Lyrics in Germany

Shameka Clark

LEH 300

 

            The two songs I will be discussing about today is “The Lavender Song” music by Mischa Spoliansky and lyrics by Kurt Schwabach and “Night Ghost” music by Rudolf Nelson and lyrics by Friedrich Hollaender. The part of song “The Lavender Song” is :
We're not afraid to be queer and different
if that means hell -- well, hell we'll take the chance.

In German: Wir haben keine Angst zu queer und unterschiedliche
wenn das bedeutet, hell - gut, die Hölle nehmen wir die Chance.

-          To me this part of the song is very strong because of the words used. What I think Spoliansky and Schwabach are saying is that they are not afraid to be gay and different because that is who they are. If being gay means trouble or hell, they are willing to take that chance and deal with the matter with God. I choose these lyrics because I strongly agree that very human should have right to date to whom they feel without being judge by others and yes it is okay to be gay and or different.

In “Night Ghost” there was a line that caught my attention was “Don’t be so scared, It's only me waking you. And after you have been uncovered, you will get tucked in again.

In German : Seien Sie nicht so viel Angst, es ist nur mir wachen Sie.
Und nachdem Sie wurden freigelegt,
Sie werden wieder versteckt bekommen.

I choose these lyrics because it reminded me when I was a child and I thought I heard a ghost. So I would call mother and she would come and talk to me and tuck me back into bed. So these lyrics brought back childhood memories for me; which is why it caught my attention.

 

Paragraph 175: I believe that this is related to the lecture it discusses how people were not able to express their sexual pleasures, so they were not able to be true to themselves. If one did show that they like the same sex they were put in jail or punished.