The Love Song to End Them All
July 14th, 2004 | Filed under MusicDu 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:
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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…
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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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