Eurovision 1983 Germany:
Hoffmann und Hoffmann - "Rücksicht"
Rücksicht
Ich kann nicht alleine sein
Mit all den ungeklärten Fragen
Was haben wir denn beide falsch gemacht?
Und dennoch mag ich keinen Menschen sehen
Das Glück von anderen tut mir noch weh
Warum sind wir nicht früher aufgewacht?
Wir waren wie verwöhnte Kinder
Jeder dachte immer nur an sich
Rücksicht – keiner hat das Wort gekannt
Und Nachsicht – die keiner bei dem andern fand
Und Vorsicht – dass nie zerbricht, was uns verband
Einsicht – dass jeder seine Fehler hat
Und Weitsicht – das Leben findet nicht nur heute statt
Und Vorsicht – dass man den andern nicht zerbricht
Warn wir wirklich nur vor Liebe blind
Oder einfach zu bequem?
Habn wir denn nicht gemerkt, was uns noch fehlt?
Vielleicht ging alles für uns viel zu schnell
Verband uns wirklich nur die Nacht?
Wussten wir nicht, dass der Tag genauso zählt?
Fehlte uns die Kraft, uns zu vertrauen?
War es Angst vor ehrlichem Gefühl?
Rücksicht – keiner hat das Wort gekannt
Und Nachsicht – die keiner bei dem andern fand
Und Vorsicht – dass nie zerbricht, was uns verband
Einsicht – dass jeder seine Fehler hat
Und Weitsicht – das Leben findet nicht nur heute statt
Und Vorsicht – dasѕ man den аndern nicht zerbricht
Consideration
I can't be alone
With all these unanswered questions
What did we both do wrong?
I still don't want to see any people
The luck of the others still hurts me
Why didn't we wake up earlier?
We were like spoiled children
Everyone only thought of himself
Consideration – nobody knew this word
And leniency – which nobody found at the other
And care – that never breaks what connected us
Insight – that everyone has his mistakes
And far-sight – life doesn't only take place today
And caution – that you don't break the other
Were we really just blind of love
Or just too easygoing?
Didn't we notice what we were missing?
Perhaps everything was going much too fast for us
Did only the night connect us?
Didn't we know that the day counts as well?
Did we lack the power to trust ourselves?
Was it fear for honest feelings?
Consideration – nobody knew this word
And leniency – which nobody found at the other
And care – that never breaks what connected us
Insight – that everyone has his mistakes
And far-sight – life doeѕn't only take place today
And caution – that you don't breаk the other
Love Gives
I don't wanna be alone
With all of these unanswered questions
It's too late to undo what we did wrong
But I suppose if I were somewhere else
And was in a crowd all by myself
The laughter would remind me of what's gone
We were a bit like two small children
Never understood how much we had
Love gives, but you have to give to love, and
Love lives, but only if you work at it, 'cause
Love is an easy chance to waste away
Love gives, but we took all it gave to us for granted
We treated it like a toy, but
Love is a whole lot more than just a game
People tell you love can make you blind
But we never even tried
To see behind the lies we told ourselves
Perhaps it happened to us all too fast
We should have known that nights don't last
If you can't make the daytime count as well
We only shared what we weren't using
We never sacrificed a thing
Love gives, but you have to give to love, and
Love lives, but only if you work at it, 'cause
Love is an easy chance to waste away
Love gives, but we took all it gave to us for granted
We treated it like a toy, but
Love is a whole lot more than juѕt a gаme
ARTISTS
- Günther Hoffmann
- Michael Hoffmann
- Italy 1985: Magic, oh magic (composer)
COMPOSER
- Michael Reinecke
- Germany 1984: Aufrecht geh'n (composer)
LYRICIST
- Volker Lechtenbrinck
CONDUCTOR
- Dieter Reith
SPOKESPERSON
- Carolin Reiber
COMMENTATOR
- Ado Schlier
- Germany 1986: commentator
- Germany 1985: commentator
- Germany 1984: commentator
- Germany 1982: commentator
- Germany 1981: commentator
- Germany 1980: commentator
- Germany 1979: commentator
