If You Want to Move Forward (Faithful Translation)
Get on your bicycle,
And set out on the road.
It depends on everyone—
Do you have a goal, or are you just insane?
It depends on everyone—
Do you have a goal, or are you just insane?
Could it be that in this way,
Your weary, battered brain
Wants to shout out loud:
“I’m alive… I made it!”
Could it be that in this way,
Your weary, battered brain
Wants to shout out loud:
“I’m alive… I made it!”
You spent far too many years
Living like a prisoner—
Whether in a relationship
Or trapped inside a job.
Whatever it may have been,
Now you’re free, and you can shout.
Whatever it may have been,
Now you’re free, and you can shout.
Keeping your balance
May seem much too easy.
Then get on and start to ride,
Pedaling toward the future.
Then get on and start to ride,
Pedaling toward the future.
If you stop pedaling,
Momentum will carry you on.
But it won’t last very long—
Soon you’ll reach a crossroads.
But it won’t last very long—
Soon you’ll reach a crossroads.
To the left there is a downhill.
Straight ahead, a steep climb.
To the right, a road that’s closed,
Leading you into the abyss.
Then it all depends on instinct—
Whether you’ve chosen well.
You can no longer turn back,
Yet moving forward feels so hard.
You can no longer turn back,
Yet moving forward feels so hard.
Stay grounded for a while.
Wake up—there’s no point.
Understand this:
What was yesterday
Is already gone.
Understand this:
What was yesterday
Is already gone.
Choose whatever you want.
Just don’t forget to pedal.
Keep yourself upright on the road,
And brake when going downhill.
If you want to move forward,
There’s only one thing to do:
Keep pedaling.
If you want to move forward,
There’s only one thing to do:
Keep pedaling.
Then you’ll feel you’ve understood
That life has only one true meaning.
If you want to move forward,
There’s only one thing to do:
Keep pedaling.
If you want to move forward,
There’s only one thing to do:
Keep pedaling.
The labyrinth, the climb, the slope,
Left and right, the rain, the fog—
All of these together
Are nothing else but life.
The labyrinth, the climb, the slope,
Left and right, the rain, the fog—
All of these together
Are nothing else but life.
Nothing else…
…but life.
If you want to move forward…
