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Kinder (Ist Es Nicht Krank?) - Panik

English translation (c/o Diglossia from LJ)

Children (Isn’t it sick?)

Isn’t it sick? Google Search uses as much an energy As a lamp That’s on, and that’s twenty days long.

Isn’t it sick? Ikea* sells flowers from Vietnam Because they are cheaper than those from this country.

Isn’t it sick? There’s no garden for Lidl Tomatoes, Only rock wool from Spanish plantations.

Isn’t it sick? Prawns are shelled (by themselves) in Poland, That is cheap, People don’t want “expensive” anymore.

Isn’t it sick? Kentucky Fried Chicken cook chickens while they’re still alive, We’ve known that since 2001.

Nothing’s changed since then, Bring the motherfuckers here, The ones who’re destroying our children’s world! And our children will ask: what have you done? Who, if not to us, Did you think about?

Isn’t it sick? If everyone were to have the living standard we have here, We would need three more worlds.

Isn’t it sick? That the polar bears drown Because they can’t find any more ice floes And no one cares!

Isn’t it sick? That because I write these lines here, The CO2 emission grows ever higher?

Isn't it sick? That the government** says fuck it, although everyone knows, that there's no more time left!

Isn’t it sick? That there are still hybrid cars But because of money this world lies in pieces.

Isn’t it sick? That absolutely nothing’s changed, Bring the motherfuckers here, The ones who are destroying our children’s world. And our children will ask: what have you done? Who, if not us, Did you think about?

*A Scandinavian based store; mostly known in the US for its furniture. It’s very popular in Germany.