Alphaville

Those Were the Days (revisited)

Alphaville


there is a landscape in my head 
i sometimes travel 
but this is strictly after dark 
beyond the barricades and trenches 
there stands the factory 
hand me the costum of the sad acrobat 
and he says: 
son, this is the bread i break for you 
but do not touch it 
and he says: 
son, this is the wine i pour for you 
but do not drink it 
dein aschenes haar, sulamith 
and he says: 
son, this is the bread i break for you 
son, this is the wine i pour for you 
but do not drink it, don't drink at all.. 
there is a stranger on the shore 
i sometimes travel 
but this is strictly in my dreams 
he feeds the seagulls in the winds with ashes 
and as he speaks he's got my father's voice 
and he says: 
son, here is some bread i broke for you 
son, here is some wine.. 
those were the days, my friend 
dein aschenes haar, sulamith 
der tod ist ein meister aus deutschland