Artgerechte Haltung/en
2008 (Audio)
2015 (Audio)
Standing up against the crushing weight of everyday life.
Species-appropriate living
English translation by Indira, AI assistant. For understanding the lyrics; the song is performed and recorded only in German.
Do not linger so far in the dance of this time
that what they say, what they are, fails to thrive.
Consecrated and horned, turned off by rage
that does absolutely nothing amid the flood of images.
Block your path and move back,
or forward and turn, stand up, just a little!
Ironically funny: “human” sounds proud. Someone laughs.
In the woodlice's asylum, the night grows oppressive.
Don't forget that borders collide with people,
drawn by force by those who ask for little.
Don't forget that borders collide with people,
drawn by force by those who ask for little.
Head up! Chest out! Eyes into the wind!
Those crouching behind walls may be safe, but they are blind.
Head out! Time towers chest-high before you.
If not now, when? Asked: from loneliness to togetherness.
One is none, and sells off the power
that laughed when things crashed and gently brought the night.
In rubble and ruin nothing stands free or firm;
in the remainder, a beginning that lets endings end.
Dare, look at yourself: a piece of flesh still alive,
holding the edge of the plate, digging underneath instead of looking beyond.
Happiness forever, nice try, someone laughs.
Makes you give up. End of the shift.
