1000 und 1 Nacht (Zoom!) English translation
von Klaus Lage

You just wanted to pass the evening
And didn’t want to go alone, so you called me
We were just friends and wanted to stay that way
I never thought anything could happen

I don’t know how long we’ve known each other
Your parents used to go bowling with mine
We stayed home, you fell asleep in front of the TV
We were like siblings all those years

A thousand times touched
A thousand times nothing happened
A thousand and one nights
And then it suddenly clicked

Do you remember? We played Indians
And hid in the bushes during Carnival
What was actually going on? We never felt anything
So close together and still didn’t realize anything


It was all so logical, we’ve known each other too long
For anything to ever happen between us
I knew how your hair smelled and your silver barrette
I had already touched it a thousand times while dancing

A thousand times touched
A thousand times nothing happened
A thousand and one nights
And then it suddenly clicked

Oh, how many nights did I not know what was missing
I would never have guessed because that was you
And when I often told you about my problems
I never suspected, you were the key to it all

But I’ve never seen you so unsettled
You’re lying next to me and I almost feel ashamed
What just happened? We wanted to go dancing
Everything was so familiar and now everything is new
Now everything is new

A thousand times touched
A thousand times nothing happened
A thousand and one nights
And then it suddenly clicked


A thousand times touched
A thousand times nothing happened
A thousand and one nights
And then it suddenly clicked

A thousand times touched
A thousand times nothing happened
A thousand and one nights
And then it suddenly clicked