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Damals war der Himmel weit
Und die Wolken ein Gemälde
Auf einer Leinwand aus Blau

Im Vorübergehen wusste ich
Was man vor fünfhundert Jahren dachte
Wenn man solche Dinge sah

Da war ich ein Junge
Der wusste, was es bedeutet
Wenn dreimal das selbe geschiet
Und dass es gut ist
Wenn man vorher weiß
Was später geschieht

Nun ist der Himmel eng
Und die Wolken flach
Die Leinwände leer
Und die Farben trocken

Und wenn ich ein Junge wär
Dann wüsste ich, was es bedeutet
Wenn dreimal das selbe geschieht
Und dass es gut ist
Wenn man vorher weiß
Was später geschieht

TRANSLATION:

In those days the sky was wide
And the clouds a painting
On a canvas of blue

Passing by, I knew
What people had thought 500 years ago
When they saw these things

I was a boy then
Who knew what it meant
When the same thing happens three times
And that it is good
If you know before
What will happen later

Now the sky is narrow
And the clouds are flat
All canvases empty
All paint dried up

And if I was a boy
Then I would know what it means
When the same thing happens three times
And that it is good
If you know before
What will happen later

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from A Gift of Nothing, released June 8, 2020

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I am the cousin of Beauty.
Thou art not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak one word only, and my soul shall be destroyed.

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