Paradise on Earth - Maximilian Hecker

Walking on these alleys, these scenes of rise and fall

Haunted by the spirits of my past

And how could I not be mislead and reckon that this town used to be a paradise

on earth

I hold my head up to the sky

I hide away just to get by, my love

And I know what lies ahead, my love

And I know that I will try to love you

Against the odds

Against the law

Oh and against the rocks

And someday I will make it up to you just by depriving you of all my love

I am lying in stupor

Stretched out on the floor

Staring at the ceiling

While the world is going up in smoke, my love, is dwindling all around me

And I’m thinking: «If I don’t come clean, I’ll die.»

So tell me everything that you have learned of love

And tell me everything that you have learned of hate

And tell me everything that you have learned about the skill to reconcile

yourself to life