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Let's recount our history, our tale of boom and bustWe could talk a good fight on our dayBut when we got a hand to play we bit the dustNow in our threadbare suits we do our dutyStill sold on the pursuit of a common causeNow let us call to memory such witness as we dareWe built our bridges, burned them down as wellMaybe all we have to tell is off the squareWe tried our instant remedies, they didn't clear the airWho could foresee how it was bound to end, in a break or in a bend?We intended well enoughOh, but the clock was always counting, the envelope was sealedAnd as the pressure's mounting, still precious little is revealedStill, let us speak of comradeship, of how we stood as oneShoulder to shoulder, through the thick and thinWhile the roof was caving inAlthough everything begins in good faithFor all our sins we'll all end up being skinnedAnd now there's nowhere left to run to, there's nowhere left to hideWe're strapped in and we're gunning for the roller-coaster rideIf we're living our lives as though God's at our shouldersIf we're giving of our best, by an effort of willSongtexteThen we'll be up for the test, we'll never know when we're over the hillHere comes then bit where we decideNo passengers come on this rideCivilians, the broken-hearted, need not applyI count to a thousand and tenI keep my eyes tight shut and thenUnsteadily count the numbers back down againUnsteadily count the numbers back down againUnsteadily count the numbers back down againHead on into the wind, on a heavenly missionTry to play with the spin while we burn in our heartsAlthough we know we'll never winWe're still learning our lessons in the darkThere's no choice here to make, there's no easier decisionThan to stand up, stand straight and to give it a tryAnd there's no time for hesitation as the stations of our lives are passing byHeads up and face front as brother to brotherTime to come to the call if we're true to how we wereBecause at last and after all we've given each other our wordsIf we live out our lives as though God's sat at our shouldersIf we give of our best and then give some more stillPress on, with no pause for breath, then we'll see each other over the hillNow if we speak of distances we're only covering old groundWhat's done is done and if we have become of worth at allWe'll hope to see things in the roundLet's close the book on history and keep it safe and soundWhile we've been moving forward to our goalsWe have done as we have told, so the story's closed behind usThe countdown comes in backwards, that much was always clearSo when it reaches zero our heroes disappear Aus Songtexte Mania