We live in a country where there are more barriers than paths, more
Walls than bridges, the mood is negative
And the old people ask why I smoke weed every day
And why are me and my whole generation so depressed?
We are surrounded by the living dead
Surrounded by signs that say no entry!
Surrounded by skinheads who take the lives of Turks and Africans
While cops stand by to avoid problems
Surrounded by yes-men who just parrot everything
With cold, dark blood pumping through their arteries
Surrounded by child molesters who only get probation
Just like the damn Nazis, whose victims lie underground
Does this country really have nothing more to offer
Than a few million assholes with faces full of hemorrhoids?
Who claim to love this country very much, but are not very satisfied
Does it fit your frustration or why did you stay here?
I have to distance myself from all you wimps
All the ugly faces that stress me out every day
It's the same people at the top who eat their fill
And minorities become the majority and are still forgotten

Please wake me up from this nightmare
People can't see the forest for the trees
They keep trying to convince us
That it would still be possible to live freely here
Please wake me up from this nightmare
People can't see the forest for the trees
You and I and he and she and it are
Better off if we help ourselves

I'm the type who leaves the party shortly after it starts
Because I can't celebrate as long as I live in Babylon
We have bad cards, ruled by psychopaths
Managed by bureaucrats who have no feelings
Controlled by corrupt cops who are often sadists
Suspects searched for by racist statistics
Fed by companies that poisoned us for decades
Informed by media that reported it too late
Screw a car accident, damage from THC, we'll all have BSE soon
And you still look at your EKG before your heart stops
And think I'd still like a big steak now
Damn it! Pure brainwashing, around the clock
And Father State beats and rapes Mother Nature
The damn politicians serve the dark side like Darth Vader
And have a horizon of about one square meter
No own opinion, but ten own advisors
Who talk nonsense as if they had a speech impediment
Hoping the good voters will continue to pay taxes gladly
But I'm here to sound the alarm like a fire alarm

Please wake me up from this nightmare
People can't see the forest for the trees
They keep trying to convince us
That it would still be possible to live freely here
Please wake me up from this nightmare
People can't see the forest for the trees
You and I and he and she and it are
Better off if we help ourselves
What does Merkel say about this? I think I'll call her
Tell her to take a look at our youth
A third stare with open mouths at their PlayStations
The second third celebrates in excess as rave nation, dependent
Dependent on devilish pharmaceutical products
Because they didn't know what these damn drugs meant
The third third hangs around aimlessly on German streets
Kids at thirteen already snorting this white stuff up their noses
Who have no goals, but only dreams and those are mostly expensive cars
They don't plan their lives beyond tonight
Thinking if necessary, it can be restarted like on Nintendo
Don't care if they die soon, who wants to grow old?
In this country where there are more barriers than paths
More walls than bridges, the mood is negative
And the old people ask why I smoke weed every day
And that's why me and my whole generation are so depressed

Please wake me up from this nightmare
People can't see the forest for the trees
They keep trying to convince us
That it would still be possible to live freely here
Please wake me up from this nightmare
People can't see the forest for the trees
You and I and he and she and it are
Better off if we help ourselves

Please wake me up from this nightmare
People can't see the forest for the trees
They keep trying to convince us
That it would still be possible to live freely here
Please wake me up from this nightmare
People can't see the forest for the trees
You and I and he and she and it are
Better off if we help ourselves

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