You're Dead - Die Toten Hosen

«Ladies & Gentlemen

Just so we understand each other:

In my right hand I have a gun

So let’s not have any problems, ai?

«You don’t know where you’re going

You don’t know where you’ve been

You don’t know why

But your life is a lie

It goes by like a dream

You’re stuck in this rat race

Your job drives you insane

You live for the bribe

Of the next pay-rise

And a cut-prize holiday

You know you’re getting older

It’s not gonna stop

You’re locked inside a prison

Where they bleed you drop by drop

You wake up and you wonder

Why bother getting out of bed

You sold your soul to the corporate goal

And you want a new life instead

Bang, bang you’re dead —

There’s a gun at your head!

But it’s only a game, if they shoot you down

You can get up and start again

Bang, bang you’re dead —

But your blood’s still running red

If you look at your life with different eyes

You’ll know how to start again

You can’t break out of the circle

Your life’s not going anywhere

Nobody’s going to help you

Cause none of them really cares

You could loose your life

On a crowded street

They wouldn’t even turn their heads

It’s all gone wrong

The pressure’s too strong

Better get a new live instead

You don’t know where you’re going

You don’t know where you’ve been

You can open your eyes and the innocence dies

And your past life is a dream

Dead but your blood keeps pumping

Dead but your heart still beats

You know why you’re here, you know who you are

And you know who you wanna be

Bang, bang you’re dead —

There’s a gun at your head!

But it’s only a game, if they shoot you down

You can get up and start again

Bang, bang you’re dead!

Bang, bang you’re dead!

So down on luck, it feels like nothing’s enough

You should get a new live instead

Bang, bang you’re dead —

But your blood’s still running red

If you look at your life with different eyes

You’ll know how to start again