☝️ Key Points
- The singer is in a complicated love or relationship where he is emotionally involved and waiting for signs from his beloved.
- Despite reason and advice from friends, he can't end the likely harmful relationship and falls into the same cycle over and over again.
- He tries to numb his emotional pain and sorrow with alcohol and smoking.
- Despite trying to forget her, he constantly thinks about her and can't move on, indicating an intense emotional dependency.
Interpretation
The lyrics of 'Wenn Es Nachts Ist' by
HBz are about a complicated love or relationship in which the singer is emotionally involved. The chorus 'And when it's night and you're no longer awake / I stay up until morning, until you wake up again' shows his obsession and his waiting for the loved one. He can't sleep and waits for a sign from her, even when she's asleep.
In the verses, he expresses his inner conflicts and the struggle between reason and emotion. He has 'A thousand good reasons to never see you again' and 'A thousand good friends who advise me to leave', indicating that the relationship is harmful or unhealthy. However, he is emotionally so attached that 'a call is enough, we go round in circles again'. This shows that, despite all reason and advice, he is unable to end the relationship.
The line 'A thousand bottles of Jelzin to survive' and 'A thousand cigarettes to get through it' suggests that he tries to numb his sadness and pain with alcohol and smoking.
Finally, the line 'A thousand nights awake and only thinking of you / A thousand days I wanted to forget you, but you were near' shows his inability to forget her and move on. Despite all attempts to block her and forget her, he always ends up in the same cycle of emotional dependence and waiting for her.