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Liner Notes:
Spoiler
There's really no need to speak German in Berlin, almost everyone knows English, but because I have a GCSE in German I like to try and show off my language skills and mostly just end up embarrassing myself. Vom Vorton has a 1000+ day German duolingo streak, so I went to him and asked him to rein in his perfect German and give me some clumsy, stilted pronunciations of some German phrases, a mix of stuff I might actually say and bizarre phrases my GCSE German course thought was necessary. Not once have I felt the need to ask for a slice of Black Forest Gateau, so thanks for making me learn that Mr Staples.
towers over east Berlin
A pleasant row of empty bottles
stacked up beside the bin
A pleasant row of people queueing
at the Schönefeld security bit
for two hours
but I miss every part of it
(I remember...)
getting Berliner Pils from a späti, drinking in the park (a type of convenience shop found generally in Germany, particularly in Berlin, which is known to operate late at night)
I miss it
watching bands in some smoke-filled basement bar
I miss it
talking shit, smoking weed beside the Spree (The Spree is the main river of Berlin)
I miss it
making out with some French boy on the night bus, and feeling free
I miss it
got my pocket dictionary,
got ideas above my station
from half-remembered useless phrases
from GCSE German
Vom Vorton:
entschuldigung, ich spreche nur ein kleines bisschen Deutsch
einen döner, bitte
können Sie mir bitte helfen?
wo ist die U-Bahn?
danke schön
wo kann ich den besten techno club der stadt finden?
ich möchte ein stück Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte
danke schön
welches bier würdest du empfehlen?
tschüss
(sorry, I only speak a little bit of German
one döner, please
could you please help me?
where's the U-Bahn?
thank you
where can I find the best techno club in this city?
I want a piece of Black Forest gateau
thank you
which beer do you recommend?
bye!)
A pleasant row of plattenbau
towers over east Berlin
A pleasant row of empty bottles
stacked up beside the bin
A pleasant row of people queueing
at the Schönefeld security bit
for two hours
but I miss every part of it x2