I partly agree with 12steps. I don't think Ilse is completely hopeful and carefree. Her dialogue is funny but also depressing. However, in this song, she is definitely trying to convince Moritz that he should not take his own life. She knows life can be awful- she has been raped by her father and driven into a bohemian life of prostitution. But she would never kill herself.
Moritz, on the other hand, is obviously set on committing suicide. He is wondering what it would be like to come back as inanimate objects, unfeeling and with no consciousness. He would rather feel nothing at all than feel pain.
I partly agree with 12steps. I don't think Ilse is completely hopeful and carefree. Her dialogue is funny but also depressing. However, in this song, she is definitely trying to convince Moritz that he should not take his own life. She knows life can be awful- she has been raped by her father and driven into a bohemian life of prostitution. But she would never kill herself.
Moritz, on the other hand, is obviously set on committing suicide. He is wondering what it would be like to come back as inanimate objects, unfeeling and with no consciousness. He would rather feel nothing at all than feel pain.