Let me ride your tear
over the chin to Africa
again in the lap of the lioness
where I once was 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 clouds without happiness
the big bird pushes his head
gently back into his hideout
Between your long legs
I search for last year's sand
but there is no more sand there

Longing hides
like an insect
while asleep you don't notice
that it stings you
I'll never be happy anywhere
the finger slips to Mexico
but it sinks in the ocean
longing is so cruel

Who in their lifetime is good on Earth
will become an angel after death
you look to the sky and ask
why can't you see them

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

God knows I don't want to be an angel

They live behind the sunshine
separated from us, infinitely far
they must cling to the stars (very tightly)
so they don't fall from the sky

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

God knows I don't want to be an angel

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

God knows I don't want to be an angel

What does a man do
what does a man do
who can't tell the difference
between human and animal
what

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

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

What does the woman do
what does the woman do
who can't tell the difference
between animal and man

She dips the quill in his blood
and write herself a letter
lifeless lines to her childhood
when her father slept by her

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

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

The lord takes
the lord gives

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

Your size makes me small
you may be my punisher
you may be my punisher

Your size makes me small
you may be my punisher
your size makes him small
you will be my punishment
The lord takes
the lord gives
but he only give to those
who he loves
punish me

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

Do you want, until death seperates you,
to be faithful to her for all days

No

Do you want, until death, which would seperate,
to love her, even in bad days

No

Bend over, I command you
turn your visage away from me
I don't care about your face
bend over

A two-legged being on all fours
I take him for a walk
ambling along the corridor
I am disappointed

Now he comes backwards towards me
Honey stays stuck on the garter
I am disappointed, totally disappointed

Bend over
your face doesn't interest me

The two-legged one has bent over
and moved into a good light
I show him what you can do
and I start to cry

The biped stammers a prayer
because he's scared I'm feeling even worse
he tries to bend over even more
tears run up his back

Bend over

Bend over, I command you
turn your visage away from me
I don't care about your face
bend over once more

Bend over

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

In front of the bed, a black hole
and every sheep falls inside
I am already too old, yet still count them
because I cannot sleep

Under the navel, in the branches
a white dream is already waiting
brother dear, come hold tightly
and shake the leaves from the tree 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
house

Dear brother's hand hurts
he turns to the wall again
brother helps me now and then
so that I can sleep

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
house

They tell me
unlock this door
curiosity becomes a scream
what could be behind it
behind this door
stands a piano
the keys are dusty
the strings are out of tune
behind this door
she sits at the piano
but she doesn't play anymore
oh, that was so long ago

There, at the piano
I listened to her
and when her performance began
I held my breath

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

There, at the piano
I listened to her
and when her performance began
I held my breath
There, at the piano
I stood beside her
it seemed
she played for me alone

The door is open
oh, how they scream
I hear mother pleading
father is beating me
they take her from the piano
and no one believes me here
that I am deathly ill
from sorrow and the stench

There, at the piano
I listened to her
and when her performance began
I held my breath
There, at the piano
she listened to me
and when my performance began
she held her breath

He waits for the midday's wind
the wave comes and lies down wearily
with a fan every day
the old one makes the water smooth

I throw the stone for fun
the water moves in circles
the old one looks sadly at me
and swept it smooth again

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

Premonition sleeps like a volcano
hesitating, I asked him then
his head bent, it seemed he slept
before he died he said

The water shall be your mirror
only when it is smooth will you see
how much fairy tale is left for you
and you will plead for salvation

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

I call the old one every day
for him to save me here
I stay back in the midday's wind
and I can read in the fan

The water shall be your mirror
only when it is smooth will you see
how much fairy tale is left for you
and you will plead for salvation

Am I more handsome
cut up my face
am I stronger
break my neck cowardly
am I smarter
kill me and eat my brain
Do I have your wife
kill me and eat me up completely
then eat me up completely

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 wife
kill me and eat me up completely
then eat me up completely
but lick up the plate

Jealousy is cooking

Do I have such smooth skin
pull it off in strips
Do I have clear eyes
take the light from me
Do I have a pure soul
kill it in flames
Do I have your wife, then
kill me and eat me up completely
then eat me up completely
but lick up the plate

Jealousy is cooking

She always stays still
because she wants to be fingered
she puffs herself up in the withered grass
the moist little eye gets wet

Trapped in darkness
she never sees the light of the sun
twitching lewdly, she begs
the tongue inside the man

Kiss me

She sinks her teeth firmly into every tongue
because she enjoys being licked
but because it tastes somewhat bitter
she is seldom kissed

Trapped in...

Kiss me

Now the tongue crawls out of his mouth
and hits her wildly to ecstasy
vigorously to her face over and over
she is bleeding terribly from her nose

Trapped in...

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