Translation of the song lyrics Fassade - 1. Satz - Lacrimosa

Fassade - 1. Satz (original)

Schaut mich nicht an!
Ich bin kein Tier!
Nur ein Menschenkind — für euch ein fremdes Wesen — vielleicht
Mit Augen und Ohren
Einem Herz und viel Gefühl
Und immer noch mit einem klaren und auch freien Verstand!
Vielleicht bin ich nur ein Schatten
Der euren Plan verdunkeln will
Vielleicht bin ich ein Gewitter
Dessen Regen manches Samen Durst nach Wachstum leiste stillt
Schaltet — die Menschen — Maschinen — gleich und seht
Im Gleichschritt — sie schreiten — ganz ohne — Bedacht und
Sie glauben — zusammen — verschieden — zu sein und
Ganz eigen — ganz frei und — selbstbestimmt — zu sein
Schaut mich nicht an!
Tief in euch werft euren Blick!
Nicht die anderen sind Täter — und vergiften diese Welt
Nein — ein Jeder kämpft und streitet und gestaltet dieses Leben
Und wenn ihr redet
Wessen Geist ist eurer vielen Worte Inhalt?
Wart ihr jemals an dem Abgrund zwischen Herz und dem Verstand?
Könnt ihr sagen: Ich erlerne mich?
Eure schreckliche Einfältigkeit
Zu glauben was man euch erzählt:
Natürlichkeit und Selbstbestimmung
Aber bitte nur im Rahmen des Systems dieser Gesellschaft
Schaltet — die Menschen — Maschinen — gleich und seht
Im Gleichschritt — sie schreiten — ganz ohne — Bedacht und
Sie glauben — zusammen — verschieden — zu sein und
Ganz eigen — ganz frei und — selbstbestimmt — zu sein
Warum Fassade?
Gibt es nicht genügend Egoismus in der Welt?
Gibt es nicht genügend Selbstsucht die den Selbsthass überspielt?
Reicht es nicht dass jeder sich der nächste ist und nicht versteht?
Dass die Mauern des Alleinseins die des Egoismus sind?
Schaut mich nicht an!
Ich bin kein Tier!
Nur ein Menschenkind — für euch ein fremdes Wesen — vielleicht
Mit Augen und Ohren
Einem Herz und viel Gefühl
Und immer noch mit einem klaren und auch freien Verstand?
Don’t stare at me!
I’m not an animal!
Just a child of man — a strange thing to you — perhaps
With eyes and ears
Heart and emotions
And yet a mind that’s clear and free!
Perhaps I’m just a shade
Casting darkness on your plans
Perhaps I am a storm
Whose quiet rain slakes the thirst of many a seed for growth
Make — humans — like machines — and see
They march — mindlessly — in step and — all think
They’re different and sperate — free and — in charge of their lives
Don’t stare at me!
Look deep into yourselves
It’s not the others that are guilty — and poisoning this word
No — each and every one of us struggles and fights and shapes this life
And whenever you speak
Whose spirit is speaking through your words?
Have you ever stood at the abyss between heart and mind?
Can you say — I’m learning who I am?
Your terrible simplicity
Believing everything you told
Naturalness and autonomy
But please only within the confines of the social system
Why facade?
Isn’t there enough egoism in the world?
Enough self obsession covering self-hate?
Isn’t it enough that everyone is out for himself?
And no-one understands that the walls of solitude are the walls of egoism?

(translation)

don't look at me
I am not an animal!
Just a human child — a strange being for you — maybe
With eyes and ears
A heart and a lot of feeling
And still with a clear and also free mind!
Maybe I'm just a shadow
Who wants to darken your plan
Maybe I'm a thunderstorm
Whose rain quenches many a seed's thirst for growth
Switch - the people - machines - equal and see
In step with one another — they walk — completely without — deliberately and
They think they are — together — different — and
To be completely one's own — completely free and — self-determined — to be
don't look at me
Take a look deep within you!
It is not the others who are perpetrators — and poison this world
No - everyone fights and argues and shapes this life
And when you talk
Whose spirit is the content of your many words?
Have you ever been at the abyss between heart and mind?
Can you say: I learn myself?
Your terrible stupidity
To believe what you are told:
naturalness and self-determination
But please only within the framework of the system of this society
Switch - the people - machines - equal and see
In step with one another — they walk — completely without — deliberately and
They think they are — together — different — and
To be completely one's own — completely free and — self-determined — to be
Why facade?
Isn't there enough selfishness in the world?
Isn't there enough selfishness to cover up self-loathing?
Isn't it enough that everyone is next to each other and doesn't understand?
That the walls of solitude are those of selfishness?
don't look at me
I am not an animal!
Just a human child — a strange being for you — maybe
With eyes and ears
A heart and a lot of feeling
And still with a clear and also free mind?
Don't stare at me!
I'm not an animal!
Just a child of man — a strange thing to you — perhaps
With eyes and ears
Heart and emotions
And yet a mind that's clear and free!
Perhaps I'm just a shade
Casting darkness on your plans
Perhaps I am a storm
Whose quiet rain slakes the thirst of many a seed for growth
Make — humans — like machines — and see
They march - mindlessly - in step and - all think
They're different and sperate — free and — in charge of their lives
Don't stare at me!
Look deep into yourselves
It's not the others that are guilty — and poisoning this word
No — each and every one of us struggles and fights and shapes this life
And whenever you speak
Whose spirit is speaking through your words?
Have you ever stood at the abyss between heart and mind?
Can you say — I'm learning who I am?
Your terrible simplicity
Believing everything you told
Naturalness and autonomy
But please only within the confines of the social system
Why?
Isn't there enough egoism in the world?
Enough self obsession covering self-hate?
Isn't it enough that everyone is out for himself?
And no-one understands that the walls of solitude are the walls of egoism?