Himmel über Berlin, Der
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Are there still borders?
More than ever.

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Each street has its own border line.
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Between each plot
there's a no man's land strip...

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hidden by a hedge or by a ditch.
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Who dares,
will fall on booby traps...

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or be hit by laser beams.
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The trout in the water
are really torpedoes.

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Every proprietor, or even tenant...
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sticks up his nameplate
like a coat of arms...

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and studies the paper
like a world leader.

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The German people are divided into as
many states as there are individuals.

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And these small states are mobile.
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Each one takes his own with him...
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and demands a toll
when another wants to enter.

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ln the form of a fly in amber
or a leather bottle.

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So much for the border.
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But one can only enter each state
with the right passwords.

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Today's German soul can only
be conquered and governed...

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by he who arrives at each small state
with the password.

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Fortunately,
no one is now able to do so.

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So everyone migrates and
raises his own flag all over the world.

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Even their children
shake their rattles...

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and trail their filth around
in circles.


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