Angst Isst Die Seele

Thrust into this competition naked and undone
 Back to back yet divided on our own
 Fear breeding fear exploding pressures on
 we're locked away in self-made chains 

Run out through the windows and into the streets
 terror abounds as each man lives in fear
 dread consumes their day
 the public is passive
 inactive
 and lame
 lock up the doors and let out the wolves
 a fratricidal race
 given the chance you'd sit down to eat
 yet conciousness is sacrificed
 this alter is never short on heads
 stare in his eyes
 your brother – this man
 yet your fear will breed resentment
 why can't you say a word? 

Zu Hause wie im Krieg,
 Waffen und Hass zuhauf 

Casualties of human life drift in the crowds
 they're standing on the margins – nullified
 outside the world keeps turning under the sun
 while inside the sould is boiling over 

This hate for the other is hate for yourself
 the cancer condition
 the dead-end ambition
 you'll eat yourself alive
 submit to the anger
 the coming of vengeance
 the cult of uncaring
 the chaos of living
 and face this world alone
 the hooks in your mouth now you'll swallow the bait
 distorting your vision
 you'll drink from their poison
 so ripened for this fall
 you take from the worst and give up the best
 but never forget you're a human being...you breathe
 but can you think? 

Zu Hause wie im Krieg
 Waffen und Hass zuhauf
 in den Kopfen nur Furcht
 Angst isst die Seele auf 

the truth is something made
 not something that's found
 so burn all inhibitions to the ground
 these politics of dread are a hammer to the head
 a life of fear is life among the dead...these barriers are built
 for us to tear them down.