Robin Hood [English translation]

When I was playing in bars

A drunk used to tell me

"In the ashes of failure

Lies wisdom."

The philosopher's stone

Which I searched for every day

And still I haven't found

Perhaps because it doesn't exist anymore1

When I was sleeping in parks

An archangel used to come

To protect me at night

To scare the police away.

I don't know what happened

Whether it was written or not,

Whether it was his fault or mine2.

But my angel fell,

As I did

Into every vice that found me.

The difference between him and I,

Is that I'm still alive.

I always had a plan

I used to talk about running away

By stealing a boat from the harbour.

If I had let him

He would have broken into

The bank safe with

Delusions of being Robin Hood...

Delusions of being Robin Hood...

1. Or "it doesn't exist yet."2. Obviously this could be "her fault or mine" or "their fault or mine", but there is a 'him' mentioned later in the song (though admittedly, this COULD be referring to the angel)