Liebe Über Leben

Lacrimosa's song 'Liebe Über Leben' (Love Over Life) is a profound exploration of love's transcendence over the mundane and the temporal. The lyrics, delivered with the band's signature gothic and symphonic style, delve into the themes of eternal love, freedom, and the dreamlike nature of true connection. The opening lines, 'Das Schönste hier / Das Schönste das ich seh' / Bist Du mein Herz!' (The most beautiful thing here / The most beautiful thing I see / Is you, my heart!), set the tone for a deeply personal and emotional journey. The narrator expresses a sense of liberation and unity, suggesting that love has freed them from the constraints of their past ('Wir kamen aus dem Tal / Zum ersten Mal frei' - We came out of the valley / For the first time free).

The chorus, 'Wir zusammen! / Sie können uns nicht mehr erreichen / Sie werden's nicht verstehen' (We together! / They can no longer reach us / They will not understand), emphasizes the unbreakable bond between the lovers, a connection so profound that it transcends the understanding of others. This idea is further reinforced by the plea to 'Dreh'die Zeit zurück / Lass mich nochmal träumen / Du und ich / Liebe über Leben' (Turn back time / Let me dream again / You and I / Love over life), highlighting a desire to relive and cherish the moments of pure love, even if only in dreams.

The song also touches on the concept of reality versus illusion. The lines 'Im Traum real / Die Wahrheit lebt in uns / Doch wir hören selten zu' (In the dream real / The truth lives in us / But we rarely listen) suggest that the truest form of reality is found within the dream state, where love and truth are unfiltered by the harshness of the waking world. The imagery of 'Ich spucke Schmerz / Und trinke von dem Zaubersaft / Dem Wein der Verschleierung' (I spit pain / And drink from the magic potion / The wine of veiling) portrays a struggle with pain and the use of illusion or escapism to cope with it. Yet, despite these struggles, the enduring message is one of love's supremacy over life's trials.