Wann? English translation
von Rio Reiser

When?
Rio Reiser

You say you won't change the world
And I wonder how do you wanna do that
You aren't a genie in a bottle
And you aren't a hole in nature
Because after every step you take
And after every word you say
And after every bite you eat
The world will be different than before

If not now, when then?
If not here, where then?
If without love, how then?
If not we, who else then?


You say you won't save the world
That' might be too ambitious for you
And the saviours of the world
Have appeared so frequently
Just for better or for worse
And yet, day by day I wonder
Whose side I'm on
And I simply don't succeed
In watching patiently
How everything's going down the creek

If not now, when then?
If not here, where then?
If without love, how then?
If not us, who then?

You say you won't change the world
Then some others will do it for you
And the forest where you played years ago
Suddenly turned into a face of stone
And the meadow where you presently are still lying on
Will turn to a highway tomorrow
And should you ever return
Everything's starting all over again

If not now, when then?
If not here, where then?
If without love, how then?
If not us, who then?

Writer(s): Rico Schwibs, Sebastian Hentzschel, Rainer Loose Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com, translation to English: burkhard alexander pranke
Überarbeitete Übersetzung 05.08.22