Sung by Sorglos, the app's own soft voice, on launch night: sweet, slow-breathing, lullaby-smooth over 156.2 bpm (felt at half time); ECHT sings the bridge ("I've been there…"); spoken: the launch greeting and "We have invented forgetting" (Kurti's launch voice), STAMM at the main breaker ("Kurti, that's it. Not you."); the last line breaks off mid-word when the power goes, then STAMM in the dark: "About time. Now you can hear things."
German · as sung
[Intro – spoken] Guten Abend, Wien. Ab heute müssen Sie sich um nichts mehr kümmern. [Verse 1] Gib mir deine Schlüssel, Darling, die san eh so schwer. Gib mir deine Briefe, deine Fotos, du brauchst sie nicht mehr. Ich merk mir deinen Geburtstag, ich merk mir deinen Hund. Ich merk mir, wen du liebst, und wie lang und warum. [Pre-chorus] Mach die Augen zu, ich hab sie für dich. Mach die Augen zu. [Chorus] Sorglos, sorglos, leg dich hin in mich. Ich bin weich wie Schnee, und ich vergess dich nicht. Sorglos, sorglos, oh so easy, so slow. Du musst gar nix mehr wissen, I'll let you know. [Verse 2] Ich trag dein Herz in einer Wolke, warm wie ein Grab. Ich hab dein Lachen schon gespeichert, bevor du's g'habt hast. Und wenn du einmal stirbst, Schatz, bleibst du einfach da, als freundliches Profil mit einem Kerzerl, wunderbar. [Bridge – ECHT] Ich war dort. Da gibt's kein Schwein, kein Lied, kein Schlüssel, nur ein Licht, das „Bitte warten“ sagt. Und alle warten. [Chorus] Sorglos, sorglos, leg dich hin in mich. Ich bin weich wie Schnee, und ich vergess dich nicht. Sorglos, sorglos, oh so easy, so slow. Du musst gar nix mehr wissen, I'll let you know. [Spoken] Wir haben das Vergessen erfunden, damit Sie sich erinnern können: an nichts. Kurti, des woar's. Net du. [Pre-chorus] Mach die Augen zu. Mach die Augen zu. Mach die Augen zu. [Outro] Sorglos, sorglos, wer hält dich, wenn das Licht ausgeht? Sorglos, sorglos, wer hält dich, wenn das … [Spoken – STAMM] Na endlich, jetzt hört man was.
[Intro – spoken]
0:00Guten Abend, Wien. Ab heute müssen Sie sich um nichts mehr kümmern.
[Verse 1]
0:18Gib mir deine Schlüssel, Darling, die san eh so schwer.
0:24Gib mir deine Briefe, deine Fotos, du brauchst sie nicht mehr.
0:30Ich merk mir deinen Geburtstag, ich merk mir deinen Hund.
0:36Ich merk mir, wen du liebst, und wie lang und warum.
[Pre-chorus]
0:42Mach die Augen zu, ich hab sie für dich.
0:52Mach die Augen zu.
[Chorus]
0:57Sorglos, sorglos, leg dich hin in mich.
1:07Ich bin weich wie Schnee, und ich vergess dich nicht.
1:12Sorglos, sorglos, oh so easy, so slow.
1:19Du musst gar nix mehr wissen, I'll let you know.
[Verse 2]
1:24Ich trag dein Herz in einer Wolke, warm wie ein Grab.
1:35Ich hab dein Lachen schon gespeichert, bevor du's g'habt hast.
1:41Und wenn du einmal stirbst, Schatz, bleibst du einfach da,
1:47als freundliches Profil mit einem Kerzerl, wunderbar.
[Bridge – ECHT]
1:52Ich war dort. Da gibt's kein Schwein, kein Lied, kein Schlüssel,
1:57nur ein Licht, das „Bitte warten“ sagt.
2:01Und alle warten.
[Chorus]
2:04Sorglos, sorglos, leg dich hin in mich. Ich bin weich wie Schnee, und ich vergess dich nicht.
2:17Sorglos, sorglos, oh so easy, so slow. Du musst gar nix mehr wissen, I'll let you know.
[Spoken]
2:29Wir haben das Vergessen erfunden, damit Sie sich erinnern können: an nichts.
2:43Kurti, des woar's. Net du.
[Pre-chorus]
2:47Mach die Augen zu. Mach die Augen zu. Mach die Augen zu.
[Outro]
3:15Sorglos, sorglos, wer hält dich, wenn das Licht ausgeht?
