Even at sea there is fighting
Flesh and fish enmesh with ocean
Soldiers with their lances lunge
At sea the lance is plunged
Ah Ahoy
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
Each man thinks his way is wiser
Man will be impaled with one
With the other fish are won
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
And the waves are softly crying
They bleed as they're run through
And red runs through The Blue
The lance must be drowned in the flesh
Fish and man sink into the depths
Where the blackest soul abides
The horizon shows no light
Ah Ahoy
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
Each man thinks his way is wiser
Man will be impaled with one
With the other fish are won
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
And the waves are softly crying
They bleed as they're run through
And red runs through The Blue
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
And the waves are softly crying
They bleed as they are gored
They are bled dry on the shore
[lyrics][discuss]
2009-06-30
LILT: Reise Reise 1.0
Moments of complete idiocy aside, I'm quite pleased with my first effort on this one. I like the song, and it's nice to be happy with the first result, right off the bat:
Even at sea there is fighting
Flesh and fish enmesh with ocean
Soldiers with their lances lunge
At sea the lance is plunged
Ah Ahoy
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
Each man thinks his way is wiser
Man will be impaled with one
With the other fish are won
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
And the waves are softly crying
They bleed as they're run through
And red runs through The Blue
The lance must in flesh be drowned
Fish and man are sinking down
Where the blackest soul abides
The horizon shows no light
Ah Ahoy
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
Each man thinks his way is wiser
Man will be impaled with one
With the other fish are won
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
And the waves are softly crying
They bleed as they're run through
And red runs through The Blue
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
And the waves are softly crying
They bleed as they are gored
They are bled dry on the shore
[lyrics][discuss]
Also, I've now tackled just over 50 % of the Rammstein album catalogue. That's quite a milestone :)
Even at sea there is fighting
Flesh and fish enmesh with ocean
Soldiers with their lances lunge
At sea the lance is plunged
Ah Ahoy
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
Each man thinks his way is wiser
Man will be impaled with one
With the other fish are won
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
And the waves are softly crying
They bleed as they're run through
And red runs through The Blue
The lance must in flesh be drowned
Fish and man are sinking down
Where the blackest soul abides
The horizon shows no light
Ah Ahoy
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
Each man thinks his way is wiser
Man will be impaled with one
With the other fish are won
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
And the waves are softly crying
They bleed as they're run through
And red runs through The Blue
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
And the waves are softly crying
They bleed as they are gored
They are bled dry on the shore
[lyrics][discuss]
Also, I've now tackled just over 50 % of the Rammstein album catalogue. That's quite a milestone :)
Blonde Moment
Right now I'm in a completely daft mood, and am working on my first draft of Reise Reise. I got to the first chorus and found myself typing as follows:
Even at sea there is fighting
Flesh and fish enmesh with ocean
Soldiers with a lance will lunge
At sea the lance is plunged
Ahoy
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
Each man thinks his way is wiser
One lance is thrust into man
The other into THE CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Hello? Paging Jessica Simpson. I need a beer...
[discuss]
Even at sea there is fighting
Flesh and fish enmesh with ocean
Soldiers with a lance will lunge
At sea the lance is plunged
Ahoy
Rise up, rise up, seaman rise up
Each man thinks his way is wiser
One lance is thrust into man
The other into THE CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Hello? Paging Jessica Simpson. I need a beer...
[discuss]
2009-06-29
LILT: Küss Mich (Fellfrosch) 3.0
She tries not to move
Being fingered is her groove
Swelled up in the lifeless grass
Her moistened eye is ... awash
She's always been locked away
Never seeing the light of day
Shuddering as she pleads
That his tongue will still her need
Kiss me
She repays each lick with a bite
Being licked is what she likes
But she has a bitter flavour
So it's rare that she's ... savoured
She's always been locked away
Never seeing the light of day
Shuddering as she pleads
That his tongue will still her need
Kiss me
His tongue comes down to C
Whipping her to ecstasy
Hard strokes that ripple out
Mastering her dripping ... snout
She's always been locked away
Never seeing the light of day
Shuddering as she pleads
That his tongue will still her need
Kiss me
On my moistened lips
Kiss me
With their bitter taste
Promoted.
[Lyrics][discuss]
Being fingered is her groove
Swelled up in the lifeless grass
Her moistened eye is ... awash
She's always been locked away
Never seeing the light of day
Shuddering as she pleads
That his tongue will still her need
Kiss me
She repays each lick with a bite
Being licked is what she likes
But she has a bitter flavour
So it's rare that she's ... savoured
She's always been locked away
Never seeing the light of day
Shuddering as she pleads
That his tongue will still her need
Kiss me
His tongue comes down to C
Whipping her to ecstasy
Hard strokes that ripple out
Mastering her dripping ... snout
She's always been locked away
Never seeing the light of day
Shuddering as she pleads
That his tongue will still her need
Kiss me
On my moistened lips
Kiss me
With their bitter taste
Promoted.
[Lyrics][discuss]
Clearing the Table
I've just promoted a bunch of LILTs to the top shelf (you might have noticed). I'm not only anticipating the new album coming out (hopefully) in three or so months. I'm also looking at all the new LILTs I've started in the past ten days, and thinking too many of the older ones have stagnated for too long. Time to shit or get off the pot!
On another note, I'm trying to work out how to write lyrics for an instrumental piece. I don't have sheet music for the Apocalyptica pieces I'm considering writing for, and can't afford to buy any right now. I've also never done this before. If anyone reading this is a real lyricist can you please get in touch, and perhaps give me some tips?
At this point I'm thinking I'll put together a video and put my lyrics over it with the music, sort of like a karaoke track. I don't know any other way to get across the timing and cadence of my words for a singer to work with.
Amazing how little one considers these things until it's time to knuckle down...
[discuss]
On another note, I'm trying to work out how to write lyrics for an instrumental piece. I don't have sheet music for the Apocalyptica pieces I'm considering writing for, and can't afford to buy any right now. I've also never done this before. If anyone reading this is a real lyricist can you please get in touch, and perhaps give me some tips?
At this point I'm thinking I'll put together a video and put my lyrics over it with the music, sort of like a karaoke track. I don't know any other way to get across the timing and cadence of my words for a singer to work with.
Amazing how little one considers these things until it's time to knuckle down...
[discuss]
LILT: Zerstören 3.0
I look after my own turf
But break down yours to rock and dirt
Consuming, entombing
Defacing, and wasting
From inside me a great greed sings
I feel the need to manage things
I'm the destroyer
Just so long as it's not mine
I'm the destroyer
Just so long as it's not mine
Mine!
I want to break all that you've built
I tear it down and don't feel guilt
I'm stripping, and ripping
I'm spitting, and kicking
My discipline ought to impress
I aim to cause that much distress
I'm wrecking, dissecting, rejecting
Destroying
Just so long as it's not mine
I'm the destroyer
Just so long as it's not mine
Mine!
All this drive is inside me
I am on a wrecking spree
In me there is a better side
but he's along for the ride
I'm the destroyer
Just so long as it's not mine
I'm the destroyer
Just so long as it's not mine
Mine!
I'm ripping, and stripping
I'm taking, and breaking
I'm tearing, and searing
I'm wrecking, dissecting
I'm crashing, and smashing
And rending, and bending
Defacing, and wasting
I'm kicking, and spitting
Er traf ein Mädchen, das war blind
Geteiltes Leid und gleichgesinnt
Sah einen Stern vom Himmel gehen
Und wünschte sich sie könnte sehn
Sie hat die Augen aufgemacht
Verließ ihn noch zur selben Nacht
There's a lack of rhyme in the chorus, but a fuck-tonne of reason, and I've been mulling this over for weeks and weeks with nothing to add, apart from changing 'ruin' to 'manage' in verse one. I'm putting this one on the possibly finished shelf now too.
Sometimes I wonder if I've held this one back for so long because I like listening to Till fake an orgasm over and over...
[lyrics][discuss]
But break down yours to rock and dirt
Consuming, entombing
Defacing, and wasting
From inside me a great greed sings
I feel the need to manage things
I'm the destroyer
Just so long as it's not mine
I'm the destroyer
Just so long as it's not mine
Mine!
I want to break all that you've built
I tear it down and don't feel guilt
I'm stripping, and ripping
I'm spitting, and kicking
My discipline ought to impress
I aim to cause that much distress
I'm wrecking, dissecting, rejecting
Destroying
Just so long as it's not mine
I'm the destroyer
Just so long as it's not mine
Mine!
All this drive is inside me
I am on a wrecking spree
In me there is a better side
but he's along for the ride
I'm the destroyer
Just so long as it's not mine
I'm the destroyer
Just so long as it's not mine
Mine!
