Contrast

So damned cold is this night

But so am I

As a human being I am denied

You are what you can buy

I'd rather be dead than live up to this lie

Something has to be done

You say things have to change?

But please, not too much now

I want to uphold what we call 'secure'

It cannot be so wrong

To live on the safe side

Better to use than become used

There is nothing for free

I rise with the challenge 'til I'm on my feet

The view is so good when you're not on your knees

The solutions start with questioning

Solutions that we need?

For problems I can't see

Hey, I'm not the one who caused the alarm

Swimming with the stream?

This nature of the things I say

For the river runs only in one way

But the river's running dry

Maybe yours but not mine

See, we're in this together

No, you're not like my kind

I'm not to blame for your weakness

Without a less there's not a more

Your richness causes poverty

What should I care for?

We run down a descending spiral, running out of time

And growth rates aren't endless

But still it's working out for me

Inside you're empty

I've got everything I need

But your money can't buy happiness

You're just a huge amount of zeroes

You're a huge zero

Call me weak you think you're strong, right?

But you don't know shit what it's like

To stand for something that you never have understood – 'cause you never asked why

Every day I have to justify the things I say

Every day I keep on strugglin' for a better way

With your back against the wall, you would feel lonely, too

But I stay human in contrast to you

You stand for nothing

And nothing stands for you

You stand for nothing

No one will stand by you

All I try is to stay human in contrast to you