Bis zum Schluss [English translation]

Perhaps we overestimated ourselves

Hoping that love would grow out of our differences

But I don't know if that is enough

However much time we have left, oh oh

The chips will fall where they will

But if this is how it has to be, then I will fight it to the last

We overestimated ourselves

We hoped that love would grow out of our differences

We feared that one day we would have to pay the piper.

And yet we still keep fighting to the bitter end

Neither of us wants to face the consequences, and therein lies the dilemma

With every conversation our grace period just gets drawn out more and more

And that reaffirms just how much things are changing

Again and again, new attempts that end just like the others

After all this time our roles have been set

We want to ignore this pattern but it blows up in our face at the slightest provocation

And that's just so tiring

We tried to find our way to each other, but instead found

That we were just kidding ourselves

We probably knew it all along

We're just too different, so that we have to fight for a little peace

How messed up is that?

Love is supposed to be my refuge, the one place where I can let my guard down

Perhaps we overestimated ourselves

Hoping that love would grow out of our differences

But I don't know if that is enough

However much time we have left, oh oh

The chips will fall where they will

But if this is how it has to be, then I will fight it to the last

We've talked this to death so much, to no avail

Tried to change the past to smooth the way

Upon which we'll grow and be able to both live

Together with each other, instead of living past each other

But the tiniest thing shatters the whole picture

We both have the feeling that we aren't ourselves in this partnership

If it hurts so much why do we keep doing this to each other?

And if we can't find happiness here, where else can we even begin to look?

I'm sick and tired of always being the one at fault

When, at the same time, I'm the one shouldering this entire burden

Seemingly always the one who's screwing up this whole thing

But, at the same time, I'm the one coming to you to make everything all better again

I keep asking myself what I can do differently and then change

Things that I like just to make you happy

I don't know how much longer I can keep bending over backwards

I don't know how I'm supposed to be true to myself and keep loving you.

Perhaps we overestimated ourselves

Hoping that love would grow out of our differences

But I don't know if that is enough

However much time we have left, oh oh

The chips will fall where they will

But if this is how it has to be, then I will fight it to the last

And, I mean, of course I see the good things, and up until now they've outweighed everything else

God knows I love you and keep holding on no matter how much they criticize me

But I'm only so strong, I can feel things slipping through my fingers

Trying to control and suppress my emotions

I want to keep giving out chances, again and again, I mean we deserve it right?

It would be tragic to draw this line in a fit of anger

But I just can't fight anymore, I can't stand this anymore

I can't do anything more for us; the two of us are done for.

Perhaps we overestimated ourselves

Hoping that love would grow out of our differences

But I don't know if that is enough

However much time we have left, oh oh

The chips will fall where they will

But if this is how it has to be, then I will fight it to the last

We overestimated ourselves

We hoped that love would still grow out of our differences

We feared that one day we would have to pay the piper.

And yet we still keep fighting to the bitter end

• Artist:Curse
• Album:Freiheit (2008)