Oktober in Europa

No sun on Sonnenallee
You don't even go to Champs-Élysées with a kippah
Times are rough and I'm not sure
If I dare to look at the newspaper again tomorrow
And I take my rounds
Since the 7.0, I don't want to engage in conversation anymore
Surprise: Even Greta hates Jews
Back then, the perpetrators quickly disappeared
Today, the biggest anti-Semites
Are all anti-racists, against hate and for peace
And the Chancellor sounds so shocked
Then he drinks tea with the murderers
It's a maze, it's sheer horror
You've been thinking for a long time about running away with your children
It was said Never again powerlessness
It's October in Europe

October in Europe
October in Europe

It gets dark earlier, black smoke in the streets
Angry shouting, the facades flicker blue
Was that a firecracker or was that already a shot?
Stumbling stones won't be cleaned this year
It's gotten cold, she turns on the heating
And then puts the little ones to bed, tells them: Don't be afraid
Then she takes the mezuzah from the door frame
Instead, there's now a poker behind the door
My taxi driver talks like a Nazi
Better not have discussions at the party
Friends with strong convictions
Hamas propaganda on Kreuzberg house walls
Osama becomes a superstar on TikTok
Left pocket pepper spray, right pocket kubotan
She pulls the hood lower over her face
She'd rather not wear Grandma's necklace with the star

October in Europe
October in Europe

In September, I played the piano in front of the red Flora
Seven thousand Antifas pretend to have a sense of unity
Tears flow during the song 'My father is wanted'
And a month later, everyone was strangely quiet
It's complicated, you just have to see both sides
When terrorists rape women in piles of corpses
David stars are sprayed on the front doors
Is this the so-called criticism of Israel?
Civilians in Gaza are the shield of Hamas
Shield of the descendants of the Jewish gasers
Shield of the otherwise always courageous
Blabla, never again blabla-on-Instagram-sayers
Berkeley closer to Tehran than to San Fran
So to the mullahs and not the students
I wanted to go to the Antifa demo against Jew-hatred
But there wasn't one in Berlin, good night

October in Europe