When I was young Lying in the grass I felt so safe In a warming bath Of sunlight, of sunlight Vast open sky Could do no harm Like an embrace Of a mother's arms In sunlight, in sunlight In sunlight, in sunlight
With every year That came to pass More clouds appeared Till the sky went black And there was no sunlight, no sunlight And there was no sunlight, no sunlight anymore
It disappeared at the same speed The idealistic things I believed And the optimist died inside of me
No sunlight, no sunlight No sunlight, no sunlight
It disappeared at the same speed The idealistic things I believed And the optimist died inside of me
No sunlight, no sunlight No sunlight, no sunlight No sunlight, no sunlight No sunlight, no sunlight, no sunlight anymore