Drück diesem Leben deinen Stempel auf [English translation]

Today here, tomorrow there, that's no way to live

You're holding your breath, stooping low, shooting the currents

What's that supposed to lead to, other than fever thermometers?

The inscription on your grave will read "He wanted to live some other day"

You're trying to tell me that's the way of the warrior

But you're exposing yourself through that nervous look at your watch

Leave it be, find the way back to you and your inner strength

Whatever you've been doing until now has only kept you down

[Chorus:]

Leave your mark upon this life

If you didn't do so already; it's never too late

In no time it will have ended and then it'll be all over

Fortunately you're still spreading love into the world

Leave your mark upon this life

If you won't do so, you'll have never lived

How soon can it happen and then it's all over

So leave your mark upon this life

Tell me once the penny's dropped, will your clock go backwards?

Don't be a cheap threepenny hero in piecemeal episodics

You're so much more than just a slate covered with chalk

Go show me one other man who shares your inner life

Your world of thoughts and feelings back before you were broken

Was the opposite of conformist and not shy at all

Your biggest dreams, greatest ideas, they're still lying dormant

It won't take long and the memory of you will have passed

[Chorus]

Only duck down in life when they're shooting at you

I mean real bullets and not their noisy sneezes

You are much stronger than you let on, I can sense it

You'd have the potential to touch people so deeply

To lead them out of their misery

And, if you'd listen to what I'm saying, you'd surely feel something

How can I get to you, I need your advice

How can I bring a broken man back to the start of their life?

[Chorus]

• Artist:Xavier Naidoo
• Album:für dich.