Life Takes You by Surprise

If you told me last year I would someday be here I would have laughed in your face But fate has a plan Unimagined by man And we must accept it with grace You think you know what's coming You think that you are wise And then when you're not looking Life takes you by surprise You think you have your bearings And then a pair of eyes Will change your course completely Life takes you by surprise If you said yesterday Life would turn out this way I would've called you deranged But the world gives a spin And to my chagrin Suddenly everything's changed You think you know your measure And then you realize That when you least expect it A letter comes A man is dead You shed a tear Surprise! You have a plan You think you're safe The mirror says Surprise And suddenly, you're forced to improvise Liebchen. Bella! Freidrich I'm a nun This is what I want Kiss you? What an idea. If you ask me right now Will I stand tall or bow When the next twist of fate has a go I could rant till I'm blue About what I will do But the truth is, I really don't know You think you know what's coming And then you realize In ways you never fathomed Life takes you by surprise