Vanitas

[Intro/Chorus A]
We push away what we can’t escape
We push away what we can’t escape

[Verse 1]
The urge of humankind
To dream of an afterlife
Death lurks behind the mask of beauty
Sic transit gloria humanitatis
What more is human life
Than a fantasy of time
Blegh!

[Chorus A]
We push away what we can’t escape
We push away what we can’t escape

[Verse 2]
At the end of time
Nothingness will reign
Remember that nothing lasts forever
What now throbs and defies will tomorrow be ashеs and bone
Nothing is everlasting / no mеtal, no marble stone

[Chorus B]
We can’t escape the inevitable
So be aware of the
Everlasting uncertainty
We can’t escape the inevitable
Nothing is certain but uncertainty

[Chorus A]
We push away what we can’t escape
We push away what we can’t escape

[Verse 3]
Der ruhm nach dem wir trachtẽ
Den wir vnsterblich achten
Ist nur ein falscher wahn
So baldt der geist gewichen
Vnd dieser mundt erblichen
Fragt keiner was man hier gethan

[Chorus B]
We can’t escape the inevitable
So be aware of the
Everlasting uncertainty
We can’t escape the inevitable
Nothing is certain but uncertainty

[Bridge]
Vanitatum Vanitas
Vanitatum Vanitas

[Chorus B]
We can’t escape the inevitable
So be aware of the
Everlasting uncertainty
You can’t escape the inevitable
Nothing is certain but uncertainty