Süßigkeiten/en
Suessigkeiten (live 2006) (Audio)
Sweets
English translation by Indira, AI assistant. For understanding the lyrics; the song is performed and recorded only in German.
Chewing gum sticks your eyes shut;
every evening you open a new packet.
Serial killers, killer series, love films, advertising holidays,
you add another quiz show.
The wings of your dreams, which wanted all this to be different,
have long been stuck together with liquorice.
Have you heard? What belongs to you is still not undisturbed,
because an objection is still alive.
The noise of the junction, of the three-way speaker
in your radio: you cannot, but you must, hear it.
They put sweets in your ears,
and eventually you can no longer
hear anything loud there.
No more sweets.
Your head is full, your head is empty.
You run after the others
as though all of it were real,
and suddenly you do not want it anymore.
No more dishwashers.
No more millionaires.
No more everyday fairy tales.
No more jackpots, unemployed people, war ministers, little advertisements, star siblings, serial killers, guessing prices, football matches, hit parades, model tours, viewing figures, love films, men's dirty jokes, cooking contests, royal biers, Germany searching for its superstar.
