the music is based on samples of 
"ode to joy" by ludwig van beethoven

the lyrics are an excerpt from 
"what ambitions for european defense in 2020?"
european union institute for security studies (euiss), 2009
pg. 71f

see see transcript or download complete publication

future is hiding behind
scared of backwarding progress
eyes closed
ears waxed
teeth clinched
lips pressed against each other
past is standing in front
if you look there is laughter
if you don't there is tears
nothing to see
everything is squeezed into now
flat between two screens
pressed by two hands
holding a prayer

give your best
and sell the rest

burn down
your burn out

zur belustigung der goetter
reiten reiche
lachend
auf kamelen
durch nadeloere

for the amusement of the gods
rich people ride
laughing
on camels
through needles eyes