Lyrics: Die Gedanken Sind Frei

Die Gedanken sind frei
My thoughts freely flower
Die Gedanken sind frei
My thoughts give me power
No scholar can map them
No hunter can trap them
No man can deny
Die Gedanken sind frei!

I think as I please
And this gives me pleasure
My conscience decrees
This right I must treasure
My thoughts will not cater
To duke or dictator
No man can deny
Die Gedanken sind frei!

And if tyrants take me
And throw me in prison
My thoughts will burst free
Like blossoms in season
Foundations will crumble
The structure will tumble
And free men will cry
Die Gedanken sind frei!

Neither trouble or pain
Will ever touch me again
No good comes of fretting
My hope's in forgetting
Within myself still
I can think as I will
But I laugh, do not cry
Die Gedanken sind frei!