Auf Sand gebaut English translation
von Adel Tawil

Water keeps falling
On the city
And you don't hear my warning
And they don't see my tears
From the rain on my face
And you don't believe me

Nothing but violence, nothing but lies and need
When the big rain comes, the horizon turns red
The water of this world was here long before us
And will still be there when the last of us freezes to death somewhere
It will be in the clouds, it will be in them
It will rain, it will foam, gently falling snow
The sea begins to rustle, waves turn white and boil
The first fish crawl ashore


Tell me where do you want to go when the rain falls
And the land is sinking into the morass?
What will you do when the whole world is drowning in the eternal flood?
Where do you want to go when there is no more land?
Only water as far as you can see?
What do you want to do when you finally know your world was built on sand?

Your world was built on sand
But you didn't look

We saw dark smoke up in the wind
And reap a storm that dissolves everything
Even our best technology, no matter how new it is
It's no use if the sky is flashed
In every direction only rain in sight
The first heavy drops are already falling against the light
Clouds cluster on the horizon
No tower is high enough when the flood comes

Your world was built on sand
But you didn't look