Ich liebe Dich [English translation]

I have darkened1 countless pages,

I have imagined stories,

No question left me unable to answer it,

I've played the thinker and the clown.

I've offered wise advice

And by the same token it seems to me, plenty of not so wise advice.

I have discussed subjects in depth as if my life depended on it,

And yet I've always been preoccupied by just one thought:

I love you,

I need you,

I rely on you,

My life revolves around you,

I wouldn't want to live without you,

I love you.

I've tried to express myself through ever renewing images,

Even if, at the moment, I don't have enough time.

I can't beat about the bush any longer,

I'm saying it simply and frankly.

I'm saying it simply and I'm writing it

On you mirror, on the bench,

On the fogged up glass of the window,

That thing I've taken so many detours for:

I love you,

I need you,

I rely on you,

My life revolves around you,

I can't live without you today,

I love you.

Sometimes, I see the two of us in my imagination,

Standing on a deserted platform of a train station.

Between us, an invisible barrier,

One of us stays, the other has to go.

The announcements over the public address system and the slamming of doors,

Such are the signs of farewell when a train is about to leave.

I always want to say it and repeat it again,

In fact I will never say it enough:

I love you,

I need you,

I rely on you,

My life revolves around you,

I wouldn't want to live without you,

I love you.

1. with writing

• Artist:Reinhard Mey
• Album:Alles geht! (1992)