Die Interimsliebenden

Einsturzende Neubauten - Die Interimsliebenden

 

In the space of just one slipped beat of the tongue

there is big bang and total entropy

from red giants to white dwarfs

the whole scale

of cosmic dimensions are falling

out of my mouth

in the description of a kiss

of the interimlovers

 

of the interimlovers

in the interim

 

between microphone and macrocosm

between chaos and on no course

between plankton und philisophia

between semtex and utopia

 

there they are

the interimlovers

 

in their communal mouth

lives a hummingbird

with each humming beat of its wings

too swift for the eye to see

cultures flourish and perish

whole continents vanish

here are no harmless words

all by far too large

an example most simple explodes

in 10^14 for

the interimlovers

 

the interimlovers

in the interim

 

between toothache and oil of cloves

between genesis and sixsixsix

between c'' and vitamin c

between ultramarine and navy frigate

 

the interimlovers are intimate

 

the interimlovers

in the

INTERIM

 

in the course of just one winking beat of an eye

they have putsched

the government was felled

parliament dissolved

elections held

results annulled

new elections called

then finally exiled

in history reviled

I wade through the filth of mighty

metaphors

meta, meta, meta by metre

with gestures far too wide

for the interimlovers

 

the interimlovers

are lovers in the interim

 

between temporary and tenpura

between rope and sword dance

between times and on the seafloor

between semtex and utopia

they lay in each others arms

 

thirstily devour

that last little drop of light

they are not there yesterday

and tomorrow not yet

the lovers

the interimlovers

they are not there yesterday

and tomorrow not yet

not really

the interimlovers

they are not there yesterday

and tomorrow not yet)

Done