Subterranean World (How Long?)

How long have we known each other now?

Five, ten years

And i guess we've changed

And we'd run into each other in the subterranean world

With the extras in their fright wigs and fins

On their way from funkhole to dugout

And one night would keel into another

And there would never seem to be a day

And hey you used to say

You were polishing up

On your survival tactics (techniques)

For the end of the world

And you, you used to dig your beak

Into my ear saying: "nothing"

Like a secret

How long have we known each other now?

Fifteen, twenty years maybe

And certainly we've changed

And we'd run into each other in the subterranean world

And before i knew you or before we met

Oh yes, way before then i was itching in the cradle

Making my way toward the slime pits

And the sludge traps

Looking for love

And the bushy brats turned out from

The western burgs

Minced in the powdermills

Noctambulating around nowheresville

And some were so desperate to sleep

The only retreat was the sad dormitory

Yes, one would go for a rest (or a test?)

How long have we known each other now?

Up to thirty years i guess

And maybe we have changed

And didn't we see each other in the subterranean world?

And you, did you already have your headress? -hmm, yes

I used to dress up like a girl

And how did you ever make it back home?

I'd leave a trail of pearls

Did you ever see a doctor - or a priest?

Oh yeah - a priest

Do you remember the guy with the sign

"the end is nigh"?

That was me (do you remember what was written on the back?)

And do you rememer the guy with a boxfull of wind?

Or maybe it was a cassette

I don't really

I don't know either - or was it me?

How long have we known each other now?

I've never seen you in my life!

Forty years?

How long have we known each other now?

Sixty, seventy, eighty years

I've never seen you in my life

And i hope we've changed

And we've never seen each other in the subterranean life