"Mach die Augen zu"

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s, lit. Close the eyes] is a Punk rock, punk song by Die Ärzte. It is the eighth track and the second single from their 1993 album ''Die Bestie in Menschengestalt''. This song is about a relationship where one side wants to end the relationship and the other side desperately wants to keep pretending. ''Translated excerpt:'' ''Close your eyes and kiss me'' ''I don't mind if you pretend'' ''I forget what happened'' ''And I hope and I dream'' ''I wouldn't have lost you yet''

The video

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. Shown is how the woman (whose appearance doesn't resemble Snow White's) bites a

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and then falls asleep. The dwarves carry her in a casket and a

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builds a

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over her. Also is shown how a clumsy

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makes his way to the woman, finds her in the casket surrounded by dwarves, shreds the web and kisses the woman. The woman awakes, takes his

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off and

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es him. She then proceeds to strip him from his

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. The video ends with the woman lifting the knight on the

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beside it along the

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Track listing

# "Mach die Augen zu" (Urlaub) - 4:00 # "25 Stunden am Tag" (Witte) - 3:13

Maxi

# "Mach die Augen zu" (Urlaub) - 4:00 # "25 Stunden am Tag" (Witte) - 3:13 # "Punkrockgirl" (Originalversion)" (Felsenheimer) - 1:53 # "Wahre Liebe" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer, Urlaub) - 3:03 # "Mach die Augen zu" (Remix)" (Urlaub) - 4:30

Personnel

* Farin Urlaub – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Bela B. – drums * Rodrigo González – bass

B-sides

* "25 Stunden am Tag" 5 hours per day">hour.html" ;"title="5 hour">5 hours per day">hour">5_hour<_a>s_per_day.html" ;"title="hour.html" ;"title="5 hour">5 hours per day">hour.html" ;"title="5 hour">5 hours per dayis a cover of Martin Witte/Witte XP. * "Punkrockgirl" is the original version of the song "Deutschrockgirl" (from "Die Bestie in Menschengestalt"). * "Wahre Liebe" [True love] is the last song from Die Ärzte discography#Moskito-songs, Gabi & Uwe series. "Wahre Liebe" and "Punkrockgirl" are also on " Bäst of".

Charts

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