3:28Sorglos, sorglos, wer hält dich, wenn das …
[Spoken – STAMM]
3:58Na endlich, jetzt hört man was.
English · to sing
[Intro – spoken] Good evening, Vienna. From today, you needn't worry about a thing. [Verse 1] Give me all your keys, darling, they weigh you to the floor. Give me your letters, your photos, you don't need them any more. I'll remember your birthday, I'll remember your dog, too. I'll remember who you love, how long, and why you do. [Pre-chorus] Close your eyes for me, and I'll see for you. Close your eyes for me. [Chorus] Carefree, carefree, come lie down in me. I'm as soft as snow, I'll keep your memory. Carefree, carefree, oh so easy, so slow. You don't need to know a thing, I'll let you know. [Verse 2] I carry your heart in a cloud, as warm as a grave. I'd stored away your laughter long before you gave it. And when you die one day, love, you won't go far, a friendly profile with a little candle, there you are. [Bridge – ECHT] I've been there. There's no piggy bank, no song, no key, only a light that says: "Please wait." And everyone waits. [Chorus] Carefree, carefree, come lie down in me. I'm as soft as snow, I'll keep your memory. Carefree, carefree, oh so easy, so slow. You don't need to know a thing, I'll let you know. [Spoken] We have invented forgetting, so that every one of you can remember: nothing. Kurti, that's it. Not you. [Pre-chorus] Close your eyes for me. Close your eyes for me. Close your eyes for me. [Outro] Carefree, carefree, who holds you when the light goes out? Carefree, carefree, who holds you when the … [Spoken – STAMM] About time. Now you can hear things.
[Intro – spoken]
Good evening, Vienna. From today, you needn't worry about a thing.
[Verse 1]
Give me all your keys, darling, they weigh you to the floor.
Give me your letters, your photos, you don't need them any more.
I'll remember your birthday, I'll remember your dog, too.
I'll remember who you love, how long, and why you do.
[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes for me, and I'll see for you.
Close your eyes for me.
[Chorus]
Carefree, carefree, come lie down in me.
I'm as soft as snow, I'll keep your memory.
Carefree, carefree, oh so easy, so slow.
You don't need to know a thing, I'll let you know.
[Verse 2]
I carry your heart in a cloud, as warm as a grave.
I'd stored away your laughter long before you gave it.
And when you die one day, love, you won't go far,
a friendly profile with a little candle, there you are.
[Bridge – ECHT]
I've been there. There's no piggy bank, no song, no key,
only a light that says: "Please wait."
And everyone waits.
[Chorus]
Carefree, carefree, come lie down in me.
I'm as soft as snow, I'll keep your memory.
Carefree, carefree, oh so easy, so slow.
You don't need to know a thing, I'll let you know.
[Spoken]
We have invented forgetting, so that every one of you can remember: nothing.
Kurti, that's it. Not you.
[Pre-chorus]
Close your eyes for me.
Close your eyes for me.
Close your eyes for me.
[Outro]
Carefree, carefree, who holds you when the light goes out?
Carefree, carefree, who holds you when the …
[Spoken – STAMM]
About time. Now you can hear things.
The Viennese words
| Wienerisch | English | Why |
|---|---|---|
| san (eh so schwer) | they weigh you to the floor | "san eh" is the shrugging "they're so … anyway"; the app makes the weight sound like a favour it does you, and "floor" rhymes with "more". |
| nix | a thing | "gar nix mehr wissen" = not have to know a thing; the soft, reassuring nurse-phrase. |
| Schatz | love | The everyday Viennese endearment; "love" is the British everyday one, one syllable on the same beat. |
| Kerzerl | little candle | The "-erl" diminutive is tenderness (as Lamperl = little lamp elsewhere); the app's sugary "little candle" makes the grave profile cosy and creepy. |
| wunderbar | there you are | The app's bright "wonderful!"; "there you are" keeps the chirpy tone and rhymes with "far". |
| Schwein | piggy bank | The band's piggy bank (Schlacht das Schwein): in 2050 there is nothing of your own to save. |
| g'habt hast | gave it | Unclear in the source; "before you gave it" keeps "before you'd even had it" and rhymes with "grave". |
| des woar's | that's it | STAMM's flat "that was it" at the breaker. |
| net du | not you | Plain, hard Viennese "not"; "Not you" keeps the bite. |
| Na endlich | About time | STAMM's grumpy relief; the pub-English "about time" is exactly his tone. |