The Magnetic Fields - The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure lyrics

I met Ferdinand de Saussure
On a night like this
On love, he said, "I'm not so sure
I even know what it is
No understanding, no closure it is a nemesis
You can't use a bulldozer
To study orchids", he said, "So

We don't know anything
You don't know anything
I don't know anything about love
And we are nothing you are nothing
I am nothing without love"

I'm just a great composer
And not a violent man
But, I lost my composure
And I shot Ferdinand
Crying, "It's well and kosher
To say you don't understand
But this is for Holland-Dozier-Holland"


His last words were:

"We don't know anything
You don't know anything
I don't know anything about love
And we are nothing you are nothing
I am nothing without love"

His fading words were

"We don't know anything
You don't know anything
I don't know anything about love
And we are nothing you are nothing
I am nothing without love"