Die unstillbare Gier [English translation]

[Count Krolock:]

Night at last, not a star in sight

the moon hides because it fears me

no light in the world

no false beam of hope

only silence

and within me the silhouettes of my pain

The grain was golden and the sky clear

in the summer of 1617

we lay in the whispering grass

her hand on my skin felt soft and warm

she didn't suspect that I was lost

I myself still believed I would win

but that day it happened for the first time:

She died in my arms

Whenever I reached out for life

nothing would remain in my hand

I want to be flame turning to ash

but never burned yet

I want to go high and higher

but sink deeper and deeper into the void

I want to be an angel or demon

and still I am nothing but a creature

that always wants what it won't get!

If there'd be just a moment of happiness for me

I'd bargain it for eternal grief

but all hope is in vain:

The hunger is never sated

The priest's daughter let me in at night

1730 after the May devotions

with her heart's blood I wrote a poem

onto her white skin

and the emperor's page from Napoleon's baggage train...

1813 he stood in front of the castle

I can't forgive myself

for not being heartbroken by his grief

But whenever I reach out for life

I feel how it breaks

I want to understand the world and know everything

and don't even know myself!

I want to be free and more free

but can't get rid of my chains

I want to be a saint or criminal

and still I am nothing but a creature

that wants what it won't get and always has to tear apart everything it loves!

Everyone believes it will all get better eventually

so they deal with their pain

I want to be sated for once

but the hunger never ceases

Some believe in humankind

and some in money or glory

some believe in art and science

in love an heroics

many believe in gods

of various kinds

in miracles and signs

in heaven and hell

in sin and virtue

and in the bible and breviary

But the true power ruling us

is the nefarious

eternal

consuming

destructive

and ever insatiable greed

To you mortals of tomorrow

I soothsay now and here:

before the beginning of the new century

the only god everyone will serve

is the insatiable greed

• Artist:Tanz der Vampire (Musical)
• Album:Tanz der Vampire