Ganz egal English translation
von Matthias Reim

And we ran through the streets
Put on sunglasses
So that no one would recognize us
And we were in such a good mood
And we kept hearing
That old Eagles thing
About Hotel California
And we dreamed ourselves there
And again and again I see you
Through tinted plexiglass
The UV filter didn't work
Against what was still there...


No matter how we twist and turn this thing,
We looked at each other for just a few seconds too long,
Too late to quickly change course,
I couldn't prevent it anymore,
And now it's too late anyway,
And nobody knows how this will continue.

And we were like old friends
Felt so familiar right away
We had so much to say to each other
Mostly quietly, sometimes loudly
We called ourselves 'old buddies'
But no one really believed it
And suddenly we realized there was more
That got on our last nerve
And again and again I see you
Through tinted plexiglass
The UV filter didn't work
Against what was still there...