The Love Song to End Them All

July 14th, 2004 | Filed under Music
 

Du fühlst es nicht,
wie einsam ich bin…

Warum…

Warum ?!?

Have you ever wondered why there wasn’t more German love songs out there?

Well, wonder no more:

This song has rocked my high-school years, been the staple of many a drunken late night with friends and is overall single-handedly responsible for destroying any illusion in my mind that German could ever be used for anything beyond Kantian philosophy and Organic Chemistry textbooks.

when I think some people expressed indignation at my reserve toward that oxymoron called German poetry…

3 Responses to “The Love Song to End Them All”

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Oliver Schnarchendorf Says:

Du fühlst es nicht,
wie einsam ich bin…

Teufel noch mal!
indeed… i hastily transcribed…
Been in Japan [and far from Germany] for too long.
Corrected. Thanks.

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