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Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime Lyrics
Im Sturz durch Raum und Zeit
Richtung Unendlichkeit,
fliegen Motten in das Licht,
genau wie du und ich.
Wrap your fingers 'round my neck
You don't speak my dialect
But our images reflect
Drawn together by the flame
We are just the same
Embrace the wind and fall into
Another time and space
Gib mir die Hand,
ich bau dir ein Schloß aus Sand,
irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann.
If we belong to each other, we belong
Anyplace anywhere anytime
Im Sturz durch Zeit und Raum
erwacht aus einem Traum
nur ein kurzer Augenblick,
dann kehrt die Nacht zurück.
Bits and pieces from your storm
Rain upon me as they form
Melt into my skin and i feel warm
Sweep upon me like a wave
We are young and brave
Embrace the wind and float into
Another time and space
Gib mir die Hand,
ich bau dir ein Schloß aus Sand,
irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann.
If we belong to each other, we belong
Anyplace anywhere anytime
If we belong to each other, we belong
Anyplace anywhere anytime
I'm going to any world you're coming from
Anyplace anywhere anytime
Gib mir die Hand,
ich bau dir ein Schloß aus Sand,
irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann.
I'm going to any world you're coming from
Anyplace anywhere anytime
Richtung Unendlichkeit,
fliegen Motten in das Licht,
genau wie du und ich.
You don't speak my dialect
But our images reflect
Drawn together by the flame
We are just the same
Embrace the wind and fall into
Another time and space
ich bau dir ein Schloß aus Sand,
irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann.
If we belong to each other, we belong
Anyplace anywhere anytime
erwacht aus einem Traum
nur ein kurzer Augenblick,
dann kehrt die Nacht zurück.
Rain upon me as they form
Melt into my skin and i feel warm
Sweep upon me like a wave
We are young and brave
Embrace the wind and float into
Another time and space
ich bau dir ein Schloß aus Sand,
irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann.
If we belong to each other, we belong
Anyplace anywhere anytime
Anyplace anywhere anytime
I'm going to any world you're coming from
Anyplace anywhere anytime
ich bau dir ein Schloß aus Sand,
irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann.
I'm going to any world you're coming from
Anyplace anywhere anytime
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This is one of Nena's most meaningful songs to me. The fully German version is more coherent than this version, but this one has its appeal too. My review is of the German version because that conveys the original meaning of songwriters Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Carlo Karges better than the English version, which, to my mind lapses too much into pure love song, without enough focus on the ephemeral nature of life that is the main theme of the German lyrics.
The first verse introduces two people, motes in the dark falling through space and time (as we all are in the grand scheme of things).
The song first speaks of a future beginning somehow somewhere and sometime, and the singer doesn't want to wait. Love is made from courage, so don't think too much about it, because the fire of our lives burns out so quickly in the darkness of time.
"Give me your hand, I'll build you a palace of sand": everything we build in life is like a sandcastle, and it will eventually be washed away. So "the time is always ripe for a little tenderness, somehow, somewhere, sometime".
In the second and final verse, the meaning is once more brought home: life is like awakening from a dream, and it's only a short blink of an eye before the night closes in on us again.
And in the final passages the meaning is clear: time is short, I don't want to wait, love comes from courage, so don't think about it, because we're riding catherine wheels into the night, so give me your hand, I'll build you a palace of sand, somehow, somewhere, sometime.
Great song.
[Edit: Edited for clarity.]