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The Death Of Ferdinand De Saussure Video (MV)




Performed By: The Magnetic Fields
From Album: 69 Love Songs
Language: English
Length: 3:10
Written by: Stephin Merritt
Year: 1999




The Magnetic Fields - The Death Of Ferdinand De Saussure Lyrics
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I met Ferdinand de Saussure
On a night like this
On love he said
"I'm not so sure
I even know what it is
No understanding
No closure
It is a nemesis
You can't use a bulldozer
To study orchids"

He said
So we don't know anything
You don't know anything
I don't know anything
About love
But we are nothing
You are nothing
I am nothing
Without love

I'm just a great composer
And not a violent man
But I lost my composure
And I shot Ferdinand
Crying "it's well and kosher
To say you don't understand
But this is for Holland-Dozier-Holland"

His last words were
We don't know anything

His fading words were
We don't know anything
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I met Ferdinand de Saussure
On a night like this
On love he said
"I'm not so sure
I even know what it is
No understanding
No closure
It is a nemesis
You can't use a bulldozer
To study orchids"

He said
So we don't know anything
You don't know anything
I don't know anything
About love
But we are nothing
You are nothing
I am nothing
Without love

I'm just a great composer
And not a violent man
But I lost my composure
And I shot Ferdinand
Crying "it's well and kosher
To say you don't understand
But this is for Holland-Dozier-Holland"

His last words were
We don't know anything

His fading words were
We don't know anything
[ Correct these Lyrics ]
Writer: Stephin Merritt
Copyright: Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING



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