Weichen und Zunder [English translation]

On the street lies a man

who can't move anymore

He has fought with great bravery

Has paid for it with blood

Has only done what everyone does

Has defended his brood

Switches and tinder

They're still happening

Signs and wonders1

Didn't you see them coming?

Switches and tinder

They're still happening

Signs and wonders

Brilliance, to understand them

Tell me, where does this spectacle take place?

In a foreign Land, in a far away town?

Will you do then, what everyone does?

What seethes long, will finally turn to anger2

Switches and tinder

They're still happening

Signs and wonders

Didn't you see them coming?

Switches and tinder

They're still happening

Signs and wonders

Brilliance, to understand them

If the world falls to pieces

because man acts like this

Should you not look ahead?

The wheel will keep on turning

Switches and tinder

They're still happening

Signs and wonders

Didn't you see them coming?

Switches and tinder

They're still happening

Signs and wonders

Brilliance, to understand them

Switches and tinder

They're still happening

Signs and wonders

Didn't you see them coming?

Switches and tinder

They're still happening

Signs and wonders

Brilliance, to understand them

1. 'Es geschehen noch Zeichen und Wunder' is the German equivalent of the idiom 'Wonders never cease'2. 'this line refers to the idiom 'Was lange währt, wird endlich gut', in English 'Good things come to those who wait'

• Artist:Völkerball
• Album:Weichen und Zunder