Lyrics for The Sparrows and the Nightingales as interpreted by XorcistVAC

The Sparrows and the Nightingales Lyrics
how long have you been free
in this world of hate and greed
is it black or is it white
let's find another compromise



and our future´s standing still
we're dancing in the spotlight
where is the leader who leads me
i'm still waiting ...



leaving home ...
and god is on your side
dividing sparrows from the nightingales
watching all the time
dividing water from the burning fire ... inside



and god is on your side
dividing cruelty from tenderness
watching all the time
dividing fiction from reality



move in circles walk on lines no human being in sight
calm the winds and calm the seas
let´s try another kind of peace
who fights this holy civil war
a million men in uniform
wo ist der führer der mich führt?
ich warte immer noch ...!



and god is on your side
dividing presence from our history
watching all the time
dividing deaf men from the listening ones



leave a light on in the night for me, that i can find you
remember when we both where young and reckless and so curious ...



now you're hiding from your child ... a new day's dawning
remember that you felt alive, sometimes ...



and god is on your side
dividing soldiers from the fisherman
watching all the time
dividing warships from the ferryboats

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SwitchBlade
07-22-2002

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Gorgeous song...incredible lyrics...breathtaking.

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burningeyes
09-02-2002

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The german part of the song translated to English is...

"where is the leader me leads? I wait still…!"

wo ist der führer der mich führt?
ich warte immer noch ...!

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Mode000
09-10-2002

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This song totally speaks to me. I believe everything about "God is on your side" isnt that uplifting and positive? I like it. Nice.

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gevrik
01-06-2005

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The German part is already translated in the main lyrics, second paragraph:

where is the leader who leads me
i'm still waiting ...

I don't really know what this song is about, I think it is about seeing everything in balck and white, and the sadness of this. God is always a very predominant figure in Wolfheim lyrics.

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windowchimp
03-12-2006

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i like this song but i have no clue what it means

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LaLaLogic
02-05-2007

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I think it's describing a kind of fascist world, where everything's unnatural. A warlike society built on lies where everything's flashy and showy (I think of Nazi parades, in the song you can hear the sound of marching soldiers) but people feel dead and empty inside. It seems like the narrator is comforting the people who resist this world, telling them that truth and beauty still exist and the people who made this dead world may be able to fool the people but they can't alter what is true reality, they can't fool god. History will show them for what they are.

(That probably sounds really dramatic, but hey, it's a dramatic song.)

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itiak
04-08-2007

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I like LaLaLogic's interpretations. It is pretty militant at times (Who fights this holy civil war/ a million men in uniform). And the video is kind of at well, especially the intro (I think). To me, I hear him being lost, looking for someone to follow, someone who will lead him right. I noticed that when he sings it live, he really emphasises "Dividing presence from our history" (which is how he says it live), so I wonder if he's not thinking about his country's stigma even today and stuff? That's what it makes me think of anyway, but that's partly because it sounds like a direct response to the older people in my family yelling at me for listening to Germans.

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LaLaLogic
05-21-2007

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"It is pretty militant at times (Who fights this holy civil war/ a million men in uniform). "

Yeah, I suppose the entire interpretation of the song will rest on whether or not you take that line to be sarcasm or ironic, or not.

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HoldeMaid
06-19-2007

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Oh, this is a weird song and very sad. I don't know what it means but I want to throw in some new aspects. When you hear it and when you are German, than "where is the leader who leads me?" is a very.. vell.. a phrase like it is to everyone, whereas "wo ist der führer der mich führt" (which means exactly the same) sounds very negative, reminding of Hitler, who called himself Führer. I don't think that it is a coincidence, that the German term is used first after the war is mentioned. I think the song is about someone being lost, not knowing where to go, what to think, whom to follow. He is looking for someone to guide him, but we know, that this can absolutely go wrong (see Hitler). God doens't seem to be a big help. He watches and divides a lot of things from others but does not take the role of the leader.. nor does anyone else. It is all to ourselves to decide what is right and what is wrong.

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nachtschade
09-16-2008

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Personally I think this song is an embrace to everyone who upholds intelligence, reason, empathy, love and understanding in life while not being religious. For me it feels like the song is saying: while you can pretend you're doing Him a favor and that He will reward you for your efforts in racism/fascism/wars in His name, you are completely missing His true point when you're suppressing/forcing or even worse; killing other people for the sake of it.

The song is saying, for me at least, that if there actually IS a God, the people who don't neccessarily believe in God but DO try to live an honest and good (as in: what you don't want to happen to you, don't do that to another-kind of way) eventually WILL get to heaven. Because God is on your side, dividing sparrows from the nightingales, cruelty from tenderness and warships from the ferryboats. God is on your side, in your personal quest for Good and Evil. Regardless. Because He loves you. If he exists, of course. :)

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nachtschade
09-16-2008

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Oh, the child-part fits in as such; when you are a kid, you are most pure. A kid has innocence, fairness and a good sense of justice, without corruption.

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Nexus7
01-14-2010

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I think this song is about how organized religion divides people in the world and is used to justify violent conflicts. Many wars have resulted from religious ideological conflicts and in times of war every side tries to justify their actions by telling themselves "God is on our side!". I think the like "God is on your side" in this song is very sarcastic.
This song also reminds me greatly of The Great Commandment by Camouflage in it's nature.

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