The Sparrows and the Nightingales

About The Sparrows and the Nightingales

"The Sparrows and the Nightingales" is the debut single by Wolfsheim. Written by Peter Heppner and Markus Reinhardt, it was featured on their album No Happy View. Although the original release did not chart, the song has been covered by several artists, with the 1999 version by Mark 'Oh versus John Davies charting in the German Media Control charts for 14 weeks, peaking at number 14.

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1992

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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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Wolfsheim

Wolfsheim (German pronunciation: [ˈvɔlfs-haɪm]) was a synthpop band from Hamburg, Germany that consisted of Markus Reinhardt and Peter Heppner. Although never officially disbanded, Wolfsheim has been inactive since 2005 due to a dispute between the two members, which even led to trials in 2007 and 2008 that forbade either member to continue Wolfsheim without the other. The band's musical style takes cues from the 1980s New Romanticism and New Wave, usually considered wave pop or darkwave. They are best known for their singles "The Sparrows and the Nightingales" (1991), "Once in a Lifetime" (1998) and "Kein Zurück" (2003). Their lyrics tend to be melancholic, but at the same time modernist. more »

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