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I fell into the ocean
When you became my wife
I risked it all against the sea
To have a better life
Marie you're the wild blue sky
And men do foolish things
You turn kings into beggars
And beggars into kings
Pretend that you owe me nothing
And all the world is green
We can bring back the old days again
And all the world is green
The face forgives the mirror
The worm forgives the plow
The questions begs the answer
Can you forgive me somehow?
Maybe when our story's over
We'll go where it's always spring
The band is playing our song again
And all the world is green
Pretend that you owe me nothing
And all the world is green
We can bring back the old days again
And all the world is green
The moon is yellow silver
Oh, the things that summer brings
It's a love you'd kill for
And all the world is green
He is balancing a diamond
On a blade of grass
The dew will settle on our graves
When all the world is green
When you became my wife
I risked it all against the sea
To have a better life
Marie you're the wild blue sky
And men do foolish things
You turn kings into beggars
And beggars into kings
Pretend that you owe me nothing
And all the world is green
We can bring back the old days again
And all the world is green
The face forgives the mirror
The worm forgives the plow
The questions begs the answer
Can you forgive me somehow?
Maybe when our story's over
We'll go where it's always spring
The band is playing our song again
And all the world is green
Pretend that you owe me nothing
And all the world is green
We can bring back the old days again
And all the world is green
The moon is yellow silver
Oh, the things that summer brings
It's a love you'd kill for
And all the world is green
He is balancing a diamond
On a blade of grass
The dew will settle on our graves
When all the world is green
Lyrics submitted by ST
Track duration: 04:37
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In the original play, Woyzeck doesn't kill himself and in many of the play adaptations he doesn't kill himself. However, because the play was never finished properly (the playwright died before the play was published so it can never be confirmed that it was actually finished). Woyzeck doesn't feel guilty for killing Marie, he is depressed that he had to but he felt he was washing her of her sin. The song is about Marie's guilt for cheating on him.
The "pretend that you owe me nothing and all the world is green" is reference to Woyzeck and Marie's social situation. They live in deep poverty and Woyzeck is gone all day trying to make enough money to survive, he only sees Marie to give her his wage so she can feed their child. The "pretend you owe me nothing" is reference to the fact that he'd not given her any love and attention for a very long time and the money he makes isn't enough to make up for it. "All the world is green" refers to pretending they're not stuck in poverty. A green world is a prosperous one, she's trying to pretend that they, too, are prosperous.
The song is a duet between Woyzeck and Marie. Woyzeck is intended to sing the first verse.
I think it is about a man who was is deeply in love with a lover he has wronged and is trying to explain to her how much he is sorry and how much he loves her.
"He is balancing a diamond
On a blade of grass
The dew will settle on our graves
When all the world is green"
I wonder, it could be "...balancing a diamond on a blade of grass.." sounds like he is trying to do something that seems impossible. Do you think it's like trying to keep balace in a relationship or maybe in life :? "The dew will settle on our graves When all the world is green"... and at the end we all die but the world will keep turning..
And yeah, if I knew of a bar that played this kind of stuff I'd never leave it either.
The worm forgives the plow
The questions begs the answer
Can you forgive me somehow"
now that is a fucking lyric