Quote Originally Posted by bitpicker View Post
That's a couplet from the Selig song "Ohne Dich" (without you).

Es kommt so anders als man denkt
Herz vergeben, Herz verschenkt

Nothing goes as planned, (more or less literally "it happens differently from how you think")
heart given away ("vergeben" means "given away completely", "verschenkt" means "given away as a present")

The Selig song lyrics in full are here:

Songtext: Selig - Ohne dich Lyrics

And an acoustic version of the original song is here:

YouTube - tvnoir.de » SELIG - Ohne Dich

Thank you so much. What an amazingly emotional performance. It gave me goosebumps. I can only imagine the impression it would make on someone who really understands the language.

It looks like there are a number of difference versions of the song out there... was it their song to start with or is theirs also a cover? How did their version stack up to the other covers? I found Rammstein's version and it seems over produced for the song, IMHO. But that might be because I heard the Selig version first. From the translation of the lyrics, which I am certain are poor, it seems like it should be more of a ballad and yet raw emotional rendition, like Selig.


BTW, the more I listen to this, I believe I should add this to the list I am making for my girl's of songs to listen to when they breakup with boyfriends!!!

There was not much on Wiki about Selig it did say they were rock grunge, any songs you like of theirs?