OOMPH! LYRICS - Ego (2001)

APOCALYPTICA

1. Bittersweet

[Featuring Ville Valo & Lauri Ylönen]

[Ville]
I'm giving up the ghost of love
And a shadow is cast on devotion

[Lauri]
She is the one that I adore
Queen of my silent suffocation

[Both]
Break this bittersweet spell on me
Lost in the arms of destiny

[Ville]
Bittersweet

[Lauri]
I won't give up
I'm possessed by her

[Ville]
I'm bearing a cross
She's turned into my curse

[Both]
Break this bittersweet spell on me
Lost in the arms of destiny

[Lauri]
Bittersweet

I want you

[Ville]
Oh how I wanted you

[Lauri]
And I need you

[Ville]
Oh how I needed you

[Both]
Break this bittersweet spell on me
Lost in the arms of destiny

Bittersweet

2. Faraway Vol. 2

[Featuring Linda Sunblad]

There is something in the way
You're always somewhere else
Feelings have deserted me
To a point of no return
I don't believe in God
But I pray for you

Don't you slip away from me
It's you I live for
Don't you leave no
Don't you slip away from me
I'm vulnerable to your love

There is something in the way
You're always somewhere else
Feelings have deserted me
To a point of no return
So the light fades out
And you're so close to lose it

Don't you slip away from me
It's you I live for
Don't you leave no
Don't you slip away from me
I'm vulnerable to your love

Don't you slip away from me
It's you I live my life for
Don't you slip away from me
I'm vulnerable to your love
Don't you slip away

3. Wie Weit

[limited edition track]

[lyrics and vocals by Marta Jandová]

Mein Leben dreht sich
So monoton und still
Und zeichnet dabei einen Kreis
Kreis der Ewigkeit

Ich kann dem Gefühl nicht entgehen
Ich sei ein dauerhafter Gast
Das Gold dieser Welt
Ist nichts wert
Verbrennt meine Haut

Wie weit muss ich gehen
Um zu sehen
Dass die Nacht ein Ende sucht
Wie viel muss ich geben
Um zu fühlen
Bin ich denn verflucht
Will ich's wagen
Ist es gut
Oder bin ich doch verflucht

Why am I sad
Why am I sad when I have more than I ever had

Mein Leben ist einsam
Ich bin zu schwach, um aufzustehen
Gestreckt auf dem Boden, wie gelähmt
Der Himmel ist zu schwer

Meine eigenen Regeln sind mein Feind
Wie die Trägheit in mir
Und etwas zu ändern ist so schwer
Ein Krieg, den ich verlier

Wie weit muss ich gehen
Um zu sehen
Dass die Nacht ein Ende sucht
Wie viel muss ich geben
Um zu fühlen
Bin ich denn verflucht
Wie gross ist die Sehnsucht
Die mich treibt
Verlier ich meinen Mut
Soll ich mich ergeben
Oder lebe ich
Das Leben nach der Flut
Will ich's wagen
Ist es gut
Oder bin ich doch verflucht?

[English translation]

My life is turning
So monotonously and quietly
Drawing a circle
Circle of eternity

I cannot escape the feeling
I was a permanent guest
The gold of this world
Is worth nothing
Is burning my skin

How far do I have to go
To see
That night is trying to find an end
How much do I have to give
To feel
Am I accursed
Shall I dare it
Is it okay
Or am I yet accursed

Why am I sad
Why am I sad when I have more than I ever had

My life is lonely
I am to weak to get up
Racked on the ground as if I was paralysed
The sky is too heavy

My own rules are my enemy
Like the torpidness in me
And it's so difficult to change something
A war that I loose

How far do I have to go
To see
That night is trying to find an end
How much do I have to give
To feel
Am I accursed
How strong is the longing
Which drives me
Am I loosing my courage
Shall I surrender
Or do I live
The life after the flood
Shall I dare it
Is it okay
Or am I yet accursed

4. Seemann

[Featuring Nina Hagen]

Komm in mein Boot
Ein Sturm kommt auf und es wird Nacht
Wo willst du hin?
So ganz allein treibst du davon
Wer hält deine Hand
Wenn es dich nach unten zieht

Wo willst du hin
So uferlos die kalte See
Komm in mein Boot
Der Herbstwind hält die Segel straff

Jetzt stehst du da an der Laterne
Mit tränen im Gesicht
Das Tageslicht fällt auf die Seite
Der Herbstwind fegt die Straße leer

Jetzt stehst du da an der Laterne
Hast tränen im Gesicht
Das Abendlicht verjagt die schatten
Die zeit steht still und es wird herbst

Komm in mein Boot
Die Sehnsucht wird der Steuermann
Komm in mein Boot
Der beste Seemann war doch ich

Jetzt stehst du da an der Laterne
Hast tränen im Gesicht
Das Feuer nimmst du von der Kerze
Die zeit steht still und es wird herbst

Sie sprachen nur von deiner Mutter
So gnadenlos ist nur die Nacht
Am ende bleib ich doch alleine
Die zeit steht still
Und mir ist kalt

Kalt...

Kalt...

[English translation:]

The Sailor

Come into my boat
A storm is rising and night is falling
Where are you going?
All alone you're drifting off
Who's going to hold your hand
When it's pulling you down under

Where are you going?
The cold sea is shoreless.
Come into my boat
The autumn wind keeps the sails taut.

Now you're standing there by the lantern
With tears in your face
Daylight falls aside
The autumn wind sweeps the street empty

Now you're standing there by the lantern
Got tears in your face
Evening light chases the shadows away
Time's standing still and autumn's falling

Come into my boat
The longing becomes the steersman
Come into my boat
Wasn't I the best sailor?

Now you're standing there by the lantern
Got tears in your face
You take your fire from the candle
Time's standing still and autumn's falling

They spoke only about your mother
Only night is so merciless
In the end I stay alone
Time's standing still
And I am cold

Cold...

Cold...

5. Path Vol. 2

[Featuring Sandra Nasic]

I want to live in fire
With all the taste I desire
It's all good if you let me dive
With some sharks on the ground

You loose your routine
You loose your routine
You loose your routine
Cause I found my path

What the hell are you trying
Now I know there is something more
What happened to you
Still staying on my path
Are you still denying
Now I know there is something more
That this is the truth
It's all in you

What do you came for
What did you expect to find
What do you came for
What did you expect to find
What do you came for
What did you expect to find
What do you came for
What did you expect to find

So boundless I feel
And boundless all my fears
Stop running back to old times

You loose your routine
Cause I found my path

What the hell are you trying
Now I know there is something more
What happened to you
Still staying on my path
Are you still denying
Now I know there is something more
That this is the truth
It's all in you

What the hell are you trying
Now I know there is something more
What happened to you
Still staying on my path
Are you still denying
Now I know there is something more
That this is the truth
It's all in you