Arms Wide Open

If I laid it out to you
 All my strange and secret rules
 If I turned into a wreck
 Would you stay?
 If mankind drowned in wars
 Hatred, bombs, blood and rape
 If compassion dies out
 Would we know where to go?
 If mother earth simply stopped turning
 Left us here
 in deepest yearning
 Overwhelming craving, wanting
 Would we know where to go?
 Would you be there with arms wide open
 If you knew all of this
 if you knew all of me
 If you saw our hearts colliding
 With the old bitterness
 Would you still stand here behind me
 Just in case...
 Could you bear the cries of woman
 Giving birth through
 broken moons
 Grandma's still the one who hurts them
 As it's been for generations
 Could I bear more of this news
 Watching Rwunda everywhere
 Could I become a racist too
 Despite my wounded German roots?
 Love don't choose between black or white
 Jewish, Muslim, Christian girl or guy
 But blindly passing on tradition leads to fanaticism
 Would you be there with arms wide open
 If you knew all of it, if you knew all of me
 If you saw our hearts colliding
 With the old bitterness
 Would you still stand here behind me
 Just in case... Just in case I'd go mad
 Love don't choose between black or white
 Jewish, Muslim, Christian girl or guy
 Blindly passing on tradition leads to fanaticism
 Would you be there with arms wide open
 If you knew all of me, if you knew all of it
 Would you be there with arms wide open
 If you knew all of this, if you knew all of me
 If you saw our hearts colliding
 With the old bitterness
 Would you still stand here behind me
 Just in case... Just in case