Two rushing shades meeting face to face
 Dull procedures come and go every day

 A thousand tricks and one thousand smiles but
 Life is not profound

 An endless tide of ideas and belief
 It's a mess, 'cause nobody thinks or feels
 The sky laughs loud, entertainment for free
 We are nothing

 Gain, all we gain is trivial nonsense next to nothing
 Our merit is: failing whenever we can
 We are so precious...
 But I say, we are next to nothing!
 We are nothing, next to nothing, we are nothing

 A friendly smile hiding misunderstandings
 I see your mask but your soul I can't find

 A thousand lost days, two thousand new ones
 Tunnels light or dead end

 Another night and even more days to come
 And I've to look into mortal faces
 It's just an act of regret and farewell
 We are nothing

 I look at you and wonder
 Is it me whom I see
 I am one of those mortals too
 I'm lost as well as you

 Where is my sympathy
 I'm not one of those
 Who're loving life, loving life eternally