I'm ripping, and stripping
I'm taking, and breaking
I'm tearing, and searing
I'm wrecking, dissecting
I'm crashing, and smashing
And rending, and bending
Defacing, and wasting
I'm kicking, and spitting
Er traf ein Mädchen, das war blind
Geteiltes Leid und gleichgesinnt
Sah einen Stern vom Himmel gehen
Und wünschte sich sie könnte sehn
Sie hat die Augen aufgemacht
Verließ ihn noch zur selben Nacht
There's a lack of rhyme in the chorus, but a fuck-tonne of reason, and I've been mulling this over for weeks and weeks with nothing to add, apart from changing 'ruin' to 'manage' in verse one. I'm putting this one on the possibly finished shelf now too.
Sometimes I wonder if I've held this one back for so long because I like listening to Till fake an orgasm over and over...
[lyrics][discuss]
LILT: Benzin 3.0
I need more time
Not heroin
Not alcohol
Not nicotine
I don't need help
Don't need caffeine
But dynamite and turpentine
I do need oil for gasoline
Explosives like kerosene
Of high octane and free from lead
I need fuel most
Like benzene
Benzene
Yeah
Don't need friends
Don't need cocaine
No doctor or medicine
Need no chick just vaseline
Need some nitroglycerine
I need some cash for gasoline
Explosives like kerosene
Of high octane and free from lead
I need fuel most
Like benzene
Benzene
Give me benzene
It slumbers within my tears
It leaks out of my ears
It runs throughout my veins
Heart and kidneys are all engines
Yeah
Benzene
Anything you want to part with
You must incinerate it
To never see it again
Let it be drowned in benzene
Benzene
I need benzene
Benzene
Yeah benzene
Give me benzene
This has been promoted from 1.0 to 3.0 without any change, because the English translation of the German is very simply put, almost the same. This has been the easiest and least interesting LILT so far. That said, I'm glad it works. That's always a bonus!
[lyrics][discuss]
Not heroin
Not alcohol
Not nicotine
I don't need help
Don't need caffeine
But dynamite and turpentine
I do need oil for gasoline
Explosives like kerosene
Of high octane and free from lead
I need fuel most
Like benzene
Benzene
Yeah
Don't need friends
Don't need cocaine
No doctor or medicine
Need no chick just vaseline
Need some nitroglycerine
I need some cash for gasoline
Explosives like kerosene
Of high octane and free from lead
I need fuel most
Like benzene
Benzene
Give me benzene
It slumbers within my tears
It leaks out of my ears
It runs throughout my veins
Heart and kidneys are all engines
Yeah
Benzene
Anything you want to part with
You must incinerate it
To never see it again
Let it be drowned in benzene
Benzene
I need benzene
Benzene
Yeah benzene
Give me benzene
This has been promoted from 1.0 to 3.0 without any change, because the English translation of the German is very simply put, almost the same. This has been the easiest and least interesting LILT so far. That said, I'm glad it works. That's always a bonus!
[lyrics][discuss]
LILT: Seeman 3.0
Come in my boat
A storm comes and
Night's thwarting day
Where will you go
You're so alone
You drift away
Who shall hold your hand
When you are
Pulled underneath
Where will you go
So endless
The chilling sea
Come in my boat
The sails are trim
In Autumn's breeze
While there you stand beside the lantern
Tears streaking down your face
The daylight falls to one side
The autumn winds clear the streets
While there you stand beside the lantern
Tears streaking down your face
The twilight chases off the shadows
Time freezes and autumn's here
Come in my boat
The helmsman is
A yearning
Come in my boat
I was once the
best seaman
While there you stand beside the lantern
Tears streaking down your face
You take away the candle's flame
Time freezes and autumn's here
They only spoke about your mother
Only the night is so cruel
In the end I am alone
Time freezes
And I am cold
[lyrics][discuss]
A storm comes and
Night's thwarting day
Where will you go
You're so alone
You drift away
Who shall hold your hand
When you are
Pulled underneath
Where will you go
So endless
The chilling sea
Come in my boat
The sails are trim
In Autumn's breeze
While there you stand beside the lantern
Tears streaking down your face
The daylight falls to one side
The autumn winds clear the streets
While there you stand beside the lantern
Tears streaking down your face
The twilight chases off the shadows
Time freezes and autumn's here
Come in my boat
The helmsman is
A yearning
Come in my boat
I was once the
best seaman
While there you stand beside the lantern
Tears streaking down your face
You take away the candle's flame
Time freezes and autumn's here
They only spoke about your mother
Only the night is so cruel
In the end I am alone
Time freezes
And I am cold
[lyrics][discuss]
LILT: Du Hast 3.0
LILT: Morgenstern 3.0
So ugly the heavens hide
When she looks toward the sky
The face rays fear to show
A visage they light from below
During the day she must hide
So she doesn't scare the light
She lives in shadow until fall of dusk
Then sees the shining star and dares to ask
Paint my face with your beauty
Morning Star, oh shine
On this mask of mine
Let your light embrace
My dreadful deface
Tell me I am not maligned
Ugly, you are ugly. You, you are ugly.
I went alone into the dark
I no longer hear the larks
I saw sun-children in the crowd, and so
I wept into the clouds
Morning Star, oh shine
On this love of mine
Let your light embrace
Her dreadful deface
Tell her she is not maligned
Morning Star, oh shine
On this soul of mine
May your warm light mend
A heart that is rent
Tell her that I'm weeping
Because you're so ugly
You are plainly ugly
People live by their eyes
Grace is what they want to find
But you, you are no dream, no
Morning Star, oh shine
On this love of mine
Let your light embrace
Her dreadful deface
Tell her she is not maligned
And the star will shine
On this love of mine
It warms my grieved heart
My most vital part
It can see its cure
She is all allure
Promoted.
[lyrics][discuss]
When she looks toward the sky
The face rays fear to show
A visage they light from below
During the day she must hide
So she doesn't scare the light
She lives in shadow until fall of dusk
Then sees the shining star and dares to ask
Paint my face with your beauty
Morning Star, oh shine
On this mask of mine
Let your light embrace
My dreadful deface
Tell me I am not maligned
Ugly, you are ugly. You, you are ugly.
I went alone into the dark
I no longer hear the larks
I saw sun-children in the crowd, and so
I wept into the clouds
Morning Star, oh shine
On this love of mine
Let your light embrace
Her dreadful deface
Tell her she is not maligned
Morning Star, oh shine
On this soul of mine
May your warm light mend
A heart that is rent
Tell her that I'm weeping
Because you're so ugly
You are plainly ugly
People live by their eyes
Grace is what they want to find
But you, you are no dream, no
Morning Star, oh shine
On this love of mine
Let your light embrace
Her dreadful deface
Tell her she is not maligned
And the star will shine
On this love of mine
It warms my grieved heart
My most vital part
It can see its cure
She is all allure
Promoted.
[lyrics][discuss]
LILT: Moskau 3.0
Это песня о самом красивом
городе в мире. Москва!
This grand old town is a whore
She has red marks on her forehead
And her teeth are made of gold
She's fat yet her beauty's bold
Her mouth goes in to bat
When I pay her for That
She strips when I pay her dues
This city keeps me on my toes
Moscow
Раз, два, три!
Moscow
Посмотри!
Пионеры там идут,
песни Ленину поют.
She is old, but still fair
I can not resist her
не могу устоять
Her old skin is made up
Her breasts are re-made up
построила вновь
She gets me hot, it's agony
I pay so she'll dance for me
я должен платить
She fucks me when I pay her toll
Most gorgeous town in the world
Moscow
Раз, два, три!
Moscow
Посмотри!
Пионеры там идут,
песни Ленину поют.
Moscow
Раз, два, три!
Moscow
Посмотри!
Пионеры там идут,
песни Ленину поют.
Раз, два, три.
I see that which you don't see
когда ты ночью крепко спишь
I see that which you don't see
когда ты предо мной лежишь
I see that which you don't see
когда со мною говоришь
I see that which you won't see
Раз, два, три!
Moscow
Раз, два, три!
Moscow
Посмотри!
Пионеры там идут,
песни Ленину поют.
(repeat chorus)
Promoted.
[lyrics][discuss]
городе в мире. Москва!
This grand old town is a whore
She has red marks on her forehead
And her teeth are made of gold
She's fat yet her beauty's bold
Her mouth goes in to bat
When I pay her for That
She strips when I pay her dues
This city keeps me on my toes
Moscow
Раз, два, три!
Moscow
Посмотри!
Пионеры там идут,
песни Ленину поют.
She is old, but still fair
I can not resist her
не могу устоять
Her old skin is made up
Her breasts are re-made up
построила вновь
She gets me hot, it's agony
I pay so she'll dance for me
я должен платить
She fucks me when I pay her toll
Most gorgeous town in the world
Moscow
Раз, два, три!
Moscow
Посмотри!
