Oder nicht [English translation]

[Part 1]

How many times did I take hits of which you thought

I'd keel over, but I'm still standing upright, am I not?

How many times did we slip? But save your breath

Because even the most difficult days worked without you

We were driving in the moonlight, blue lights and sirens behind us

But were home before mum gets up in the morning and leaves

The good news, my friend: We're going a long way

The bad one is: It was the wrong one, but the goal is alright

I'm here, am I not? Perfectly healthy, am I not?

Not in jail or completely wasted in the morning, am I not?

Staying out of trouble, bringing good money home

And whenever I go flying, I get up again, don't I?

[Pre-Hook]

Everything's going downhill, water up to the neck

And our slates haven't been clean for a long time

It's not the way it seems, as if we're falling

But we land on our feet and get our act together

Right on the edge, too far to turn around

And our slates haven't been clean for a long time

As everyone knows, it's the landing that counts and not the fall

That's what we do, on our feet, and we're getting our act together

[Hook]

It went well up until now, didn't it? (Didn't it?)

It went well up until now, didn't it? (Didn't it?)

[Part 2]

Most of the time things look worse than they are, don't they?

Because you can sort things out even our way

We're just barely escaping the grim reaper, aren't we?

Because somehow, God gave each of us eight lives

We're drinking gasoline and dancing in the flames

But are long gone once it starts burning

To you, we're chaos, to me, inspiring

Because under my last shirt, I have a thick skin

We're stable, aren't we? Focused, aren't we?

Aren't on it, but are living a dream, aren't we?

Staying out of trouble, bringing good money home

And whenever we go flying, we get up again, don't we?

[Pre-Hook]

Everything's going downhill, water up to the neck

And our slates haven't been clean for a long time

It's not the way it seems, as if we're falling

But we land on our feet and get our act together

Right on the edge, too far to turn around

And our slates haven't been clean for a long time

As everyone knows, it's the landing that counts and not the fall

That's what we do, on our feet, and we're getting our act together

[Hook 2]

It went well up until now, didn't it?

It went well up until now, didn't it?

Don't worry

[Bridge]

Don't worry about us, we're getting by

We're getting by

We know the fire, the embers and ashes

And the flames on our skin are only keeping us warm now

Save your breath and get by

Get by

Because you don't know the fire, the embers and ashes

So don't come too close to the flames around us

[Pre-Hook]

Everything's going downhill, water up to the neck

And our slates haven't been clean for a long time

It's not the way it seems, as if we're falling

But we land on our feet and get our act together

Right on the edge, too far to turn around

And our slates haven't been clean for a long time

As everyone knows, it's the landing that counts and not the fall

That's what we do, on our feet, and we're getting our act together

[Hook 3]

It went well up until now, didn't it?

It went well up until now, didn't it?

Don't worry

We land on our feet and get our act together

It went well up until now, didn't it?

Don't worry