Noch ein Lied von der Drachenplaylist – und einer meiner Lieblingssongs. Ich mag Regina Spektor für ihre Musik, ihre Texte und die Art, wie sie ihre Stimme einsetzt. Und ich habe eine große Schwäche für uralten Geschichten, die die Menschheit schon seit Jahrtausenden begleiten.

Wie unfassbar bewundernswert, wenn man sich wie Singer/Songwriter in Musik und Sprache ausdrücken kann, oder? Die Texte können viel kondensierter ausfallen, weil die Musik eine eigene Bedeutungsebene beisteuert.

Samson

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth
I have to go, I have to go
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
He ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
And the history books forgot about us and the bible didn’t mention us
And the bible didn’t mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first, I loved you first
Beneath the stars came fallin‘ on our heads
But they’re just old light, they’re just old light
Your hair was long when we first met

Samson came to my bed
Told me that my hair was red
Told me I was beautiful and came into my bed
Oh I cut his hair myself one night
A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light
And he told me that I’d done alright
And kissed me ‚til the mornin‘ light, the mornin‘ light
And he kissed me ‚til the mornin‘ light

Samson went back to bed
Not much hair left on his head
He ate a slice of wonderbread and went right back to bed
Oh, we couldn’t bring the columns down
Yeah we couldn’t destroy a single one
And history books forgot about us
And the bible didn’t mention us, not even once

You are my sweetest downfall
I loved you first