Die Hoffnung

Tour of Bridges
[BEGIN CHILD'S POEM]life is a song that begins with the word "behold"behold the sunbehold the lightbehold the sky, the sea, the earth, that, the people, that dogbehold the wind, the breath of strangers, brought from a great distance to become the breath of uswe shape that breath into words and blow it back through song,and the song of the word-shaped, the word-shaped wind pours into other earslisten, this is what it says, "behold, I am here, behold, behold, behold, behold"[END CHILD'S POEM]our first river crossed, what's known behind is lostahead a wet landscape more bridgesthere's one the sun glazes, find those that visit itfirst kisses, granted wishes, new hopeleave the city, watch your step, more cautious minutes slipplunge into a tour of seasmy sweetheart scaled the span, said I'm above the hopeful landfrom here we see only one love, but countless lovers,countless lovers, so many other lovers, all feast on each otherfrom here a heathen heart, and when the dirt and was dugthe angels had swept the dust upfor every and sheep sent tricks, a hundred hungrier fishstoned this bridge to sinkit cost an arm parade, and when the trumpets playedSongtextedid you feel free or fatal?this one's a pew up late, nothing can make you staytogether and regift his bruisethat can't leave them allthrew them all back, gave it all backthrust in your head, all back, smack them all back, smack smack smack, big purple kisseseach bridge upon my way, the strange and by the samebut fear not we know god he loves usmy car with engineers, squandered for a million yearsto bridges when they should have raised wallsi say "there's a brash mistake", the boss said, "keep it fake,keep talking the languages of bridges"this bridge might bring you back, and when the phantoms attackthe memories of haunt will spare itbut the others can burn, the others can burnthey'll not deserve, the others can burnthey'll burn, the others will burnwe'll burn all the others, the others can burn Aus Songtexte Mania