Franz Ferdinand Auf Achse

You see her, you can't touch her

You hear her, you can't hold her

You want her, you can't have her

You want to, but she won't let you

You see her, you can't touch her

You hear her, you can't hold her

You want her, you can't have her

You want to, but she won't let you

She's not so special so look what you've done, boy [Repeat: x3]

She's not so special so look what you've done

Now you wish she'd never come back here again

Oh, never come back here again

You want her, you can't have her

You want to, but she won't let you

You see her, you can't touch her

You hear her, you can't hold her

You want her, you can't have her

You want to, but she won't let you

She's not so special so look what you've done, boy [Repeat: x3]

She's not so special so look what you've done

Now I'm nailed above you

Gushing from my side

It's with your sins that you have killed me

Thinking of your sins I die

Thinking how you'd let them touch you

How you'd never realize

That I'm ripped and hang forsaken

Knowing never will I rise

Again

You still see her

Oh, you hear her

You want her

Oh, you want to

You see her

You hear her

You want her

You still want to

Ok, this song is rather obscure, but I really like the emotion in the song. I definitely believe it relates to the class discussions we’ve been having, because it implies an unrequited love, which I think is one of the most interesting kinds.

“You see her, you can't touch her

You hear her, you can't hold her

You want her, you can't have her

You want to, but she won't let you.”

It is more realistic and heartfelt that this guy wants a girl, but there is something that’s preventing him from getting to her.

I also think that this song refers to two kinds of love: between a man and a women and between Christ and his church. These are two of the strongest types of love so that’s why I chose it. I can just picture Ricardo or the guy from “The Obscure Object of Desire” singing this song gloomily to themselves.

I believe religious love is not something we’ve explored in this class yet. We’ve focused more on Romantic love. That being said, agape love is the word used to describe this powerful love between the creator and created. According to many religions, mostly Christianity, this love is great and indescribable, and is supposed to be why romantic love can never be complete or satisfied. Obviously in this song it displays the harsh realities of this kind of love since he was, “ripped and hang forsaken.”

This song reminds of the “gentle wounds,” and how much love can hurt more than it helps. It makes me think that in any type of love man or women, religious, or familial that It will never be perfect. Just because it has been “romanticized” by television and movies, this class explores the truth behind all the lies.