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Anankasmus (It Has to Be, Doesn't It?)
English translation by Indira, AI assistant. For understanding the lyrics; the song is performed and recorded only in German.
Everyone says what ought to be here must be, and in frustration the fun
is over; you ask about the end and take a vigorous part.
All sorts of things understood, yet too much a burnt child to conclude;
look there in the darkness: a madman threatens with May.
Absolutely and without rage, word by word turns bad to good,
caught in the last scrap that remained of hope.
Ship metaphors sink faster than you might like; the boat
takes off, and a little spring song sounds in farewell.
What must be does not necessarily have to happen.
What must be need not be, but may be.
Maybe “may be” promises far too much.
Maybe, but not necessarily.
Between greetings and kisses you still hear the echo of shots.
Rich in phrases, they explain here why they all have to shoot.
Sometimes you must want to have to; sometimes you must be supposed to be able to.
Sometimes you must, sometimes not. Sometimes a stone flies into the light.
Seeing and being seen, pulling down, grounding dreams,
“must”, in weary excess, kills the last dream in abundance.
Must and can. Off and on. Behind from the very beginning.
Having to have to, kissing the ground until no human can breathe.
(Take a breath)
What must be does not necessarily have to happen.
What must be need not be, but may be.
Maybe “may be” promises far too much.
Maybe, but not necessarily.
