In Berlin

and we knew we had to travel far away
we know we had to disappear
were no one else could find us
a sailing ship would take us from the bay
it sails would fill with an offshore wind to blind us
we gambled our security the future for the now
sailed off towards the storm, safety cast aside
we've gone beyond what reason would allow
but who could tame the tidal wave
and tell it where to go?
not i
not you
.
reality then brought it to an end
said the frail old women

shaking underneath her hat
a decent set of values is no friend
it's reason now that blinds us, please believe
and passion is not willing to be steered
purity alone won't fill a ship's wide sails
life will sometimes bring what we most feared
and who could ever say

when to go or when to stay?
not you
not we