Imagery [German translation]

When I’m going far away

It’s a fact

That I will meet a stranger there

It’s abstract

Who looks exactly like a friend

That I’ve known

In Prague, the stranger looks just like

My friend’s clone

And then I start to wonder if

This strange man

Would also have a friend of his

In Bhutan

Who looks so much like me he is

My copy

He is my mirror image, man

It’s eerie

In turn my mirror image meets

A man who

Looks just like his friend’s clone only

In Perú

Who knows a copy of my clone

And I see:

I constitute a crowd of three

All three me

The mirror images and I

It’s well known

We start to see our friends as clones

Of their own

And every image knows a clone

Of myself

Yes I exist in multitudes

Biding well

In Hamburg: Me, me, me!

In Rome: Me, me, me!

In London: Me, me, me!

I keep on spinning this idea

Round and round

There’s no way out, at some time soon

On safe ground:

Two images will meet each other

And encount-

Er recognition and what’s more

Their selves found

Of course these two accomplices

Have some friends

Who sport the mirror images’

Resemblance

And all these friends have other friends

And it’s plain

To see around the world all people

Look the same

My fascination grows and I

Must behold

That slowly I am everywhere

No control

I’m spreading out and without doubt

I can see:

There’s no one left who doesn't look

Just like me

In Russia: Me, me, me!

In China: Me, me, me!

In America: Me, me, me!

Now after all, I’m getting bored

For everywhere am I, oh Lord

Go South, go East, West or go North

When getting there, I meet my sort

As much as I would like to flee

I cannot get away from me

“Please God,” I'm hearing myself pray

“show me a different face today!”

This desperation’s killing me

All alone

I’m breathing my last breath, no more

Flesh and bone

I step before my maker wild

As can be

For God created me in his

Imagery

In this life: Me, me, me!

Hereafter: Me, me, me!

For ever: Me, me, me!

And Ever: Me, me, me!

For ever cursed in multitude

I must rot

I fall right out of bed and I

I wake up

• Artist:Maybebop
• Album:German Verboten (2012)