Holiday
from Happiness
(Reinert / Meißner)
To
me frustration is a holiday from
happiness / To me depression is a break from joy / You would have no fun
if you had fun all the time / When you return you'll love it back at home
/
365 days a year smiling perfection /
Well, is that really what you're
looking for ? /
A lack of contrasts makes your
life look pale / Would you appreciate
ups if you knew no downs at all ? /
Next time you're down just change
your point of view
/
Nothing at all to fight for / No problems to solve / Passionless lifeless
aimlessness /
A holiday
from happiness
Borsig Locomotive
(Knauer / Meißner)
It's ten yards long and twenty wide /
And when I'm there I feel alright /
Within the fences and the net above /
It's the place to play it rough /
'Cause on this pitch we've never drawn /
we rather play from dusk till dawn /
Borsig Locomotive /
Borsig Locomotive is our motive /
With just one goal on every side /
We're gonna fuss / We're gonna fight /
The rules are easy to define /
Goals only past the centre line /
But no one here must use his hands /
With ten goals scored we'll change ends
without knowing friends
Bereft
of Content
(Reinert / Meißner)
Your world's so narrow I feel claustrophobic / You live your clichés
and you buy your own trick / Would be fine with me if you didn't bug
me / But you chose to preach your new orthodoxy /
Why don't you get it ? / Every word
you speak is bereft of content /
Thanks for telling me how
I'm supposed to be / But I don't
believe
in uniformity / Simple patterns are truly comfortable / But they don't
work and they never ever will /
I
hear you speak but where's the meaning? / See
your lips move but where's the meaning? / It sounds like speech but
where's the meaning? / Recycled words / No room for sense /
Lack
of Visions
(Reinert / Meißner)
Do you not agree that it is a kind of cheek / To make such judgement about
the lives that we lead / You deny your friends that they have got visions
in their brains /
My visions may not seem to be serious to you / But I believe that is what
they are supposed to do /
I devour the strength
by which they are keeping me alive /
Without their help I would never survive / They cut boredom like a knive
/
Having no dreams means
living dead / The virus in you needs to
be spread / Go for what you really dream of / Without hope you won't cope
/
The
Right Way
(Reinert / Meißner)
Should I cut my big toe? / Or should I amputate my thumb? / Any way I
turn it / It just seems equally dumb / Should I jump from a bridge? /
Or just chop off my head? / It doesn't change the least thing / In any
case I'm dead /
The right way / I can't find /
There
is no wrong and
right / There is no black and white /
If only there was someone / To make all decisions for me / But sadly there
is no one / What grind it is bein' free / This road leads to destruction
/ I walk on till I fall / Searching for the masterplan / That can't exist
at all /
I am sure to lose /
Any path I choose
Friendly
Wall
(Reinert / Meißner)
I hate the people I see every day / Their narrow mind's blocking my way
/ They knew me but now they ain't got a clue / Secure boredom we welcome
you /
I love the people I see every day / They are my friends and push me
on my way /
These types are for real
they're not stereo / Together there
is no place we can't go /
Tear down the friendly wall /
But who will catch my fall? /
Who are the people I see every day? /
We played the same chords but we went
out of tune somewhere /
We
win
(Reinert / Meißner)
It's all the same /We just win every game /
It's all the same / Success's our second name / It doesn't matter what
we do /
And though we have no clue /
We win, succeed, gain all the cups / We are victorious / We take the cake
/ We beat them all / No one's as glorious /
It's
all the same /
We can't avoid the fame / It's
all the same / We achieve every aim /
It doesn't matter what we do /
And though we have no clue /
It doesn't matter if we bruise /
And even if we lose /
We win... / Sorry, but we are
just bound to win
Your
moan gets
you nowhere / Your moan won't
get you anywhere / Life's not fair /
Your moan will never ever
get you there /
Would be a lie to say / That I'm laughing
all day / I'm fucked as you / But retained
some self-respect / Search a strategy / To recreate some harmony / You
may
enjoy dejection / Baby, I don't
Self-Pity
(Reinert / Meißner)
I hate misery / When it grabs hold of me /
Won't soak myself in it / Kick it hard and run / Can't see what's in it
/ To feel like a piece of shit / This sullenness ain't my idea
of good fun /
Your moan won't get you anywhere /
Life's not fair /
Pogo
Prose
(Reinert / Meißner)
It takes much more to bring me down /
Don't care how hard you try /
My spirits are still high /
It takes much more to make me frown /
Don't care how hard you kick /
