Humanity Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Aethonic 

Cover art for Humanity lyrics by Scorpions

You could see this as being about every individual's fate when facing mortality, but it could also be about humanity as a whole.

Auf wiedersehen can be translated as "until we meet again", which I'm not sure if it's just used as a variant of "goodbye" or if it implies that it really is about individual(s) and the afterlife.

Another way to look at it is that it isn't about mortality, but saying goodbye to "humanity", i.e. morality. That runs more in line with the video, but videos don't necessarily mean the same thing as the lyrics. In this sense, it could be condemning people in general for their lack of attention towards the suffering in the world, paying more time and attention to things that are ultimately inconsequential. Oh...