Years have passed, since you left us
You have gone to divinity
It feels like an eternity
You were only eighteen
Deprived of a bright future
After we heard of your fate
Stood we together by the Rhine
Watched a hundred balloons
Rise into the sky
Shocked to the bone marrow
Like being hit by a burning arrow
It was an accident, nobody's fault
But I still think that our friendship fell short
Our friendship fell short
Please stay by my side, as imaginary angel
Till my last ride, when I get to the cradle
Would you please hold my purse?
Your last words to me
Forever in my memory
For several years, it becoming my curse
A sentence, so meaningless
Leading into emotional sickness
I couldn't know that we will never meet again
It was an accident, nobody's fault
But I still think that our friendship fell short
Our friendship fell short
Please stay by my side, as imaginary angel
Till my last ride, when I get to the cradle
So many things I've never told you
I never told you, how beautiful you were
How infectious your laughter was
I never told you, how much I enjoyed talking to you
One of the smartest persons I ever knew
More mistakes I regret
Mistakes I will never forget
It was an accident, nobody's fault
But I still think that our friendship fell short
Our friendship fell short
Please stay by my side, as imaginary angel
Till my last ride, when I get to the cradle
As I write these lines
With tears in my eyes
And coming to the end
I finally want to say
How grateful I am
That we crossed our ways
It was an accident
Nobody's fault
But I still think that
Friendship fell short