Пионеры там идут,
песни Ленину поют.
Moscow
Раз, два, три!
Moscow
Посмотри!
Пионеры там идут,
песни Ленину поют.
Раз, два, три.
I see that which you don't see
когда ты ночью крепко спишь
I see that which you don't see
когда ты предо мной лежишь
I see that which you don't see
когда со мною говоришь
I see that which you won't see
Раз, два, три!
Moscow
Раз, два, три!
Moscow
Посмотри!
Пионеры там идут,
песни Ленину поют.
(repeat chorus)
Promoted.
[lyrics][discuss]
2009-06-28
LILT: Mann Gegen Mann 3.1
Destiny gave me a lift
And sent me a loving gift
My gay abandon lets me fly
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The Little Prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
Their bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will come together
I am well off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member lacks in my cabal
When lust is hard on my tail
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
But some days my heart will freeze
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart will freeze
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man and gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
And sent me a loving gift
My gay abandon lets me fly
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The Little Prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
Their bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will come together
I am well off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member lacks in my cabal
When lust is hard on my tail
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
But some days my heart will freeze
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart will freeze
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man and gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
The Last Thing
For those of you for whom English is not your first language I'm adding this note about Till's line in the chorus, because it might seem a bit odd to you if you're not familiar with this usage of 'last'. In speaking English, when you say something is the last thing you'd say, do, allow, try, etc. you're indicating that you're trying to avert it, don't want it, and will do anything to avoid it. It's an expression of aversion and avoidance. The line I've replaced Till's 'Gott weiß ich will kein Engel sein' with implies that he'll never be an angel if he can possibly avoid it.
Of course it's also a bit of a play on words, since it can also mean that the thing he ends up being in the end is an angel. Contradictory, but also amusing in a slightly dark way, given that he doesn't want to be one.
[discuss]
Of course it's also a bit of a play on words, since it can also mean that the thing he ends up being in the end is an angel. Contradictory, but also amusing in a slightly dark way, given that he doesn't want to be one.
[discuss]
LILT: Engel 1.0
Engel is an oldie but a goodie. It's hard to nail it down in English. This is the first draft, and right now I can't see any way to improve it. I'm not sure if my version is worse than or better than the English version Rammstein recorded though:
For those who're good in life there will
Be life past their death as an angel
You should look up and contemplate
Why you can't see the angels' place
Look up here when the high clouds sleep
See us up here where we weep
Alone and so afeared are we
An angel's the last thing I'd ever be
Beyond the light is where they stay
They're infinitely far away
From their stars they cannot stray (hold tight)
So they will not lose their way
Look up here when the high clouds sleep
See us up here where we weep
Alone and so afeared are we
An angel's the last thing I'd ever be
Look up here when the high clouds sleep
See us up here where we weep
Alone and so afeared are we
An angel's the last thing I'd ever be
I kind of like the chorus though.
[lyrics][discuss]
For those who're good in life there will
Be life past their death as an angel
You should look up and contemplate
Why you can't see the angels' place
Look up here when the high clouds sleep
See us up here where we weep
Alone and so afeared are we
An angel's the last thing I'd ever be
Beyond the light is where they stay
They're infinitely far away
From their stars they cannot stray (hold tight)
So they will not lose their way
Look up here when the high clouds sleep
See us up here where we weep
Alone and so afeared are we
An angel's the last thing I'd ever be
Look up here when the high clouds sleep
See us up here where we weep
Alone and so afeared are we
An angel's the last thing I'd ever be
I kind of like the chorus though.
[lyrics][discuss]
2009-06-27
LILT: Benzin 1.0
Benzene is a chemical in its own right, or another name for petrol. I've gone with it because petrol, the direct translation of benzin, doesn't work in this song:
I need more time
Not heroin
Not alcohol
Not nicotine
I don't need help
Don't need caffeine
But dynamite and turpentine
I do need oil for gasoline
Explosives like kerosene
Of high octane and free from lead
I need fuel most
Like benzene
Benzene
Yeah
Don't need friends
Don't need cocaine
No doctor or medicine
Need no chick just vaseline
Need some nitroglycerine
I need some cash for gasoline
Explosives like kerosene
Of high octane and free from lead
I need fuel most
Like benzene
Benzene
Give me benzene
It slumbers within my tears
It leaks out of my ears
It runs throughout my veins
Heart and kidneys are all engines
Yeah
Benzene
Anything you want to part with
You must incinerate it
To never see it again
Let it be drowned in benzene
Benzene
I need benzene
Benzene
Yeah benzene
Give me benzene
[lyrics][discuss]
I need more time
Not heroin
Not alcohol
Not nicotine
I don't need help
Don't need caffeine
But dynamite and turpentine
I do need oil for gasoline
Explosives like kerosene
Of high octane and free from lead
I need fuel most
Like benzene
Benzene
Yeah
Don't need friends
Don't need cocaine
No doctor or medicine
Need no chick just vaseline
Need some nitroglycerine
I need some cash for gasoline
Explosives like kerosene
Of high octane and free from lead
I need fuel most
Like benzene
Benzene
Give me benzene
It slumbers within my tears
It leaks out of my ears
It runs throughout my veins
Heart and kidneys are all engines
Yeah
Benzene
Anything you want to part with
You must incinerate it
To never see it again
Let it be drowned in benzene
Benzene
I need benzene
Benzene
Yeah benzene
Give me benzene
[lyrics][discuss]
2009-06-25
LILT: Nebel 3.0
I've made some pretty major changes, including standardising the rhyming formula across the whole song. Till has varied the rhyming order from verse to verse. My English adaption works better with an AABB rhythm across the board, so I've shuffled lines within each verse. I also think it may be finished:
Embracing as one they stand
Where land and sea meet to hold hands
One being since their lost youth
She wants to tell him the cruel truth
But her words tear in the wind
Trembling she takes his warm hand
And she kisses his broad brow
And the sea will not lie down
Deep in her breast blooms darkest night
She lies her tired head on his thigh
As she will soon face the abyss
She asks him for one last, sweet kiss
And then he gives her her kiss
Her soft lips pale as mist
His eyes, dimming, become drowned
And the sea seems to lie down
That last kiss is
So far away
That last kiss was...
The memories decay
When I hear this song I see an autumnal beach on a grey, gusty day, with an older couple clinging together while dealing with a very sad situation. I see rough seas, with spray blowing from the crests of the waves, creating a cold, wet mist. It's a tragedy. I find the couple uplifting and encouraging though. They've had a lifetime of being joined as a single entity, and only later in life do they have to face its loss.
[lyrics][discuss]
Embracing as one they stand
Where land and sea meet to hold hands
One being since their lost youth
She wants to tell him the cruel truth
But her words tear in the wind
Trembling she takes his warm hand
And she kisses his broad brow
And the sea will not lie down
Deep in her breast blooms darkest night
She lies her tired head on his thigh
As she will soon face the abyss
She asks him for one last, sweet kiss
And then he gives her her kiss
Her soft lips pale as mist
His eyes, dimming, become drowned
And the sea seems to lie down
That last kiss is
So far away
That last kiss was...
The memories decay
When I hear this song I see an autumnal beach on a grey, gusty day, with an older couple clinging together while dealing with a very sad situation. I see rough seas, with spray blowing from the crests of the waves, creating a cold, wet mist. It's a tragedy. I find the couple uplifting and encouraging though. They've had a lifetime of being joined as a single entity, and only later in life do they have to face its loss.
[lyrics][discuss]
LILT: Nebel 1.1
Embracing as one they stand
As one being since their spent youth
Where the sea and land hold hands
She wants to tell him the cruel truth
But the wind snatches her words
Where the sea comes to lie down
Trembling she takes his warm hand
And she kisses his handsome brow
Deep in her breast roosts the twilight
And she will soon face the abyss
She lies her tired head on his thigh
And asks him for one last, sweet kiss
And then he gives her her kiss
Her lips are pale and soft
Where the sea comes to lie down
His eyes are swiftly drowned
That last kiss is
So far away
That last kiss was
His mind has been decayed
[lyrics][discuss]
As one being since their spent youth
Where the sea and land hold hands
She wants to tell him the cruel truth
But the wind snatches her words
Where the sea comes to lie down
Trembling she takes his warm hand
And she kisses his handsome brow
Deep in her breast roosts the twilight
And she will soon face the abyss
She lies her tired head on his thigh
And asks him for one last, sweet kiss
And then he gives her her kiss
Her lips are pale and soft
Where the sea comes to lie down
His eyes are swiftly drowned
That last kiss is
So far away
That last kiss was
His mind has been decayed
[lyrics][discuss]
Approaching 50 %
When it comes to passive creativity I've had trouble lately. My imagination works, but I don't have the concentration to read. Given that 50 - 100 % of my down-time has been spent reading since I was a small child this has been a considerable loss for me. Right now I read no books per week, rather than the three to five I normally read. I pick up books, be they new or old favourites, and can't get past a few pages.
