'm afraid for my freedom
I'm afraid to ask for the truth
I'm afraid of my freedom
I'm afraid to tell the truth
Because I'm afraid to show myself truly
Without walls and halo
I'm afraid that again someone
Should be the enemy
I'm afraid to be the enemy
But courage doesn't mean having no fear
Courage only means that you jump anyway
And I know that one forgets fear
When one sings

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