Egomanie/en
See Stanisław Lem — Ananke.
Egomania (Hold yourself back)
English translation by Indira, AI assistant. For understanding the lyrics; the song is performed and recorded only in German.
Your eyes widen; look, and don't throw them away at once.
All nonsense, madness, noise and dirt.
Going round the roundabout, tired lull and babble,
bang and fall, from the crib into the stable.
A hundred eyes see more than yours.
You open something, but they aren't eyes.
Ask everyone about the big world.
What counts is told, tormented and steeled,
by a man in a tie, an insider joke;
he says: the tie counts. Colour, shape and fit.
Everything louder, faster, dumber, brighter —
guess who falls down?
You, you, you, you know exactly
where all of this ends.
Rich or mad.
Hold yourself back.
Even if you stop, it all starts again.
What you can do will be lagging behind tomorrow.
Everything new and back to the start,
and you recognise that the joke has a beard.
Know one, know them all, says the smart guy.
If you buy something, he says, I love you.
And if you buy nothing, I'll shoot you.
The world is free; make your choice.
You tremble through and through and barely land;
you jump from tree to tree to tree.
Everything meaningless, tougher, stupider, up and down. Stop!
Madness!
