r/KaizersOrchestra • u/ElsaKit • 4d ago
Den romantiske tragedien correct lyrics
Hi, I have a questions about the lyrics of Den romantiske tragedien. I was just listening to the song while reading the lyrics on Konzertjunkie, and it seems like it doesn't match with the actual song?
http://kaizers.konzertjunkie.de/lyrics.php?lang=en&which=tragedie
It seems there are parts on the website that aren't actually in the song. Like all the counting ("1000, 900, 800..."), or the final two absolutely gut-wrenching lines that have a massive effect on the song as a whole imo ("Eg har alltid hatt lyst til å bli som deg når eg blir stor mor [I've always wanted to be like you when I grow up mom] / Syns du nå at eg er blitt stor mor? [Do you think now that I've grown up mom?]"). I just listened to the song twice to make sure, following along with the lyrics, and that part just isn't in the song at all. How is that possible? Where did the lyrics come from?
I noticed that some lyrics are incomplete on the website (such as the missing last line before the final chorus in Begravelsespolka ["Sei til di mor at ikkje rør min begravelsespolka"], but I can understand how that might happen, it's a fanpage and things can be accidentally left out. I'm very grateful that the page exists, I rely on it for all the translations, as it's pretty much the only place where you can find all that stuff, and the stories of the songs and albums really matter to me. So whoever put that together, massive thanks to them. But what really confuses me is lyrics being written on the website that don't appear in the actual song... I can't figure out how that might have happened. So my question is, is there a reason for it? Is/was there another version of the song at some point? Even the background information about the song on the website, which I assume must come from the booklet(?), references those two lines... I'm really interested.
Thanks for your help!