Die Welt braucht Lieder

Flying against the wind
Like a child again
Skipping school
Love against hate
Without visa and passport
Across the borders

Laughter against seriousness
Woe betide you if you forget how to counter
Life against death
Despite as daily bread
To survive

Raise your voice and sing
Before we lose our hearing and sight
To reconcile opposites
In a language everyone understands
Again and again
Again and again
The world needs songs

Breathe against the smog
Rowing against the undertow
That pulls you down
Crying against the pain
When love touches your heart
Takes with you when you say goodbye

Swimming against the current
Resist violence autonomously
All alone
To be able to gain a majority
This counts most

Raise your voice and sing
Before the sea drowns in the desert
To overcome indifference
In a language that sounds credible

Again and again
Again and again
The world needs songs

Sailing against the storm
Never crawl like a miserable worm in front of others
In the icy air
Smelling the scent of freedom from solitude

Joy against frustration
And experience love in the whirl of desire
Innocence versus guilt
And keep hope with angelic patience

Raise your voice and sing
Against the gravity of melancholy
Skip all shadows of fear
In the language of the Philharmonic

Again and again
Again and again
The world needs songs