Since March I've replaced reading with writing, and it's filled a gap that I couldn't leave empty. In that time I have adapted almost half of Rammstein's album catalogue to English and written a few of my own original pieces. I've also increased my English vocabulary and gained a small but very specific German one.
I would have gone bonky without this. It's increased my quality of life and has engendered in me a real passion for lyrical writing. Eventually I'd like to try and do something more useful with this, but I don't know how to go about that.
I have no idea why Lindemann's words attract me so strongly or give me the frisson they do, but I'm grateful to him for his work, and hope he puts out a lot more in future.
In the meantime I have some more Rammstein songs to adapt and the promise of their new album to keep me going. I really do hope I can get the reading groove back, but if I can't maybe I can have a career as a lyricist one day...
[discuss]
15 weeks
150 posts
470 visits
25 LILTs / 55 songs
Since March I've replaced reading with writing, and it's filled a gap that I couldn't leave empty. In that time I have adapted almost half of Rammstein's album catalogue to English and written a few of my own original pieces. I've also increased my English vocabulary and gained a small but very specific German one.
I would have gone bonky without this. It's increased my quality of life and has engendered in me a real passion for lyrical writing. Eventually I'd like to try and do something more useful with this, but I don't know how to go about that.
I have no idea why Lindemann's words attract me so strongly or give me the frisson they do, but I'm grateful to him for his work, and hope he puts out a lot more in future.
In the meantime I have some more Rammstein songs to adapt and the promise of their new album to keep me going. I really do hope I can get the reading groove back, but if I can't maybe I can have a career as a lyricist one day...
[discuss]
15 weeks
150 posts
470 visits
25 LILTs / 55 songs
LILT: Nebel 1.0
For a change of pace I've begun Nebel, an intensely sad song. It's lovely though:
They stand embracing as one
As one being since their spent youth
Where the sea and land touch hands
She wants to tell him the cruel truth
But the wind snatches her words
Where the sea comes to lie down
Trembling she takes his warm hand
And she kisses his handsome brow
Twilight is roosting in her breast
And she will soon face the abyss
She lies her tired head on his leg
And asks him for one last, sweet kiss
And then he gives her her kiss
Where the sea comes to lie down
Her lips are pale and fine
And his eyes are soon drowned
That last kiss is
So far away
That last kiss was
His mind has been decayed
[lyrics][discuss]
They stand embracing as one
As one being since their spent youth
Where the sea and land touch hands
She wants to tell him the cruel truth
But the wind snatches her words
Where the sea comes to lie down
Trembling she takes his warm hand
And she kisses his handsome brow
Twilight is roosting in her breast
And she will soon face the abyss
She lies her tired head on his leg
And asks him for one last, sweet kiss
And then he gives her her kiss
Where the sea comes to lie down
Her lips are pale and fine
And his eyes are soon drowned
That last kiss is
So far away
That last kiss was
His mind has been decayed
[lyrics][discuss]
2009-06-24
LILT: Keine Lust 1.0
I'm having trouble with this one. I think I will probably need to change the imagery to get the idea across gracefully:
I have no desire
I have no desire
I have no desire
I have no desire
No desire not to hate myself
No desire to embrace myself
Could desire to masturbate It
No desire to undertake it
I could desire getting unclothed
Have no desire to be exposed
I could desire it with some big beasts
Have no desire to take such a risk
Have no desire to leave the snow
No desire to be frozen
I have no desire
I have no desire
I have no desire
No I have no desire
No desire to chew anything fresh
I have no desire to digest
Have no desire to be weighed
No desire to lie in lard
I could desire it with some big beasts
Have no desire to take such a risk
Have no desire to leave the snow
No desire to be frozen
I'll just stay here where I lie
And re-count all of the flies
Listlessly I touch myself
And notice I've been frigid for so long
Frigid
I am cold
I have no desire
[lyrics][discuss]
I have no desire
I have no desire
I have no desire
I have no desire
No desire not to hate myself
No desire to embrace myself
Could desire to masturbate It
No desire to undertake it
I could desire getting unclothed
Have no desire to be exposed
I could desire it with some big beasts
Have no desire to take such a risk
Have no desire to leave the snow
No desire to be frozen
I have no desire
I have no desire
I have no desire
No I have no desire
No desire to chew anything fresh
I have no desire to digest
Have no desire to be weighed
No desire to lie in lard
I could desire it with some big beasts
Have no desire to take such a risk
Have no desire to leave the snow
No desire to be frozen
I'll just stay here where I lie
And re-count all of the flies
Listlessly I touch myself
And notice I've been frigid for so long
Frigid
I am cold
I have no desire
[lyrics][discuss]
LILT: Weißes Fleisch 1.0
Weißes Fleisch is a seriously dark song. I didn't have as much fun as usual with this. Outside of the process of making the English fit Till's singing it was more about getting it right than anything else. After Mann Gegen Mann, which I had a blast working on, this one was sobering in the extreme, but no less a challenge.
I read somewhere that the human fear-excitation response includes the re-routing of blood to fight/flight-essential organs, such as lungs, skeletal muscles, etc, and away from less relevant functions, such as digestion, skin, and the like. Because this song seems to be about a sexual sadist or power/fear sexual offender I've taken the liberty of adding the cooling of the skin that occurs as part of this process to the lyrics. The reason is I needed to counter the problem of the German 'weißes' being duo-syllabic and the English 'white' being mono-syllabic, and I thought I may as well add this progressive detail, rather than repeat the same phrase over and over again. You could also take the progression through hot, warm, and cool, to cold to signify that 'Black-blood' kills 'White-Flesh':
Such white flesh
As you're at school
I am ready to kill
No-one here sees
my loneliness still
Red contusions on your white hide
I hurt you so
and so loudly you cry
Now you're afraid and I'm afire
My black blood stains your clean attire
Your white flesh arouses me so
I am just a gigolo
Your hot white flesh enlightens me
My blackened blood and your pale white flesh
Your cries excite my urges afresh
My perverted mind only harkens now
To the cold sweat on your white brow
Your white flesh arouses me so
I am just a gigolo
As father was I came to be
Your warm white flesh enlightens me
Now you're scared and I'm inspired
but cry to be saved from the fire
Your clear white flesh is my scaffold
And my heaven includes no god
Your white flesh arouses me so
I am just a gigolo
Your cool white flesh enlightens me
As father was I came to be
Your white flesh arouses me so
I am just a sorry gigolo
Your cold white flesh enlightens me
[lyrics][discuss]
I read somewhere that the human fear-excitation response includes the re-routing of blood to fight/flight-essential organs, such as lungs, skeletal muscles, etc, and away from less relevant functions, such as digestion, skin, and the like. Because this song seems to be about a sexual sadist or power/fear sexual offender I've taken the liberty of adding the cooling of the skin that occurs as part of this process to the lyrics. The reason is I needed to counter the problem of the German 'weißes' being duo-syllabic and the English 'white' being mono-syllabic, and I thought I may as well add this progressive detail, rather than repeat the same phrase over and over again. You could also take the progression through hot, warm, and cool, to cold to signify that 'Black-blood' kills 'White-Flesh':
Such white flesh
As you're at school
I am ready to kill
No-one here sees
my loneliness still
Red contusions on your white hide
I hurt you so
and so loudly you cry
Now you're afraid and I'm afire
My black blood stains your clean attire
Your white flesh arouses me so
I am just a gigolo
Your hot white flesh enlightens me
My blackened blood and your pale white flesh
Your cries excite my urges afresh
My perverted mind only harkens now
To the cold sweat on your white brow
Your white flesh arouses me so
I am just a gigolo
As father was I came to be
Your warm white flesh enlightens me
Now you're scared and I'm inspired
but cry to be saved from the fire
Your clear white flesh is my scaffold
And my heaven includes no god
Your white flesh arouses me so
I am just a gigolo
Your cool white flesh enlightens me
As father was I came to be
Your white flesh arouses me so
I am just a sorry gigolo
Your cold white flesh enlightens me
[lyrics][discuss]
Regarding Mann Gegen Mann
I had more fun with Mann Gegen Mann than with any other LILT, and I'm taking into account the laughs I got from Küss Mich (Fellfrosch) and Moskau when I say that. MGM is the most sympathetic commentary on homosexuality I've ever come across in music or poetry. It's also funny and clever. The word-play is absolutely wonderful, and luckily for me translated to English really well, for the most part.
