I hear the doorbell ringing, suddenly a panic takes me The sound so ominously tearing through the silence I cannot move, I'm standing, numb and frozen Among the things I love so dearly The books, the paintings and the furniture, help me The signal's sounding once again and someone tries to dawn on None of my friends would be so stupidly impatient And they don't dare to come in, anymore I know But how I loved our secret meetings We talked and talked in quiet voices, smiling Now I hear the moving of a noise, it's coming through the door I feel I'm breaking up, voices growing louder Irritation building, then I'm close to fainting Cracking up, they must know by now I'm in here Trembling in terror and glowing, cracking up My whole world is falling and going crazy There's no escape and now I'm cracking up Instrumental These walls have witnessed all the anguish of humiliation And seen the hope of freedom always shining faces And now they've come to take me, come to break me And if it is at all unexpected I have been waiting for this mystery, help me Now I hear the moving of a noise, it's coming through the door I feel I'm breaking up, voices growing louder Irritation building, then I'm close to fainting Cracking up, they must know by now I'm in here Trembling in terror and glowing, cracking up My whole world is falling and going crazy There's no escape and now I'm cracking up Instrumental Now I hear the moving of a noise, it's coming through the door I feel I'm cracking up, voices growing louder Irritation building, then I'm close to fainting Cracking up, they must know by now I'm in here Trembling in terror and glowing, cracking up My whole world is falling and going crazy There's no escape and now I'm cracking up Now I hear the moving of a noise, it's coming through the door I feel I'm cracking up, voices growing louder Irritation building, then I'm close to fainting Cracking up, they must know by now I'm in here Trembling in terror and glowing, cracking up