TEHO TEARDO & BLIXA BARGELD - Nur Zur Erinnerung [The lyrics in English]
Quartär,
Tertiär,
Kreide,
Jura,
Trias,
Perm,
Karbon,
Devon,
Silur,
Ordovizium,
Kambrium,
Proterozoikum,
Archaikum,
Behind the teeth, amid the lips' embrace,
The tongue coaxes forth the word's sweet trace,
As pivot, center, the world it does embrace,
Just to remember,
All must return to the starting place,
Just to remember,
All must return to the starting grace,
Just to remember,
All must revert, skin-deep, pore by pore,
To the ancient order,
The order before the order,
The raging, warm order,
I am composed of secondary matter's lore,
Recyclable dust I implore,
Gathered from spaces in between,
Dust traveled far, yet evermore,
I am composed of shattered stars unseen,
Left hands and the heart's inner screen,
From the gold of suns that burst asunder,
Interstellar ore, in a cosmic dream.
I sing the word, from afar it gleams,
Sometimes uncrewed, it streams,
Sometimes it enters at an acute angle,
Unburnt, it lands, in its own tangle,
All must return to the starting place,
Just to remember,
All must return to the starting grace,
Just to remember,
All must revert, skin-deep, pore by pore,
To the ancient order,
The order before the order,
Before, before, before the border,
I reconstruct myself anew,
From intergalactic debris askew,
From discarded notions, I accrue,
Cheap, expensive makeup's hue,
For my sake, neon-colored tulle I ensue,
The mirror shattered, without a prototype to construe,
Eyes shut, formless, the view,
No afterimage left in review,
No more death to toil, it's true!
Yes!