I was also able to add a few tricks of my own. One of the tidiest is 'like and like will come together', which struck me as an improvement on the German as transcribed by Jeremy ('Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern' -> 'Birds of a feather flock together'). I'm not sure what the word for 'orgasm' is in German, and am almost afraid to try and find out, but odds are not good for it being the same as their word for come. I found the same with 'two masters hold my tether', as tether is a fairly obvious euphemism that doesn't wander too far from Till's words. I also flatter myself that with 'when lust is hard on my tail' I may have outdone Till's 'wenn die Lust von hinten zieht' ('when lust pulls from behind', as per Jeremy). Maybe I go too far...
Mann Gegen Mann is not my favourite song. Don't get me wrong; I do like it. It's just not included in my top five. I have to say that it's definitely my favourite LILT though, and I've separated it from the rest to show this.
Once I had started work on it I couldn't stop, and as a result got it to a stage where I felt incredibly satisfied with it very quickly. I also laughed out loud and grinned a lot during this process. Thank you, Till. You're a treasure.*
* Note: I am pretending that there's a possibility he might read this. Humour me. I have read online that he's a bit of a Luddite and I don't know how true that is, but either way I expect no such thing.
[discuss]
I was also able to add a few tricks of my own. One of the tidiest is 'like and like will come together', which struck me as an improvement on the German as transcribed by Jeremy ('Gleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern' -> 'Birds of a feather flock together'). I'm not sure what the word for 'orgasm' is in German, and am almost afraid to try and find out, but odds are not good for it being the same as their word for come. I found the same with 'two masters hold my tether', as tether is a fairly obvious euphemism that doesn't wander too far from Till's words. I also flatter myself that with 'when lust is hard on my tail' I may have outdone Till's 'wenn die Lust von hinten zieht' ('when lust pulls from behind', as per Jeremy). Maybe I go too far...
Mann Gegen Mann is not my favourite song. Don't get me wrong; I do like it. It's just not included in my top five. I have to say that it's definitely my favourite LILT though, and I've separated it from the rest to show this.
Once I had started work on it I couldn't stop, and as a result got it to a stage where I felt incredibly satisfied with it very quickly. I also laughed out loud and grinned a lot during this process. Thank you, Till. You're a treasure.*
* Note: I am pretending that there's a possibility he might read this. Humour me. I have read online that he's a bit of a Luddite and I don't know how true that is, but either way I expect no such thing.
[discuss]
2009-06-21
LILT: Mann Gegen Mann 3.0
See how many euphemisms you can find:
Destiny gave me a lift
And sent me a loving gift
Gay abandon lets me fly
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The Little Prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
Their bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin's for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will come together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member lacks in my cabal
When lust is hard on my tail
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin's for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
But some days my heart will freeze
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart will freeze
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man and gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
Destiny gave me a lift
And sent me a loving gift
Gay abandon lets me fly
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The Little Prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
Their bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin's for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will come together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member lacks in my cabal
When lust is hard on my tail
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin's for men forever
Man against man
Like and like will come together
Man against man
But some days my heart will freeze
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart will freeze
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man and gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
LILT: Mann Gegen Mann 1.2
I can't keep my hands off this one. It's way too good. Herr Lindemann is such a clever sausage (no pun intended):
Destiny gave me a lift
Sent to me a loving gift
Gay abandon lets me fly
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The little prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
The bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member lacks in my cabal
When lust is hard on my tail
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
But some days my heart will freeze
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart will freeze
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man an' gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
Destiny gave me a lift
Sent to me a loving gift
Gay abandon lets me fly
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The little prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
The bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member lacks in my cabal
When lust is hard on my tail
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
But some days my heart will freeze
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart will freeze
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man an' gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
LILT: Mann Gegen Mann 1.1
I fixed the bits I couldn't get right this morning, and managed to get some of my own cleverness to work:
Destiny gave me a lift
Sent to me a loving gift
Gay abandon taking flight
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The little prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
The bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member absent from my team
When lust is hard on my heels
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
But some days my heart freezes
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart freezes
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man an' gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
Destiny gave me a lift
Sent to me a loving gift
Gay abandon taking flight
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The little prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
The bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member absent from my team
When lust is hard on my heels
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like will stick together
Man against man
But some days my heart freezes
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Balance is no concern of mine
In my face the sun does shine
But some days my heart freezes
There the cold tongues will beat
Gay ah!
Man an' gay man
[lyrics][discuss]
2009-06-20
LILT: Mann Gegen Mann 1.0
I have to say that this is one of my favourites so far. The word-play is sheer genius, and lots of fun. Once again, no helpful linking to the music and Jeremy's translations, but I'm sure you can handle that. The three lines still in German are the ones I haven't ironed the wrinkles out of yet:
Destiny gave me a lift
Sent to me a loving gift
Gay abandon taking flight
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The little prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
The bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like must stick together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like must stick together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member absent from my team
When lust is hard on my heels
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like must stick together
Man against man
But some days my heart freezes
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gayah!
Mich interessiert kein Gleichgewicht
Mir scheint die Sonne ins Gesicht
But some days my heart freezes
There the cold tongues will beat
Gayah!
Mann gaygen Mann
[lyrics][discuss]
Destiny gave me a lift
Sent to me a loving gift
Gay abandon taking flight
Close to skin, and far from eye
I take my own fate in my hands
My sensuality is manned
Where fresh water meets its fate
Because it self-salinates
The little prince is in my thoughts
A king with no queen in his court
When women bark up the wrong tree
The bright world is all at sea
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like must stick together
Man against man
Two masters hold my tether
Man against man
Like and like must stick together
I am off the beaten track
I am every hidden crack
No member absent from my team
When lust is hard on my heels
My kin say to them I'm dead
I am every father's dread
Man against man
My skin is man's forever
Man against man
Like and like must stick together
Man against man
But some days my heart freezes
Man against man
There the cold tongues will beat
Gayah!
Mich interessiert kein Gleichgewicht
Mir scheint die Sonne ins Gesicht
But some days my heart freezes
There the cold tongues will beat
Gayah!
Mann gaygen Mann
[lyrics][discuss]
LILT: Stein Um Stein 1.0
Sorry, no clever YouTube, forum, or Herzeleid.Com links with this one. I'm on a cellular connection from a remote Greek village, and naturally this isn't ideal for surfing, especially since It's a shared connection! Here's the first draft of Stein Um Stein:
I have a plan, it's grand my dear
I'm building you a house
Every stone shall be a tear
And you will never get out
Yeah, I'll build this house of yours
Without windows and without doors
In it will be dark withal
No light will get in there at all
Yeah I'll make a home for you
You'll be a part of it too
Stone by stone I wall you in
Stone by stone
I'm always there with you within
With no clothes and no shoes
You watch me get to work for you
With your feet sunk in cement
You pretty up the basement
Outside a garden with a stream
And no-one hears you scream
Stone by stone I wall you in
Stone by stone
I'm always there with you within
Such hammering, It's appalling
And outside the night is falling
All of my nails are up-standing
As with my hammer I'm ramming
Stone by stone I wall you in
Stone by stone
And no-one hears you scream
Edit: Added links:
[lyrics][discuss]
I have a plan, it's grand my dear
I'm building you a house
Every stone shall be a tear
And you will never get out
Yeah, I'll build this house of yours
Without windows and without doors
In it will be dark withal
No light will get in there at all
Yeah I'll make a home for you
You'll be a part of it too
Stone by stone I wall you in
Stone by stone
I'm always there with you within
With no clothes and no shoes
You watch me get to work for you
With your feet sunk in cement
You pretty up the basement
Outside a garden with a stream
And no-one hears you scream
Stone by stone I wall you in
Stone by stone
I'm always there with you within
Such hammering, It's appalling
And outside the night is falling
All of my nails are up-standing
As with my hammer I'm ramming
Stone by stone I wall you in
Stone by stone
And no-one hears you scream
Edit: Added links:
[lyrics][discuss]
2009-06-15
I Live Amongst Them But Not Of Them
I don't know if everyone feels the way I do about other people. There are very few people I feel I'm on the same plane with. Most of the world seems to be a different species to me. It's lonely, because in almost every context I feel isolated and vaguely alien. There are a few people with whom I feel utterly at home, and I treat them as family. The rest of the world I try and understand and relate to, and have a lot of friends with which that's enough, but on the whole there's an abyss between me and the people around me.
I've been wondering if that's the kind of loneliness that brought about the pictures in Messer that affected me so much.
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I've been wondering if that's the kind of loneliness that brought about the pictures in Messer that affected me so much.
[discuss]
Off to Europe
Well, I'm off first thing tomorrow. I'll update at my dedicated blog for this trip with what we're doing, but will hopefully be updating this site and my lyrics site too, while I'm away. I'll certainly be writing.
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[discuss]
2009-06-10
Shall, Will, Shan't, Won't...
