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Blume (English Version) - Lyrics by Einstuerzende Neubauten


Lyrics
Chrysantemum   For you I am a chrysantemum                                     Supernova, urgent star                 Astera Compositae   For you I'll be a dandelion                                     A thousand flowerettes in the sky                                     Or just a drop in the ocean                                     If you know my name                                     don't speak it out                                     it holds a power - as before                          Liliacea   A lily of the valley                                     a flower of saron                  Helianthus annus   For you I even be a sunflower                                     Do you hear my enlightening laughter?                                     another reason to cut off an ear                                     You know my name, do you not?                                     don't say it                                     For it is sacred, immovable - frozen     Rosa, Anemone et Nymphea alba   I'll even be a waterlily,                                     a marygold, a rose                                     or a little thistle                         Euphorbia   a blue dahlia, a black tulip                                     that's where opinions differ                                     the scholars disagree                                     My name, should you know it                                     remains unspeakable                                     and is spoken - malediction                                     [
Last line in Libanese]

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