| Warst du der Donner, der mich weckte?
| Were you the thunder that woke me?
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| Und der Regen, der mich nährt? | And the rain that feeds me? |
| (Ich war’s, ich war’s, ich war’s …)
| (It was me, it was me, it was me...)
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| Und die Wolken, die ihn schöpften?
| And the clouds that drew him?
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| Und die Erde, in die er kehrt? | And the earth to which he returns? |
| (Ich war’s, ich war’s, ich war’s …)
| (It was me, it was me, it was me...)
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| (Ich war’s, ich war’s, ich war’s …)
| (It was me, it was me, it was me...)
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| (Ich war’s, ich war’s, ich war’s …)
| (It was me, it was me, it was me...)
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| Warst du der Stamm, auf den ich mich lehnte?
| Were you the trunk I leaned on?
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| Und der Ast, auf dem ich wuchs?
| And the branch I grew on?
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| Warst du der Schatten, der mich kühlte?
| Were you the shadow that chilled me?
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| Und der Hügel, der ihn schlug?
| And the hill that hit him?
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| (Ich war’s, ich war’s, ich war’s …)
| (It was me, it was me, it was me...)
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| (Ich war’s, ich war’s, ich war’s …)
| (It was me, it was me, it was me...)
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| Alle Dinge, die mich lenken
| All things that guide me
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| Die im Traum der Träumer schuf
| Which created in the dream of the dreamer
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| Sie versanken sich im Uhrwald
| They sank into the clock forest
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| Und der Uhrwald, der warst du (er sieht aus wie du)
| And the clock forest, that was you (he looks like you)
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| (Ich war’s, ich war’s, ich war’s …)
| (It was me, it was me, it was me...)
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| (Ich war’s, ich war’s, ich war’s …)
| (It was me, it was me, it was me...)
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| (Ich war’s, ich war’s, ich war’s …)
| (It was me, it was me, it was me...)
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| (Ich war’s, ich war’s, ich war’s …)
| (It was me, it was me, it was me...)
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| (Ich war’s, ich war’s, ich war’s …) | (It was me, it was me, it was me...) |