I've realised that modern English speakers don't necessarily use will/won't/would and shall/shan't/should the way I have in my work here, so I'm adding this wee note to clarify. 'Will' means shall, but it also means to bring about or decide to act. Because of this I use shall/should/etc. where I want to convey that something is going to come about or be done, and there's not any choice about it. When I want to convey that a wish or desire is in action I use will or its derivatives. It's probably not conventional, but it's how I use these words, and it's a good way to differentiate the two situations.
[discuss]
[discuss]
2009-06-09
Lyrics Separated
I've created a new site for my original work over at Lyrics.Rammstein.Me. I will no longer post them here.
[discuss]
[discuss]
2009-06-08
Helden by Apocalyptica
Anyone who is a fan of Rammstein should check this song out. It's a cover of Heroes (David Bowie) by Finnish string band Apocalyptica, featuring Till's vocals, and it's gorgeous. It is also a first for me, as I bought it from the iTunes store, which I've never used before. Nice start!
[Music][discuss]
[Music][discuss]
LYRICS: Muse 1.0
Out there painting a new world
Urging me to grow and unfurl
Perfect forms I see clear as day
Enabling me to have my say
His sparkling words come out of the dark
Driving me to perfect my art
Beautiful images flame in me
Vivid colours I really see
I strive to ignite a similar fire
To paint for you and the choir
All that my muse has inspired
Imagine a web shimmering with dew
Warming air gently breathes right through
The dark ember lying cracked under the pyre
The brisk wind whipping it back to fire
Look back into the dripping trees
With curling ground mist wafting free
Look up through your sharp mind's eye
See the bright cerulean sky
Beautiful images flame in me
Vivid colours I really see
I strive to ignite a similar fire
To paint for you and the choir
All my Muse shall inspire
Good and evil in equal share
Balance is needed to be fair
Where there's joy there should be pain
Whoever has lost should see a gain
Without any darkness light is flat
Without light the dark is just black
Contrast and depth is required
So I weave in a bit from each side
Beautiful images flame in me
Vivid colours I really see
I strive to ignite a similar fire
To paint for you and the choir
All my Muse shall inspire
Out there painting a new world
Urging me to grow and unfurl
Perfect forms I see clear as day
Enabling me to have my say
His sparkling words come out of the dark
Driving me to perfect my art
[discuss]
Urging me to grow and unfurl
Perfect forms I see clear as day
Enabling me to have my say
His sparkling words come out of the dark
Driving me to perfect my art
Beautiful images flame in me
Vivid colours I really see
I strive to ignite a similar fire
To paint for you and the choir
All that my muse has inspired
Imagine a web shimmering with dew
Warming air gently breathes right through
The dark ember lying cracked under the pyre
The brisk wind whipping it back to fire
Look back into the dripping trees
With curling ground mist wafting free
Look up through your sharp mind's eye
See the bright cerulean sky
Beautiful images flame in me
Vivid colours I really see
I strive to ignite a similar fire
To paint for you and the choir
All my Muse shall inspire
Good and evil in equal share
Balance is needed to be fair
Where there's joy there should be pain
Whoever has lost should see a gain
Without any darkness light is flat
Without light the dark is just black
Contrast and depth is required
So I weave in a bit from each side
Beautiful images flame in me
Vivid colours I really see
I strive to ignite a similar fire
To paint for you and the choir
All my Muse shall inspire
Out there painting a new world
Urging me to grow and unfurl
Perfect forms I see clear as day
Enabling me to have my say
His sparkling words come out of the dark
Driving me to perfect my art
[discuss]
2009-06-07
'TH' Stripped down to 'S'
Listening to Rammstein's Stripped cover I've hit another speech mannerism that Till has in common with my grandfather, and probably most Swedes, Germans, etc. - the pronunciation of the English 'Th' sound as 'S'. Nobody's taught him the tongue-to-teeth trick. I don't know how many speakers of Germanic languages read this site, but a good trick when speaking English is to consider Th as a 'T' with a slip of the tongue:
When we pronounce the sound of the letter T we touch the tip of our tongue to the roof of our mouth, just behind the top incisors. If you do exactly the same thing, but move the tip of your tongue forwards so it's touching the bottom edges of your top incisors you will produce the English Th sound. It's an easy trick, but it doesn't seem to be one that's taught to Germanic language speakers, which seems a bit daft given how simple it is.
[discuss]
When we pronounce the sound of the letter T we touch the tip of our tongue to the roof of our mouth, just behind the top incisors. If you do exactly the same thing, but move the tip of your tongue forwards so it's touching the bottom edges of your top incisors you will produce the English Th sound. It's an easy trick, but it doesn't seem to be one that's taught to Germanic language speakers, which seems a bit daft given how simple it is.
[discuss]
2009-06-06
LYRICS: The Spark 1.3
There's a stain in the water
And it's spreading with the tide
Giving off vaporous fumes
The tainted waves subside
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Defiant surges roll it deeper
Dark curls tinge the depths
Enclosing with hard fingers
The heart and mind feel kept
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
There's no hope for salvation
The poison works to prise apart
All the gleaming pieces
Making up the beating heart
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Noxious fumes cascade in fire
New waves run across the face
Swells are brought back to life
The dark miasma is replaced
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Until the scintilla came
Cleansing with searing flame
Sparkling waters as before
Warm beams plumb the soul
Clarity has been restored
Heart and mind are whole
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Until the scintilla came
And cleansed with searing flame
[discuss]
And it's spreading with the tide
Giving off vaporous fumes
The tainted waves subside
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Defiant surges roll it deeper
Dark curls tinge the depths
Enclosing with hard fingers
The heart and mind feel kept
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
There's no hope for salvation
The poison works to prise apart
All the gleaming pieces
Making up the beating heart
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Noxious fumes cascade in fire
New waves run across the face
Swells are brought back to life
The dark miasma is replaced
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Until the scintilla came
Cleansing with searing flame
Sparkling waters as before
Warm beams plumb the soul
Clarity has been restored
Heart and mind are whole
Like nothing will ever be the same
The soul starts to lose its way...
Until the scintilla came
And cleansed with searing flame
[discuss]
Forum Name Service Hiccough
If you find your browser is unable to resolve you.rammstein.me don't worry. I screwed up. I added a third and fourth name server, and had all the records configured apart from the A record for you.rammstein.me, and have now fixed it. There will be a propagation period of up to a day, but probably much, much less, and then you'll be able to resolve the site again. Oops!
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[discuss]
2009-06-05
LILT: Amerika 1.0
I've used my own imagery in a few songs, such as Rein Raus and Feuer und Wasser, and will again with songs I'm really clear about, but didn't with this one. I'm not sure why. It would open things up a lot more for really good lyrics. Never mind, it works in the original:
We're all living in America
America is so super
We're all living in America
America, America
When we dance I want to lead
Even if you're spinning alone
You should let yourself accede
I'll show you how it really goes
We're dancing nicely as we spin
And freedom plays the violins
Music comes from the White House
Paris is held by Mickey Mouse
We're all living in America
America is so super
We're all living in America
America, America
I know some really handy moves
I'll keep you dancing in the groove
Those who won't dance can trust
they will find that they must
We're dancing nicely as we spin
I'll show you how you must fit in
As Africa gets Santa Claus
And Paris goes to Mickey Mouse
We're all living in America
America is so super
We're all living in America
America, America
We're all living in America
Coca Cola, Wonderbra
We're all living in America
America, America
This is not a love song
This is not a love song
I don't sing my mother-tongue
No, this is not a love song
We're all living in America
America is so super
We're all living in America
America, America
We're all living in America
Coca-Cola, sometimes war
We're all living in America
America, America
[lyrics][discuss]
We're all living in America
America is so super
We're all living in America
America, America
When we dance I want to lead
Even if you're spinning alone
You should let yourself accede
I'll show you how it really goes
We're dancing nicely as we spin
And freedom plays the violins
Music comes from the White House
Paris is held by Mickey Mouse
We're all living in America
America is so super
We're all living in America
America, America
I know some really handy moves
I'll keep you dancing in the groove
Those who won't dance can trust
they will find that they must
We're dancing nicely as we spin
I'll show you how you must fit in
As Africa gets Santa Claus
And Paris goes to Mickey Mouse
We're all living in America
America is so super
We're all living in America
America, America
We're all living in America
Coca Cola, Wonderbra
We're all living in America
America, America
This is not a love song
This is not a love song
I don't sing my mother-tongue
No, this is not a love song
We're all living in America
America is so super
We're all living in America
America, America
We're all living in America
Coca-Cola, sometimes war
We're all living in America
America, America
[lyrics][discuss]
Peaceful
Just in case you're wondering why I fill my head with Rammstein, it's because of where I'm from. Hah! We seriously need a Rammstein tour.
