You know the fires burning low Can you feel the flame, the fading glow? You know we are slowing down I can hear your footsteps drowning out. We're burning out, we're burning down We're the ashes on the ground We're burning out, we're burning down We're falling underground You are, you're singing our song But your heart is somewhere else I know we are, we're trying to belong Pick up the pieces left of us We're falling underground If you could see me running after you You know I'll be running in circles round you If we could turn the hours back in time You know I'll be running in circles for you We're burning out, we're burning down We're the ashes on the ground We're burning out, we're burning down We're falling underground The light has fallen from the stars Now we are sinking through the night Out of sight we've fallen under ground Pick up the pieces left of us If you could see me running after you You know I'll be running in circles round you If we could turn the hours back in time You know I'll be running in circles for you We're burning out, we're burning down We're the ashes on the ground We're burning out, we're burning down We're falling underground We're burning out, we're burning down We're the ashes on the ground We're burning out, we're burning down We're falling underground You know the fire's running low
Tell the world I'll survive Tell the world I'll survive Tell the world I'm alive Tell the world I'll survive
I want you to know All is blacked out but continues to grow I need you to see Nothing can change unless you believe I won't let it go I'll stick to the plan We're deep in the throes
I won't let it go I'll fight til the end And then you will know
Who will save you now? Who will save you now? Tell the world I'll survive Who will save you now? Who will save you now?
Alone with this vision Alone with this sound Alone in my dreams I carry around I will not take from you and you will not owe I will protect you from the fire below It's not in my mind It's here at my side Go tell the world that I'm still alive
Alone with this vision Alone and blind Go tell the world That I'm still alive Alone with this vision Alone and blind Go tell the world That I'm still alive
Who will save you now? Who will save you now? Tell the world I'll survive Who will save you now? Who will save you now? Tell the world I'm alive
I will not take from you and you will not owe I will protect you from the fire below I will not take from you and you will not owe I will protect you from the fire below Alone with this vision Alone and blind Go tell the world That I'm still alive
Kurt Tucholsky
(1890 - 1935 (Freitod)), Pseudonyme: Kaspar Hauser, Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger, Ignaz Wrobel; dt. Schriftsteller, Journalist, Literatur- und Theaterkritiker der Zeitschrift "Die Schaubühne" (später umbenannt in "Die Weltbühne"), zählt zu den bedeutendsten Publizisten der Weimarer Republik
Quelle: Tucholsky, Werke 1907-1935. Alte Bäume, in: Vossische Zeitung, 10.12.1930, Nr. 288 (Peter Panter)
, aus tiefstem Herzen.
