De/Vision is a German synthpop musical group. The band started as a quartet… Read Full Bio ↴De/Vision is a German synthpop musical group. The band started as a quartet consisting of Thomas Adam, Steffen Keth, Stefan Blender, and Markus Ganssert. They formed the band in 1988. The name De/Vision is a play on words. The majority of the band's lyrics are in English, but they have had some songs in German. Markus left the band in 2000. In the same year Steffen started a side project as the vocalists with Green Court, called 'Green Court featuring De/Vision'. The band with remaining members Thomas Adam and Steffen Keth is currently signed to Drakkar Records in Europe and Dancing Ferret Discs in North America.

Kamikaze
De/Vision Lyrics

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Frívolo el juego terminó
Empate a derrota y no
Sabia ginebra me exculpó
Carretera y noche maña
Na engaña
Malheridos
Kamikazes desmedidos
Salvajes desentendidos

Incapaces de volar
En saltos al vacío
Funambulistas bebidos
Inconscientes, impulsivos
Suicidas sin prórrogas
Tira y afloja intoxicaba
Relación en falso y con
Tierna pasión que encadenaba
A distancias que
A nada… Llevaban
Malheridos
Kamikazes desmedidos
Salvajes desentendidos
Incapaces de volar
En saltos al vacío
Funambulistas bebidos
Inconscientes, impulsivos
Suicidas sin prórrogas
Na na nana, na na nananana
Na na nana, na na nananana
Na na nana, na na nananana
Na na nana nana
Dos kamikazes callarán
Para salvarse ignorarán
El remedio que les envenena
Dos kamikazes callarán
Para salvarse ignorarán
El remedio que les envenena
Dos kamikazes callarán

Para salvarse ignorarán
El remedio que les envenena

Overall Meaning

In De/Vision's song Kamikázé, the lyrics depict a couple who are in a twisted and tumultuous relationship, likened to the reckless behavior of kamikaze pilots. The song starts with the lines, "Frívolo el juego terminó, empate a derrota y no," which roughly translates to "Frivolous game is over, tied to defeat and no," setting the tone for a relationship that is not going anywhere. The couple seems to be stuck in a cycle of fighting and making up, with the help of alcohol, as the line "Sabia ginebra me exculpó" ("Wise gin exculpated me") suggests.

The chorus of the song repeatedly mentions "malheridos" ("wounded"), "kamikazes desmedidos" ("unrestrained kamikazes"), and "inconscientes, impulsivos, suicidas sin prórrogas" ("unconscious, impulsive, suicidal without extensions"), comparing the couple's behavior to that of kamikaze pilots who would sacrifice themselves in battle. The lines "Na engaña / Carretera y noche maña / Incapaces de volar" ("Does not deceive / Highway and morning night / Unable to fly") suggest that despite their attempts to patch things up, the couple is ultimately unable to make their relationship work and move forward.

Overall, the lyrics of Kamikázé are a poignant portrayal of a dysfunctional relationship that is destructive for both parties involved.

Line by Line Meaning

Frívolo el juego terminó
The frivolous game has ended

Empate a derrota y no
A tie of defeat, not victory

Sabia ginebra me exculpó
Wise gin absolved me

Carretera y noche maña
Road and night habits

Na engaña
No deception

Malheridos
Wounded

Kamikazes desmedidos
Uncontrolled kamikazes

Salvajes desentendidos
Savage and oblivious

Incapaces de volar
Incapable of flying

En saltos al vacío
In jumps into the void