Alan wanted to go
To this fair in Holstenwall
There he asked Cesare, now gone
How long will I live?
Staring deeply into his eyes
The sleeper answered until dawn
(Es gibt Geister, Überall sind sie um uns her)
(Mich haben sie von Haus und Herd)
(Von Weib und Kind getrieben)
Though Jane stole our hearts
Regardless of her decision
We'd remain friends, we wouldn't fight
But now there's no need to choose
As the attraction told previously
Alan was dead come morning light
How did he know? How could he know?
Right after the clerk
(Doesn't make sense, doesn't make sense)
Analyze that one, that slumberous one
Police has allowed
(Doctor, now wake Cesare up)
It cannot be him, it could not be him
One was caught last night
(His third murder was a failure)
The criminal denied, the suspect man denied
An attempt and nothing else
(That old lady was his only crime)
He planned to blame the murderer
But fortunately, I got a clue
Similar knives aside, let's ask
That Doctor these same questions too
It has been a while, it has passed a while
Where could Olsen be?
(Jane went looking for her father)
Horrified by the sleepy one
She didn't bear his gaze and ran
(Run away, Jane, run away, Jane)
Turns out that the somnambulist
Is Caligari's marionette
(You're the following victim, darling)
Unable to kill her, he only kidnapped her
But was unsuccessful
(However, Cesare died this time)
An insane old man fooled us all
To his asylum he fled
Way before seeing his puppet's corpse
The madhouse director turned mad
Well, I've reached my story's end
Since that day he never left his cell
Look that one holding a flower
Ask him your fortune and will not end well
Oh, hey, there you are, my dear
I love you so, will you marry me?
Oh, I see, queens can't rule themselves
I hope one day you'll hear my plea
Old bearded man just stepped aside
Someone is coming down the stairs
Oh, no, that's him? Oh, yes, that's him
He left his cell Who let him out?
You all think that I am insane
It isn't true, the director is
I'm no insane, i'm not insane
He's who's insane, he is Caligari
Er ist Caligari, caligari, caligari