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von Bodo Wartke

We have been sitting here for hours in this little bar
Hours fly past as if they were seconds and I feel wonderful
Whenever we spend time together, I feel delighted and filled with bliss
We are having a great time while we are drinking gin tonic
In the background, they're playing swing, and we decide to dance
Something like that only happens in big romantic films
And we don't even have to try because it feels so natural
I think I was never this in love with anyone else before

And unfortunately, I don't know why I feel like this
I just love you because you are the way that you are
The sound of your voice, the way you're standing there, how you smell and how you laugh
Just that you do things the way you do them

I think that it's very obvious and hard to deny
Like you said we have about a hundred million similarities
I could list them all, if you want even alphabetically
We would be the perfect match, theoretically


You said once before, that no one knows and understands you like I do
No one else makes you feel so secure, safe and seen
You say, technically I would be the perfect man for you
And even your family vouches for me

What a nice couple we are
We hear from different kinds of people
But all that doesn't mean a thing
Even if the conditions were perfect and flawless
You are missing one key detail

And unfortunately, you don't know why you feel like this
And why you're only half-heartedly present
And why you're stuck between closeness and distance
And why you can't let yourself fall properly

And why you can't tell him the sentence that I'm looking for
That feels so natural, like breathing out
Unfortunately, our feelings are at different intensities
And our relationship is in the subjunctive

Because it's not enough, it's just not enough
We are anything but in equilibrium
It's not enough, even though I thought my love
Would be more than enough and strong enough for two


But it's not enough even though everything seems to fit
It's not enough because it only almost fits
You think I'm charismatic and I think you're
incomparable
And that's not enough

I had hoped that maybe one day it would be enough
And maybe that what was missing would soon develop
Before all ties were cut
And there are people in our circle of friends where it also worked out

Which is why I'm still consumed with longing
And imagine how great it would be
But my love, and without response, achieves nothing
Because by now between us there is this
Invincible barrier

This wall made out of bullet-proof glass, this meter-thick wall
The one that I constantly run against, ouch
But no matter how I try, it just doesn't crumble
And against that, you're just as powerless as I am

When you love, you are ready to risk it all
And you don't recognize when it's time to give up
Because you still hope and think, yes that's it
Hope is a treacherous asshole

Because it's not enough, it's just not enough
And no matter what I do, I just don't reach you
It's not enough, is it ever even enough?
It definitely isn't if only one of us believes it

But it's not enough and always hurts again
It might be a good idea to never see you again
I see no other way out, it seems inevitable to me
Because it's not enough

Unfortunately, feelings can't be forced
No matter how many songs I sing about it
Until hopefully at some point it's
Finally enough