Sometime in the early Stone Age
we shouted "We are ready".
We were the guys from the Opel gang
and our way was still the goal.
"Waste your time" and "Come with us"
we were proud of this battle cry.
And none of us would ever have believed
that someone really follows us.
Much has changed over the years
we don't screw ourselves there.
Our innocence wasn't the only thing
what was lost along the way.The self-proclaimed truth finders
who are hot on our heels today
looking for the spy in us
the rat that leaves the ship.
Too many TV shows, too many interviews
too often suspiciously nice.
And they wonder if this is still punk rock
or what you actually call it.Sometimes we are heroes and sometimes thieves
charged with treason
of ourselves and the past
and what we used to be.To which song should we swear loyalty to you,
and that we are still the old ones?
How often do you still want to hear “the word for Sunday”?
How long do you want to stand by us?
When will the day come when you call:
"Enough, we've had enough!
We finally want other songs
and your time is up."?Sometimes we are heroes and sometimes thieves
depending on how the wind turns.
Whatever direction it comes from tomorrow
we don't ask ourselves.We got drunk out of our minds
and are somehow anti-social.
We are polite and humble
the nice guys next door.
We are prophets, we are liars
sometimes we're wrong and sometimes we're real.
Just forget all the crap
that people tell about us.We are heroes, we are thieves
charged with treason
an idea that has been dead for years
and which have long been buried.We are heroes, we are thieves
we take it as it comes.
And if you want to believe in something
believe in yourself and not in us.