| Soap&Skin – Vater Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I noticed similarities to lines from poems called "Kindertodtenlieder" by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866). 'Kindertotenlieder' means 'Songs on the Death of Children' or 'Children's songs about Death'. They are famous because Gustav Mahler selected five of them and set them as songs in 1903. 1) extract of the poem "Du bist mein Schatten am Tage" original: "Wo ich mein Zelt aufschlage, Da wohnst du bei mir dicht; Du bist mein Schatten am Tage Und in der Nacht mein Licht." translation: "Wherever i pitch my tent you are living close to me you are my shadow in the daytime and my light at night" i think there are similarities regarding the rhyme-structure, the content, the words used in the lines and the rhythm of the spoken words - to the verse "Wo immer ich aufschlage..." (2nd verse). 2) extract of the poem "Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen" original "Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen, bald werden sie wieder nach Hause gelangen." translation "often i think, they just went out (for a walk) soon they will be at home again" it remembers me to the line "wann kommst du wieder heim" (when will you return home again) |
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| Soap&Skin – Vater Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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"Wo immer ich aufschlage" 1) 'aufschlagen' can also mean that someone appears at a scene/location/place - like here: "ich schlage auf einer Feier auf" - "i appear on a party". If you regard the whole sentence: "Wo immer ich aufschlage find ich dich" it makes sense to translate it into "wherever i appear i find you" - and in this context 'to find' someone could also mean 'to remember' someone. (as said above) |
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| Depeche Mode – It Doesn't Matter Two Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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hi out there, i have some questions (because i'm not a native english-speaker) a) "as i lay here with you" - does that necessarily mean to have made sex with someone, or to make sex with someone, or is it also possible that it is meant to lie with someone on the couch watching tv (as teenagers sometimes do) b) the line "that doesn matter" - does it relate to "love and trust" - or does it relate to "we talk"? for me it makes really a difference. if (like it would be in the first case) the matter of fact that these people talk of love doesn't matter, the meaning of this song is a different one than if someone would speak of unimportant love. c) "the shame lies with us" - does it mean that they feel embarrassed or that they made something thats not moral? (or is it a question of interpreting?) at least i want to share my own thoughts about this song with you: for me it's also depressing, and i imagine the situation of two teenagers, who feel a deep love, and who maybe make their first sexual expieriences. But nevertheless, they know that in the most cases the "first love" is not the love that stays forever. Maybe also they know that love is just a biological thing, something that produces strong feelings, which give the impression they hold on forever - but as they reason, they notice that these feelings are illusive. and maybe they know that very often love ends with immense pain... |
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