Mann im Schloss English translation
von Apsilon

You build yourself a castle of sand
Someday it will collapse on you
You build yourself a castle of sand
But someday it will collapse on you


Your flag is a bill, you make money from wars
You give us a gun, say we should shoot for peace
You build bombs out of iron, we throw them for you
On each other, as if there was a way to win
You tell me what I should dream, you tell me what I need
You say I should give it my all, until I'm old and grey
But tell me, for what future am I supposed to sell my heart?
I'm afraid to put a kid into the world out there
Afraid, that you will steal the shine from his playful eyes
And that through all your smoke, he won't see that the sky is blue
You explain what's good for us, you say you're a hero
You call the flood and say only you can help us
You say, it's okay to starve, but not to throw rocks
You sunbathe at the sea, by an ocean full of bodies
You own the world, but you can't hide, no, don't you hear the waves?
Your walls are high, ja, you think it will last forever
But you can't hide, no, don't you hear the waves?

You build yourself a castle of sand
Someday it will collapse on you
You build yourself a castle of sand
But someday it will collapse on you