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[discuss]
2009-06-04
LILT: Du Riechst So Gut 1.1
This madness
Is a very narrow bridge
Reason and desire each end
I pursue you
Sunlight dazzles the mind
Blind babe crawling over
To where it can smell mother
I locate you
The fresh trail crosses the bridge
Sweat drops, your hot blood
I can't see through
I smell you, I sense you
A raptor screaming out its yen
Tracking you for miles by scent
You smell so good
You smell so good
I chase after you
You smell so good
I locate you
- So good – So good
I pursue you
You smell so good
Soon I'll have you
Now you are mine
I wait until darkness falls
Then I touch your moist skin
Betray me not
Ah see how the bridge burns
Don't cry out or resist
Lest it be demolished
You smell so good
You smell so good
I chase after you
You smell so good
I locate you
- So good – So good
I pursue you
You smell so good
Soon I'll have you
You smell so good
You smell so good
I chase after you
You smell so good
I locate you
- So good – So good
I reach for you
You smell so good
I have you now
You smell so good
You smell so good
I chase after you
[lyrics][discuss]
Eh. Word by word...
Is a very narrow bridge
Reason and desire each end
I pursue you
Sunlight dazzles the mind
Blind babe crawling over
To where it can smell mother
I locate you
The fresh trail crosses the bridge
Sweat drops, your hot blood
I can't see through
I smell you, I sense you
A raptor screaming out its yen
Tracking you for miles by scent
You smell so good
You smell so good
I chase after you
You smell so good
I locate you
- So good – So good
I pursue you
You smell so good
Soon I'll have you
Now you are mine
I wait until darkness falls
Then I touch your moist skin
Betray me not
Ah see how the bridge burns
Don't cry out or resist
Lest it be demolished
You smell so good
You smell so good
I chase after you
You smell so good
I locate you
- So good – So good
I pursue you
You smell so good
Soon I'll have you
You smell so good
You smell so good
I chase after you
You smell so good
I locate you
- So good – So good
I reach for you
You smell so good
I have you now
You smell so good
You smell so good
I chase after you
[lyrics][discuss]
Eh. Word by word...
LILT: Amour 1.2
This love is a wild beast
It inhales you as it seeks
Broken hearts will make its nest
It hunts when romance is at its best
It sucks hard on your lips
And burrows in through your ribs
It drops softly as the snow
It burns and then it chills, pain the final blow
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
This love is a wild beast
It lashes out at me and feasts
A thousand arms around my chest
As it drags me to its nest
It eats me up, every part
And afterward retches me back out
It drops softly as the snow
It burns and then it chills, pain the final blow
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
This love is a wild beast
It inhales you as it seeks
Broken hearts will make its nest
It hunts when romance is at its best
It eats me up, every part
And afterward retches me back out
It drops softly as the snow
It burns and then it chills, pain the final blow
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
This love is a wild beast
And its trap is complete
On you its eyes will feast
Enthralled as its gaze hits
Please help me escape it
[lyrics][discuss]
And yes, that beautiful German chorus remains...
It inhales you as it seeks
Broken hearts will make its nest
It hunts when romance is at its best
It sucks hard on your lips
And burrows in through your ribs
It drops softly as the snow
It burns and then it chills, pain the final blow
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
This love is a wild beast
It lashes out at me and feasts
A thousand arms around my chest
As it drags me to its nest
It eats me up, every part
And afterward retches me back out
It drops softly as the snow
It burns and then it chills, pain the final blow
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
This love is a wild beast
It inhales you as it seeks
Broken hearts will make its nest
It hunts when romance is at its best
It eats me up, every part
And afterward retches me back out
It drops softly as the snow
It burns and then it chills, pain the final blow
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
This love is a wild beast
And its trap is complete
On you its eyes will feast
Enthralled as its gaze hits
Please help me escape it
[lyrics][discuss]
And yes, that beautiful German chorus remains...
LILT: Seeman 1.1
Come in my boat
A storm comes and
Night's thwarting day
Where will you go
You're so alone
You drift away
Who shall hold your hand
When you are
Pulled underneath
Where will you go
So eternal
The chilling sea
Come in my boat
The sails are trim
In Autumn's breeze
So there you stand beside the lantern
Tears streaking down your face
The daylight falls to one side
The autumn winds clear the streets
So there you stand beside the lantern
Tears streaking down your face
The twilight chases off the shadows
Time freezes and autumn's here
Come in my boat
The helmsman is
A yearning
Come in my boat
I was once the
best seaman
So there you stand beside the lantern
Tears streaking down your face
You take away the candle's flame
Time freezes and autumn's here
They only spoke about your mother
Only the night is so cruel
In the end I am alone
Time freezes
And I am cold
[lyrics][discuss]
Funnily enough I've put some rhyming in there without really trying.
A storm comes and
Night's thwarting day
Where will you go
You're so alone
You drift away
Who shall hold your hand
When you are
Pulled underneath
Where will you go
So eternal
The chilling sea
Come in my boat
The sails are trim
In Autumn's breeze
So there you stand beside the lantern
Tears streaking down your face
The daylight falls to one side
The autumn winds clear the streets
So there you stand beside the lantern
Tears streaking down your face
The twilight chases off the shadows
Time freezes and autumn's here
Come in my boat
The helmsman is
A yearning
Come in my boat
I was once the
best seaman
So there you stand beside the lantern
Tears streaking down your face
You take away the candle's flame
Time freezes and autumn's here
They only spoke about your mother
Only the night is so cruel
In the end I am alone
Time freezes
And I am cold
[lyrics][discuss]
Funnily enough I've put some rhyming in there without really trying.
2009-06-03
LYRICS: Ice-Breaker - Dalai Lama Version - 2nd Draft
It rides upon a sea of souls
The ship of stone above the shoals
Bearing dark and lurid dreams
So clear yet never what they seem
All on board have parts to play
To evoke feeling their own way
The living sea carries us all
In thrall
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit across our bows
The Tillerman plots the course
His mind an infinite source
Your world will soon seem exotic
Cruel, dark, and erotic
Painting forms on your minds' sky
Brave old ideas redefined
The stoker keeps the driving beat
Controling tides that move your feet
Everyone just wants release
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit across our bows
The sea will surge as we dictate
Hard rhythms you can't escape
Emotions timed by our refrain
We will keep the sea contained
Driving tunes from heaven and hell
We ride the cusp of the swell
[Painting forms on your mind
Brave ideas redefined
The sea
is free
but always submits
To the
will of
the crew of the ship]
We show evil as well as good
We make ourselves misunderstood
Our sea can feel what is true
To the rest we can't get through
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit across our bows
Currents flow out from our beat
Pulsing through from head to feet
Emotional control is complete
It rides on a sea of souls
This stone ship above the shoals
[Carrying dark and lurid dreams
Clear yet never what they seem
The sea
is free
but always submits
To the
will of
the crew of the ship]
It rides upon a sea of souls
Our stone ship above the shoals
Carries dark and lurid dreams
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit past our bows
The sea will surge as we dictate
Hard rhythms you can't escape
We sail
[The sea
is free
but always submits
The sea
is free
but always submits
The sea
is free
but always submits
To the
will of
the crew of the ship]
[discuss]
The ship of stone above the shoals
Bearing dark and lurid dreams
So clear yet never what they seem
All on board have parts to play
To evoke feeling their own way
The living sea carries us all
In thrall
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit across our bows
The Tillerman plots the course
His mind an infinite source
Your world will soon seem exotic
Cruel, dark, and erotic
Painting forms on your minds' sky
Brave old ideas redefined
The stoker keeps the driving beat
Controling tides that move your feet
Everyone just wants release
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit across our bows
The sea will surge as we dictate
Hard rhythms you can't escape
Emotions timed by our refrain
We will keep the sea contained
Driving tunes from heaven and hell
We ride the cusp of the swell
[Painting forms on your mind
Brave ideas redefined
The sea
is free
but always submits
To the
will of
the crew of the ship]
We show evil as well as good
We make ourselves misunderstood
Our sea can feel what is true
To the rest we can't get through
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit across our bows
Currents flow out from our beat
Pulsing through from head to feet
Emotional control is complete
It rides on a sea of souls
This stone ship above the shoals
[Carrying dark and lurid dreams
Clear yet never what they seem
The sea
is free
but always submits
To the
will of
the crew of the ship]
It rides upon a sea of souls
Our stone ship above the shoals
Carries dark and lurid dreams
Swells bisected by our prow
Chimeras flit past our bows
The sea will surge as we dictate
Hard rhythms you can't escape
We sail
[The sea
is free
but always submits
The sea
is free
but always submits
The sea
is free
but always submits
To the
will of
the crew of the ship]
[discuss]
LILT: Amour 1.1
Love is a wild beast
It inhales you as it seeks
Broken hearts will make its nest
It hunts when romance is at its best
It sucks hard on your lips
And burrows in through your ribs
It drops softly as the snow
It burns and then it chills, pain the final blow
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
Love is a wild beast
It lashes out at me and feasts
A thousand arms around my chest
As it drags me to its nest
It eats me up, every part
And afterward retches me back out
It drops softly as the snow
It burns and then it chills, pain the final blow
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
Love is a wild beast
It inhales you as it seeks
Broken hearts will make its nest
It hunts when romance is at its best
It eats me up, every part
And afterward retches me back out
It drops softly as the snow
It burns and then it chills, pain the final blow
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
Love is a wild beast
And its trap is complete
On you its eyes will feast
Enthralled as its gaze hits
Please help me escape it
[lyrics][discuss]
Still no English chorus. I'm having real trouble working one out that beats the German. The original really is lovely.
