Sunday, August 23, 2020

Musical Sunday


In "honor" of all those who drink Der Furor's Kool-Aid, who blindly follow Q-Anon and other ludicrous conspiracy theories, I thought this 1987 song from German pop singer Juliane Werding - "Die unsichtbare Macht" ("The Invisible Power") would be appropriate. For those of you who don't speak German, I've added the English lyrics below.


Here are the lyrics in English (the German lyrics rhyme, so it flows better) ...

Who is the shadow that walks beside me?
Who is the stranger that’s standing behind me?
I feel like I’m being monitored.
Who calls me up and immediately hangs up?
Who counts my change and knows what I buy?
Oh, I feel it ... the invisible power.

I feel like there’s someone here
In my room
Something threatens me here,
It’s not like it was before.

Who reads the letters no one writes me?
Who wants all my secrets to be exposed?
Who denounces and accuses me?
Who records my every step?
Who listens to my very thoughts?
No question – the invisible power.

I turn the TV on
And it seems to me
That I’m seeing a program
Of my own dreams.

Is my newspaper being censored?
Is each friend who meets me checked out?
Is my data being recorded?
Have I been programmed?

Who is the shadow that walks beside me?
Who is the stranger that’s standing behind me?
I feel like I’m being monitored.
Who calls me up and immediately hangs up?
Who counts my change and knows what I buy?
Oh, I feel it ... the invisible power.

Have a good day and enjoy the rest of your weekend. If you need help, call the FBI.

More thoughts coming.

Bilbo

3 comments:

Mike said...

We're not quite there yet but getting close.

Dave Hess said...

Danke für die englische Übersetzung. Ich hätte sonst fast kein Wort verstanden.

allenwoodhaven said...

You can always tell if there's an invisible person watching you: if you don't see them, then they must be there. That's good delusional thinking!