I'm back in the ring quick /
It takes much more to break me /
It
takes much more to
bring me down / Don't care
how hard you try / My humour will
not die / It takes much more to make me
frown / Don't care how hard you hit /
You just can't make me quit /
Nice
try / But not enough /
Nice try / As hard as fluff /
Nice try / If that is all
then you won't see me fall /
12
Hours More
(Reinert / Meißner)
If each day had 12 hours more /
I'd reach what I'm longing for /
All my lyrics would improve /
I'd find time to clean the roof /
We are totally ruled by time / So why not change the paradigm ? / Grab
some
more and feel sublime /
12 hours more /
Gimme 12 hours more /
My
worries would all vanish soon /
12 hours more /
Gimme 12 hours more /
My entire life would be in tune /
If 36 hours were one day /
I'd finally make my way /
I'd never lackany sleep /
And I'd look before I leap /
Beach-Life
Is Tough
(Reinert / Meißner)
If I can't have fun / Why should the others ? / If I can't catch sun /
Why should the others ? /
Beach-life is tough / If you have a cough /
The beach is no fun / If you're allergic to sun / The beach should be
told / That I got a cold / In fact that is why I feel like a stupid dolt
/ The weather is so good / That I could
puke / The waves reach so
high / That I could only cry / So
Sunburn to all / With pain until fall /
I'd like to hit their faces likea punching ball /
The beach is not the place to be /
At least that holds true for me /
However, I'm still a child of the city / And those swimming-trunks don't
fit me well / The
sea has got an awful smell / And my
skin
still looks like cheesecake
Karl
Marx knew how to party
(Reinert / Meißner)
Searching for the kick / For one that won't fade quick / You're lucky
/ Here is the solution / Better than XTC / Or than watching TV / It is
called / The World Revolution /
You can make new friends / The party
never ends / Headbanging
for redistribution /
All
you lose is your chains /
Not those on your wallets /
Hey enjoy / The World Revolution /
Go out let Wall Street burn / 'Cause now it is your turn / Yeah it is
time for execution /
And whenthe big heads roll / We party as a whole / Have fun with /
The World Revolution /
Whatcha waiting for? /
Let's start the class war /
My
Destiny
(Reinert / Meißner)
I'd been down for a couple of days / from sitting
round and losing my ways / Had the feeling of being out of place / The
daily grind ripped off my flesh / but finally lifting my lazy ass I called
my friends to make it to the trash / It hit me like a steel-cap boot to
wake me up and again find my root /
I
had almost forgotten
what this world’s all about / Pogo off
your anger / Punkrock allows no doubt /
This music is my destiny the pit is where I belong / That's what I learned
that night /
I fuckin’ know I can't be wrong /
So leave your nice and cosy back seat /
join the mosh pit and feel
the cool heat /
One
Day
(Reinert / Meißner)
Hey my friends you gotta listen closely
‘cause you ought to know / I’m sick of seeing your yawning faces at a
Wanker-show / If you can’t appreciate what we do / you’d better stay at
home / ‘cause we don’t need your mother-fuckin’ compassion / we rather
stand alone /
You will never comprehend what the
band means to me /
You will never experi-
ence the feeling of breaking free /
Frustration and depression after every
gig we play / but no defeat is strong
enough to lead us four astray /
One day we will arise from the mud of
your ignorance / loved and respected by the
critics and 20 million fans / We will really
never lose our hope and our belief /
that all the support that we lack
now we will soon receive
Where would your
energy come from to make you
carry on ? / Would you get sick
of all the happiness ? / Nothing at all to fight for / No problems to
solve / Passionless lifeless aimlessness /
A break from happiness
Do you still celebrate victories
if
you never lose ? /
You
are not forced
to accept your fate / Of living in
boredom if you create / Then life won't be
crappy
for you / Do things you wanna do /
It's really up to you
to realise all your aims / Fuck
their expectations / You're the only one who reigns / Create your own
thing / Don't care
if they say you won't succeed
Who are the
people I see every day? /
I am uncertain but I think that they
still care /
I hate the people I see every day / They don't listen to what I say /
Their image of me / painted long ago / No room for change though it comes
slow /
Every day would
be child's play / Starting mornings
with a hooray / Every day would be
child's play / All the stress
would be passé /
12 hours more /
Gimme 12 hours more
...
Because this very
moment won’t repeat /
Jump off your sofa /burn your TV /
you ain’t too old / I bet you will see to
pogo as if you had BSE / Rock at a concert
till your ears bleed / a heavy
dose of PUNX the drug
you need
