In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
DEIN BOOT VERLÄSST DEN HAFEN UNSERER STADT
ALLENE FÄHRST do IN DIE KLARE NACHT
NUR NOCH FÜNF MINUTEN WÜNSCH ICH MIR
MEINE WAHRE SEHNSUCHT KOMMT MIT DIR
ICH LIEBE DEINEN MOND IN MEINER NACHT
OHNE DEINE SONNE IST KEIN TAG
Do BIST DOCH MEIN STERN AM FIRMAMENT
ICH BIN DER STEIN UND do BIST MEIN ZEMENT
ICH BIN DEINE TASTE AM KLAVIER
ALLES WAS do WOLLTEST SPIEL'ICH DIR
DEINER SÜSSEN WUNDE SÜSSER SAFT
MACHT MICH SHR BETRUNKEN OHNE SCHNAPS
GETEILTES LEID IST HALBES LEID
DEIN HERZ MEIN HERZ
GETEILTES GLÜIST HALBES GLÜCK
DEIN SCHMERZ IST MEIN SCHMERZ
MEIN LEID
DEIN ELEND
DEIN LEID
MEIN ELEND
ALLENE FÄHRST do IN DIE KLARE NACHT
NUR NOCH FÜNF MINUTEN WÜNSCH ICH MIR
MEINE WAHRE SEHNSUCHT KOMMT MIT DIR
ICH LIEBE DEINEN MOND IN MEINER NACHT
OHNE DEINE SONNE IST KEIN TAG
Do BIST DOCH MEIN STERN AM FIRMAMENT
ICH BIN DER STEIN UND do BIST MEIN ZEMENT
ICH BIN DEINE TASTE AM KLAVIER
ALLES WAS do WOLLTEST SPIEL'ICH DIR
DEINER SÜSSEN WUNDE SÜSSER SAFT
MACHT MICH SHR BETRUNKEN OHNE SCHNAPS
GETEILTES LEID IST HALBES LEID
DEIN HERZ MEIN HERZ
GETEILTES GLÜIST HALBES GLÜCK
DEIN SCHMERZ IST MEIN SCHMERZ
MEIN LEID
DEIN ELEND
DEIN LEID
MEIN ELEND
Lyrics submitted by gasmask, edited by JujubeDumbass
Leid und Elend Lyrics as written by Klaus Schandelmaier Guenter Schulz
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