ZEITGEIST (English Version)

ZEITGEIST

[Intro]
They told us what to believe,
they told us what to fear,
they told us who to hate...

[Verse I — Religion]
Long before the cross, the gods were here:
a thousand different names for the same old fear.
They change the names and the stories they tell,
but salvation is all they ever sell.

Myth becomes a sacred truth.
Each doubt is branded blasphemy.
They promise heaven when you’re dead
while keeping you on bended knee.

[BRIDGE]

Who wrote the truth we must obey?
Who chose what we’d believe?
Who turned our doubts into the chains
that never let us leave?

[Chorus]
WAKE UP!
They cloud our vision.
WAKE UP!
They sow division.

We kill each other, driven by their lies.
They feed us fear and watch our hatred rise.

ZEITGEIST!

[Verse II — 9/11 / War]
Towers fall in New York before our eyes.
Millions frozen, watching terror rise.
An enemy is named.
Now fear is justified.

More bombs. More blood.
More mothers left to cry.
More towns laid to waste.
More hatred that won’t die.

They gave us an enemy to hate,
to keep our eyes off those in power.
And while we cried out for revenge,
war made them richer by the hour.

[Chorus]
WAKE UP!
They cloud our vision.
WAKE UP!
They sow division.

We kill each other, driven by their lies.
They feed us fear and watch our hatred rise.
They make a killing every time somebody dies.

[Breakdown — brutal]
FAITH.

FEAR.

WAR.

MONEY.

[GUITAR SOLO]

[Bridge — building]
What if we’re not enemies?

What if we never were?

They gave us a thousand reasons to hate.
We only need one to stand together:

[BREAK]

I want no more war.
I want no more fear.
I won’t let a lie
decide where we go from here.

I WANT TO WAKE UP.

[Final chorus — huge]
WAKE UP!
They cloud our vision.
WAKE UP!
They sow division.

We kill each other, driven by their lies.
They feed us fear and watch our hatred rise.

ZEITGEIST!

[Outro]
Don’t sell your freedom
for a lie they call salvation.

Don’t sell your happiness
for fear and separation.

WAKE UP!