Goodbye darkness, hello light

I've broken the chains you put on me,

years buried in fog, concrete, and gray days.

North Rhine-Westphalia in the rearview mirror, getting smaller and smaller, fading away,

your twisted truths – I've finally seen through them, missed them.

No more gaslight, no more guilty conscience on credit,

I take my shadow and throw it into the brown swamp.

I did it.

I. Did. It.

I'm going my own way now – alone and damn it, free!

The old world burns behind me, Bavaria glows before me!

No more euros to bend me, no mind screaming "you mustn't."

Goodbye Essen, hello mountains, hello life – finally real and not just obligation!

I breathe. I live. I tear the darkness in two –

this is my damn new beginning – and you all stay small!

No more boss belittling me, no office tearing me apart,

no voices in my head saying, "Stay down, you're not good enough."

I pack the few things that truly belong to me,

laptop, a few books, my will – and head south, forward.

The Alps are already calling, the wind tastes of resin and clear water,

my heart beats in time again – no longer in time with those who were there.

You can all leave each other alone,

your games, your stares, your masks – dusty and forgotten.

I don't need pity, no "come back," no "it'll be alright."

I am the fire you could never extinguish.

Now I burn alone – and brighter than ever before.

I'm going my own way now – and no one can stop me!

Bavaria, here I come, chest out, shameless and without a shred of shame!

Torn from the darkness, clear-headed, lighter than ever,

the life I deserve – I'm taking it now – look!

Goodbye darkness – forever goodnight!

Hello my new, damned, epic light!

(Outro – fading, but proud)

I did it…

And I'll never stop.