It inhales you as it seeks
Broken hearts will make its nest
It hunts when romance is at its best
It sucks hard on your lips
And burrows in through your ribs
It drops softly as the snow
It burns and then it chills, pain the final blow
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
Love is a wild beast
It lashes out at me and feasts
A thousand arms around my chest
As it drags me to its nest
It eats me up, every part
And afterward retches me back out
It drops softly as the snow
It burns and then it chills, pain the final blow
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
Love is a wild beast
It inhales you as it seeks
Broken hearts will make its nest
It hunts when romance is at its best
It eats me up, every part
And afterward retches me back out
It drops softly as the snow
It burns and then it chills, pain the final blow
Amour Amour
Alle wollen nur dich zähmen
Amour Amour am Ende
gefangen zwischen deinen Zähnen
Love is a wild beast
And its trap is complete
On you its eyes will feast
Enthralled as its gaze hits
Please help me escape it
[lyrics][discuss]
Still no English chorus. I'm having real trouble working one out that beats the German. The original really is lovely.
LILT: Mutter 3.0
The ancient children shed cold tears
I thread those onto a white hair
I hurl the whole thing in the air
And wish that I had my own mère
No sun shines down for me
There's no milk-filled breast to feed
There's a tube that chokes my gullet
I've no navel on my stomach
Mother
I had no nipple to suckle
I had no warm place I was tucked in
I've never had my own name
Sired in haste and without semen
To the mother that never bore me
I have on this night sworn
To send her a painful fever
Then submerge her in the river
Mother
In her lungs there lives an eel
On my forehead the mark is sealed
I'll cut it out with a knife
Even if it ends my life
Mother
In her lungs there lives an eel
On my forehead the mark is sealed
Purge it with a knife's keen edge
Even if I bleed to death
Mother
Oh grant me strength
[lyrics][discuss]
Finished?
I thread those onto a white hair
I hurl the whole thing in the air
And wish that I had my own mère
No sun shines down for me
There's no milk-filled breast to feed
There's a tube that chokes my gullet
I've no navel on my stomach
Mother
I had no nipple to suckle
I had no warm place I was tucked in
I've never had my own name
Sired in haste and without semen
To the mother that never bore me
I have on this night sworn
To send her a painful fever
Then submerge her in the river
Mother
In her lungs there lives an eel
On my forehead the mark is sealed
I'll cut it out with a knife
Even if it ends my life
Mother
In her lungs there lives an eel
On my forehead the mark is sealed
Purge it with a knife's keen edge
Even if I bleed to death
Mother
Oh grant me strength
[lyrics][discuss]
Finished?
LILT: Klavier 3.0
They're calling to me to open the door.
Interest screams, what could there be here?
Behind the door stands a clavier.
The keys are dusty, the strings are out of tune.
Behind the door she sits at the clavier.
She doesn't play it though. That was long ago.
At the clavier I listened to her.
And when she began to play she took my breath away.
She said to me I will always be here.
But it seemed to be she only played with me.
I shed her blood to dam fury's flood.
I locked her away and then they came.
At the clavier I listened to her.
And when she began to play she took my breath away.
At the clavier I stood there with her.
And it seemed to be she only played for me.
They've opened the door. Oh how they cry.
Her distraught mother pleads. Her father strikes out at me.
They take her away and no-one believes me here.
That I went insane, from the stench and the pain.
At the clavier I listened to her.
And when she began to play she took my breath away.
At the clavier she listened to me.
And when I began to play I took her breath away.
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Finished?
Interest screams, what could there be here?
Behind the door stands a clavier.
The keys are dusty, the strings are out of tune.
Behind the door she sits at the clavier.
She doesn't play it though. That was long ago.
At the clavier I listened to her.
And when she began to play she took my breath away.
She said to me I will always be here.
But it seemed to be she only played with me.
I shed her blood to dam fury's flood.
I locked her away and then they came.
At the clavier I listened to her.
And when she began to play she took my breath away.
At the clavier I stood there with her.
And it seemed to be she only played for me.
They've opened the door. Oh how they cry.
Her distraught mother pleads. Her father strikes out at me.
They take her away and no-one believes me here.
That I went insane, from the stench and the pain.
At the clavier I listened to her.
And when she began to play she took my breath away.
At the clavier she listened to me.
And when I began to play I took her breath away.
[lyrics][discuss]
Finished?
2009-06-02
LILT: Mutter 1.2
The ancient children shed cold tears
I thread those onto a white hair
I hurl the whole thing in the air
And wish that I had my own mère
No sun shines down for me
There's no milk-filled breast to feed
There's a tube that chokes my gullet
I've no navel on my stomach
Mother
I had no nipple to suckle
I had no warm place I was tucked in
I've never had my own name
Sired in haste and without semen
To the mother that never bore me
I have on this night sworn
To send her a painful fever
Then submerge her in the river
Mother
In her lungs there lives an eel
On my forehead the mark is sealed
Purge it with the kiss of a knife
Even if it ends my life
Mother
In her lungs there lives an eel
On my forehead the mark is sealed
Purge it with a knife's keen edge
Even if I bleed to death
Mother
Oh grant me strength
[lyrics][discuss]
I thread those onto a white hair
I hurl the whole thing in the air
And wish that I had my own mère
No sun shines down for me
There's no milk-filled breast to feed
There's a tube that chokes my gullet
I've no navel on my stomach
Mother
I had no nipple to suckle
I had no warm place I was tucked in
I've never had my own name
Sired in haste and without semen
To the mother that never bore me
I have on this night sworn
To send her a painful fever
Then submerge her in the river
Mother
In her lungs there lives an eel
On my forehead the mark is sealed
Purge it with the kiss of a knife
Even if it ends my life
Mother
In her lungs there lives an eel
On my forehead the mark is sealed
Purge it with a knife's keen edge
Even if I bleed to death
Mother
Oh grant me strength
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LILT: Morgenstern 1.2
So ugly the heavens hide
When she looks toward the sky
The face rays fear to show
A visage they light from below
During the day she must hide
So she doesn't scare the light
She lives in shadow until fall of dusk
Then sees the shining star and dares to ask
Paint my face with your beauty
Morning Star, oh shine
On this mask of mine
Let your light embrace
My dreadful deface
Tell me I am not maligned
Ugly, you are ugly. You, you are ugly.
I went alone into the dark
I no longer hear the larks
I saw sun-children in the crowd, and so
I wept into the clouds
Morning Star, oh shine
On this love of mine
Let your light embrace
Her dreadful deface
Tell her she is not maligned
Morning Star, oh shine
On this soul of mine
May your warm light mend
A heart that is rent
Tell her that I'm weeping
Because you're so ugly
You are plainly ugly
People live by their eyes
Grace is what they want to find
But you, you are no dream, no
Morning Star, oh shine
On this love of mine
Let your light embrace
Her dreadful deface
Tell her she is not maligned
And the star will shine
On this love of mine
It warms my grieved heart
My most vital part
It can see its cure
She is all allure
[lyrics][discuss]
When she looks toward the sky
The face rays fear to show
A visage they light from below
During the day she must hide
So she doesn't scare the light
She lives in shadow until fall of dusk
Then sees the shining star and dares to ask
Paint my face with your beauty
Morning Star, oh shine
On this mask of mine
Let your light embrace
My dreadful deface
Tell me I am not maligned
Ugly, you are ugly. You, you are ugly.
I went alone into the dark
I no longer hear the larks
I saw sun-children in the crowd, and so
I wept into the clouds
Morning Star, oh shine
On this love of mine
Let your light embrace
Her dreadful deface
Tell her she is not maligned
Morning Star, oh shine
On this soul of mine
May your warm light mend
A heart that is rent
Tell her that I'm weeping
Because you're so ugly
You are plainly ugly
People live by their eyes
Grace is what they want to find
But you, you are no dream, no
Morning Star, oh shine
On this love of mine
Let your light embrace
Her dreadful deface
Tell her she is not maligned
And the star will shine
On this love of mine
It warms my grieved heart
My most vital part
It can see its cure
She is all allure
[lyrics][discuss]
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