Auf Der Straße Der Vergessenheit (Version 2000)

We always want to look forward
So we storm towards the new day
However, the path of life we walk
Leads to the past on winding paths
I'm looking for a little piece of the past
On the road to oblivion

A final chord of proud hymns
A silent word from Charlie Chaplin
Caracciola's glory his victor's wreath
Fred Astaire's Last Dance

The smile of Captain von Köpenick
Marlene Dietrich's seductive look
The voice of Caruso from Tarzan the Scream
Gone with the wind and out and gone
A torn rope from the Zeppelin
The last Sieg Heil from the Reich Party Congress

Crowns that were proudly worn yesterday
Will crumble to dust and shatter
Silent witnesses of transience
On the road to oblivion

In fifty years, one may go
Think back to today and look for what you have forgotten
He will then see our dreams lying
The big words and the loud songs
What counts today is then past
On the road to oblivion

Michael Jackson's 'Moonwalk' Naomi's legs
And there from Mars the first stones
A remnant of the wall greets Berlin
Scandal at Windsor a song by Queen

A piece of bread for the world in a frozen hand
The dream of Europe that finally came into being
A racket from Boris Lothar's last shoe
A black account from the CDU

My audience sang and screamed
But please with cream Merci Chérie

Glory and glory to which we pray today
Are forgotten and trampled to dust
Silent witnesses of transience
On the road to oblivion

La, la, la, la, la, la, la