☝️ Key Points
- The protagonist is torn between her feelings and her mind in a complicated love.
- She knows it would be better to end the relationship, but can't resist staying with her lover.
- Reason tells her to go, but the feeling and longing hold her back.
- The protagonist deceives herself and knows that this relationship makes no sense.
- The song lyrics express the complexity and inner struggles of such a love.
Interpretation
The song lyrics 'Gefühl und Verstand' by
Milva are about a complicated love in which the protagonist is torn between her feelings and her reason. The protagonist longs to be with her beloved and feel their closeness and warmth. However, at the same time, she knows it would be better to end this relationship as it has no future.
In the lines 'Beside you in the night, Reason says it was wrong' and 'It would be better for both of us, Warm me with your skin, Better not to see you anymore', it becomes clear that the protagonist's reason tells her that this relationship is wrong and she should stay away from her beloved. She knows it doesn't make sense and that she will only be desperate when he leaves.
However, the protagonist can't resist and stays with him because 'Beside you I am strong' and 'Beside you I am rich'. She feels strong and rich when she is with him, even though she knows there is no future for their love.
The lines 'And reason says go, And feeling says stay, And my longing says I love you' show the protagonist's inner conflict. Her reason tells her to go, but her feeling and longing hold her back.
At the end of the song, the protagonist wonders what will become of the two of them and why she can't break free from him. She must make a decision and follow either her reason or her feeling. 'Beside you I am strong, Why do I deceive myself, Beside you I am free, I know it makes no sense' shows that she is deceiving herself and that this relationship makes no sense.
The song lyrics 'Gefühl und Verstand' by Milva express the complexity of a love in which the protagonist is torn between her feelings and her reason. It is a portrayal of the internal struggles and conflicts that can arise in such a relationship.