its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
Was ich sah auf meiner Reise
Scheint zu wahr es zu erzählen
Drum versuch ich auf meine Weise
Euch mit mir dort hinzunehmen
Wie ich einst auf dunklen Pfaden
Weit von hier in Nordens Land,
Sah was mir den Atem raubte
Was ich bis da nicht gekannt
Blut im Auge
Auf wunde Knie
So sank ich nieder
So fand ich sie
So beschloss ich dort zu bleiben
Was ich sah ließ mich nicht mehr los
Zu entdecken ihr Geheimnis
War die Nacht für mich verloren
Tag um Tag in grauem Regen
Suchte ich den Blick noch mal
War verfallen jenem Zauber
Den ich bisher nicht erahnt
Blut im Auge
Auf wunde Knie
So sank ich nieder
So fand ich sie
Lies zurück der Städte Tore
Zog hinauf in eisige Höhen
Sturmgewitter, Donners Peitschen
Suchten mich zu Grund zu gehn
Blickte in des Wassers Fälle
Hinter Sträucher, Birkenhain
Unruhig Blicke, grau die Wogen
Wo mag sie geblieben sein?
Schlaflos, rastlos such ich
Lautlos, raunend, hört sie mich nicht
Über Felsen, Berg und Heide
Dickicht, Dornen, Dunkelheit
Such ich sie bei Nacht, die Weiße
Such den gleißend' Himmelsschein
Scheint zu wahr es zu erzählen
Drum versuch ich auf meine Weise
Euch mit mir dort hinzunehmen
Wie ich einst auf dunklen Pfaden
Weit von hier in Nordens Land,
Sah was mir den Atem raubte
Was ich bis da nicht gekannt
Blut im Auge
Auf wunde Knie
So sank ich nieder
So fand ich sie
So beschloss ich dort zu bleiben
Was ich sah ließ mich nicht mehr los
Zu entdecken ihr Geheimnis
War die Nacht für mich verloren
Tag um Tag in grauem Regen
Suchte ich den Blick noch mal
War verfallen jenem Zauber
Den ich bisher nicht erahnt
Blut im Auge
Auf wunde Knie
So sank ich nieder
So fand ich sie
Lies zurück der Städte Tore
Zog hinauf in eisige Höhen
Sturmgewitter, Donners Peitschen
Suchten mich zu Grund zu gehn
Blickte in des Wassers Fälle
Hinter Sträucher, Birkenhain
Unruhig Blicke, grau die Wogen
Wo mag sie geblieben sein?
Schlaflos, rastlos such ich
Lautlos, raunend, hört sie mich nicht
Über Felsen, Berg und Heide
Dickicht, Dornen, Dunkelheit
Such ich sie bei Nacht, die Weiße
Such den gleißend' Himmelsschein
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