(Sehnsucht)

Let me ride your tear
over the chin to Africa
again in the womb of the lioness
where I was once at home
between your long legs
I search for last year's snow
but there is no more snow there

Let me ride your tear
over the clouds without luck
the large bird pushes his head
gently back into his hiding place
between your long legs
I search for last year's sand
but there is no more sand there

Longing hides
itself like an insect
in the sleep you don't notice
that it stings you
luckily I go nowhere
the finger slips to Mexico
but it sinks in the ocean
longing is so cruel

(Engel)

Who in their lifetime is good on Earth
will become an angel after death
you look to Heaven and ask
why you can not see them

Only when the clouds have gone to sleep
can you see us in Heaven
we are afraid and are alone

God knows I don't want to be an angel

They live behind the sunshine
separate from us an infinite distance
they must kling to the stars
so that they do not fall from Heaven

Only when the clouds have gone to sleep
can you see us in Heaven
we are afraid and are alone

God knows I don't want to be an angel

Only when the clouds have gone to sleep
can you see us in Heaven
we are afraid and are alone

God knows I don't want to be an angel

(Tier)

What does a man do
what does a man do
that can not distinguish
between human and animal
what

He will go to his daughter
she is beautiful and young in years
and then he will, like a dog
will mate with his own flesh and blood

What do you do
what do you feel
what are you
but only an animal

What does a woman do
what does a woman do
that can not distinguish
between animal and man

She dips the feather in his blood
she writes herself a letter
lifeless lines to the childhood
as the father sleeps by her

What do you do
what do you feel
what are you
but only an animal

(Bestrafe Mich)

Punish me
punish me
straw becomes gold
and gold becomes stone
your height makes me small
you may be my punisher
yeah

The Lord takes
the Lord gives

Punish me
punish me
you mean yes
and I think no
include me in your prayer
before the wind blows even colder

Your height makes me small
you should be my punisher
you should be my punisher

Your height makes me small
you should be my punisher
your height makes him small
you should be my punishment
the Lord takes
the Lord gives
but he gives only to
those he loves
punish me

(Du Hast)

You
you have
you have me

You
you have
you have me

You have me
you have asked me
you have asked me
you have asked me and I have said nothing

Will you until death does part you
be true to her on all days

No

Will you 'til the death of the slit,
love her, even in bad times

No

(Buch Dich)

Bend down I order you
turning your face back from me too
I don't need to see it now
bend down
A biped who is on all fours
I'll lead him down on the floor
In quick-step we move along
I'm so displeased
Now crawling backwards to meet me
Honey stains his tights so badly
I'm so displeased
Sadly displeased

Bend down
I've no interest in the rest
The biped stuttered a short prayer
In fear of what I couldn't bear
Tried to bend down more and more
Tears we're running off to the floor
Bend down

Bend down I order you
Turning your face back from me too
I don't need to see it now
Bend down, you know how
Bend down

(Spiel Mit Mir)

We share a room and the bed
brother dear, come be so kind
brother dear, come touch me
slide closely to me

Before the bed a black hole
and every sheep falls inside
I am already to old and yet I count them
because I find no sleep

Under the navel in the branches
a white dream is already waiting
brother dear, komm hold tightly
and shake the tree's leaves for me

Play a game with me
give me your hand and

play with me, a game
play with me, a game
play with me, because we are alone
play with me, a game
Father mother child

The dear brother hurts the hand
he turns again to the wall
the brother helps me every now and then
so that I can sleep

Play a game with me
give me your hand

play with me, a game
play with me, a game
play with me, because we are alone
play with me, a game
Father mother child

(Klavier)

They say to me
unlock this door
the curiosity becomes a scream
what could be behind it
behind this door
stands a piano
the keys are dusty
the chords are out of tune
behind this door
she sits at the piano
but she plays no more
oh, that was so long ago

There at the piano
I listened to her
and if she began to play
I held my breath

She said to me
I will always stay with you
but it only seemed
that she played for me alone
I poured her blood
in the fire of my rage
I locked the door
they asked for her

There at the piano
I listened to her
and if she began to play
I held my breath
There at the piano
I stand by her
it seemed
she played for me alone

The door is opened
oh, how they screamed
I hear the mother implore
father strikes at me
they take her from the piano
and no one here believes me
that I am deathly sick
from grief and stench

There at the piano
I listened to her
and if she began to play
I held my breath
There at the piano
she listened to me
and then I began to play
she held her breath

(Alter Mann)

He waits on the midday's wind
the wave comes and lays down faintly
with a fan each day
the old man makes the water smooth

I throw the stone for fun
the water moves in a circle
the old man looks at me sadly
and it had swept smooth again

In the white sand, the old man
trembling, smokes his pipe
only the water and I know
why he needs this fan

The idea sleeps like a volcano
hesitantly, I then asked
his head inclined, it seemed he slept
he said before he died

The water shall be your mirror
Only if it is smooth, you will see
How many fairy tales still remain for you
and you will plead for redemption

The fan pressed on his body
the hand stiffens with rigor mortis
they had to break his fingers
the fan remains back in the sand

I call the old one every day
He would like to redeem me here
I remain back in the midday's wind
and I can read in the fan
The water shall be your mirror
Only if it is smooth, you will see
How many fairy tales still remain for you
and you will plead for redemption

(Eifersucht)

Am I more beautiful
cut up my face
am I stronger
cowardly break my neck
am I wiser
kill me and eat my brain
do I have your woman
kill me and eat me all up
then eat me all up

Am I more honest
bite off my tongue
am I richer
then take everything from me
am I more courageous
kill me and eat my heart
do I have your woman
kill me and eat me all up
then eat me all up
then lick off the plate

Jealousy is cooking

Do I have smooth skin
remove it in strips
do I have clear eyes
take the light from me
do I have the pure soul
kill it in flames
do I have your woman, then
kill me and eat me all up
than eat me all up
Then lick off the plate

Jealousy is cooking

(Kuss Mich)

She always keeps still
because she wants to be fingered
she puffs herself up in the dry grass
the damp little eyes become wet

Caught in the gloom
she never sees the sun's light
she pleads, twitching of horniness
her tongue inside the man

Kiss me

She bites in each tongue firmly
because she likes to let herself be licked
but because it tastes a little bitter
she is rarely kiss

Caught in...

kiss me

The tongue crawls out of the mouth now
and beats her, wild and in ecstacy
repeatedly, severly in the face
she bleeds terribly from the nose

Caught in...

Kiss me
on my moist lips
kiss me
even if it tastes bitter
kiss me