Sekundenschlaf [English translation]

tick tock tick tock Time is up

you are tired because time makes you run

don't hold on, don't watch

the sand runs through your fingers

You feel young but life has made you old

you realize it every year on New Years Eve

I'm sorry but you are part of yesterday's youth

you can not see your cake anymore because of all the candles

you want to run around in nature because of the endless noise

Now you live in a row house because you are without a villa

the wild time is over; eyes are small, glasses large

Its beautiful while it lasts

but one isn't as old as one feels but is as old as one is

when you are young you believe everything is possible

20 is followed by 30 and 30 by what worries you

breath in deeply and you forget the time

Unaware for one moment and everything is over

because life passes by pretty fast in microsleep

you count the days until your next round number

you go on diets and workout

but time heals no wounds because time has gone to the dogs

tick tock tock tock time is up

you are tired because time makes you run

don't hold on, don't watch

the sand runs through your fingers

every river flows into a sea

let go, there is no reason to fight

everything glitters in bright light

ride the wave until the wave breaks

wake up from your hibernation

10 years packed colorfully in the blink of an eye

Success is on hung on walls in golden frames

and suddenly you're pushed through a park in a wheelchair by a Zivi

when the time comes your skin shrivels

and your body breaks out in little brown spots

don't worry, even if you run plainly through the garden

(even if) you see ghosts and call Petra, your daughter, suddenly Lara

Enjoy your life while dancing happily into your grave

Look around in Berlin while every grandma has a tramp stamp

I know you have so much more planned

but listen to this slow ticking in your ear

tick tock tick tock time is up

you are tired because time makes you run

don't hold on, don't watch

the sand runs through your fingers

every river flows into a sea

let go, there is no reason to fight

everything glitters in bright light

ride the wave until the wave breaks

• Artist:Marteria
• Album:Zum Glück in die Zukunft (2010)