Prolog [English translation]

Don't you think:

We could sign

So one or two percent would be ours to have

And thousands would submit to us

Don't you think:

We could be fried in the airwaves

And up to the last driblet

Slave in the packaging trade

We could, but...

Don't you think:

We could let our traits

Thousands of times, in false colours

Appear to be worldshaking

Don't you think:

We could begild us

On forty staves

For masses mingled amongst the people

Throne many moons to come

We could, but...

Don't you think:

We could sign it

Maybe furthermore resign

And in this land

Like mayflies

Only up and down and down and up performing

To later then return

Stark bloated

Long forgotten

Drawing only smallest circles

We could, but...

• Artist:Einstürzende Neubauten
• Album:Haus der Lüge (1989)