I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Du hast mich gesucht
Heute morgen am Meer
Im Seetang und zwischen den Steinen
Doch fandest du nur
Einen silbernen Fisch
Sein Tod lie?? dich bitterlich weinen
Du hast mich gesucht
In dem Haus auf dem Fels
Im Keller in Zimmern und Kammern
Du fandest nur Staub
Doch keinerlei Grund
Dich an deine Hoffnung zu klammern
Du kannst mich nicht finden
Ich hab' mich versteckt
Ich hab' deine Augen mit Schatten bedeckt
Du kannst mich nicht finden
Du kannst mich nicht seh'n
Schlie??' deine Augen
Z??hl' nochmal bis zehn
(nochmal bis zehn)
Du hast mich bei Freunden und Feinden gesucht
Hast Dichter und Richter bestochen
Doch dieser und jener waren ratlos wie du
Nun z??hlst Du die Tage und Wochen
Du hast alle Magier und Hexen befragt
Sie lasen in Kugeln und Sternen
Doch falsche Propheten, die finden mich nie
Solange sie das Suchen nicht lernen
Du kannst mich nicht finden
Ich hab' mich versteckt
Ich hab' deine Augen mit Schatten bedeckt
Du kannst mich nicht finden
Du kannst mich nicht seh'n
Schlie??' deine Augen
Z??hl' nochmal bis zehn
(nochmal bis zehn)
Such in allen Ecken
Such hinter den Hecken
Ich werd' mich verstecken und schweigen
Schau' ??ber die Schulter
Vielleicht bin ich da
Zur rechten Zeit will ich mich zeigen
Du kannst mich nicht finden
Ich hab' mich versteckt
Ich hab' deine Augen mit Schatten bedeckt
Du kannst mich nicht finden
Du kannst mich nicht seh'n
Schlie??' deine Augen
Z??hl' nochmal bis zehn
Heute morgen am Meer
Im Seetang und zwischen den Steinen
Doch fandest du nur
Einen silbernen Fisch
Sein Tod lie?? dich bitterlich weinen
Du hast mich gesucht
In dem Haus auf dem Fels
Im Keller in Zimmern und Kammern
Du fandest nur Staub
Doch keinerlei Grund
Dich an deine Hoffnung zu klammern
Du kannst mich nicht finden
Ich hab' mich versteckt
Ich hab' deine Augen mit Schatten bedeckt
Du kannst mich nicht finden
Du kannst mich nicht seh'n
Schlie??' deine Augen
Z??hl' nochmal bis zehn
(nochmal bis zehn)
Du hast mich bei Freunden und Feinden gesucht
Hast Dichter und Richter bestochen
Doch dieser und jener waren ratlos wie du
Nun z??hlst Du die Tage und Wochen
Du hast alle Magier und Hexen befragt
Sie lasen in Kugeln und Sternen
Doch falsche Propheten, die finden mich nie
Solange sie das Suchen nicht lernen
Du kannst mich nicht finden
Ich hab' mich versteckt
Ich hab' deine Augen mit Schatten bedeckt
Du kannst mich nicht finden
Du kannst mich nicht seh'n
Schlie??' deine Augen
Z??hl' nochmal bis zehn
(nochmal bis zehn)
Such in allen Ecken
Such hinter den Hecken
Ich werd' mich verstecken und schweigen
Schau' ??ber die Schulter
Vielleicht bin ich da
Zur rechten Zeit will ich mich zeigen
Du kannst mich nicht finden
Ich hab' mich versteckt
Ich hab' deine Augen mit Schatten bedeckt
Du kannst mich nicht finden
Du kannst mich nicht seh'n
Schlie??' deine Augen
Z??hl' nochmal bis zehn
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Das Meer <- the dead sea. the morning refers to the early roots of monotheism.
Silberner Fisch <- Christ. Dead, obviously, sparking emotion through his death.
Das Haus auf dem Fels <- Christian church. Referring to how Christ told Peter he was the rock upon which he would build the church. The Basement is the original christian movement, the rooms are the catholic, protestant, and orthodox church, probably also islam, and the (small)chambers are the various smaller sects.
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"nun zählst Du die Tage und Wochen" <-- probably refers to the christian calendar.
Hexen und Magier <- pretty self-explanatory. they claim to command part of gods power or the power to make *him visible. So they are false prophets. They have to learn how to "search" for god just like everybody else.
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