Welcome to my kingdom,
when was it that you were here last?
was it yesterday or today,
or was it longer ago?
Let me tell you the house rules
completely and exactly explained.
Whenever you want to stay and live here,
you must guide yourself here.
You must learn how one says "Thank you"
and how to bend deeply over
and how one savors
leftovers from strange plates.
You must know how one laughs,
while one kisses the table,
and that here, there's not much more freedom
than a word is a dream.
Here speaks the King of all the blind
Open your eyes for the last time:
you stand here in the middle of the graveyard
on which you should lay.
You don't need to fear
because you're not alone here.
As a piece of the majority,
that keeps silent day to day
In the army of the nameless,
that should only take one path.
You and your neighbor - together are my people.
(My people, you are the people)
Here speaks the King of the Blind,
well then, toss yourself into the dust
Your mouth is not to speak,
Your ears are not for hearing,
Your nose should smell nothing
and your nerves should never feel.
Your feet should never walk
as long as I command you not to.
Never forget the rules
the rulebook is true.
Here speaks the King of the Blind,
well then, toss yourself into the dust
Welcome to the golden cage!
Welcome to my house!
