The band first experienced chart success when their second single "Take Me Out" reached #3 in the UK Charts, followed by their debut album Franz Ferdinand which entered the UK album chart at #3. The band went on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize and two BRIT Awards in 2005 for Best British Group and Best British Rock Act. NME named Franz Ferdinand as their Album of the Year. From the album, three top-ten singles were released, "Take Me Out", "The Dark of the Matinée" and "This Fire". The band has also received several Grammy Award nominations.
The band is named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria whose assassination was one of the main reasons for the start of the First World War. The band decided on the name after seeing a racehorse named Archduke Ferdinand win the Northumberland Plate in 2001, eventually coming to the decision as the alliteration and sound of the name appealed to them.
- Discography
Franz Ferdinand (2004)
You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)
Blood; Franz Ferdinand (2009)
Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action (2013)
FFS (2015) (Collaborative album with the band Sparks)
Always Ascending (2018)
Hits to the Head (2022)
Fade Together lyrics
Franz Ferdinand Lyrics
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Come on I'll take you far away
Let's get away
Come on let's make a get away
Once you have loved someone this much
You doubt it could fade
Despite how much you'd like it to
Let's fade together
Let's fade forever
Let's fade together
Let's fade forever
Let's fade together
If we get away
You know we might just stay away
So stay awake
Why the hell should I stay awake?
When you're far away
Oh god you are so far away
I looked at your wall
Saw that old passport photograph
I look like I've just jumped the Berlin Wall
Berlin I love you
I'm starting to fade
Let's fade together
Let's fade forever
Let's fade together
Let's fade forever
Let's fade together
Let's fade forever
Let's fade together
The lyrics in Franz Ferdinand's song "Fade Together" are about a deep, passionate love that the singer is struggling to let go of. The singer is trying to move on from the relationship, but is finding it difficult because of the intensity of their love. The lyrics suggest that the singer wants to "fade" away with their lover - to disappear and leave the world behind together. They question why they should stay awake and fight for the relationship when they could just get away and stay together forever, fading into each other's presence. The song expresses the idea that love can be so strong that it becomes almost destructive - the singer wants the feelings to fade away, but is also hesitant to let them go. The reference to the Berlin Wall in the lyrics is a metaphor for the emotional walls that exist between the two people, and the struggle to break them down and come together as one.
Overall, the song is a reflection on the complex nature of love, with conflicting emotions of intense passion and desire mixed with a desire to let go and move on. The lyrics capture this tension, highlighting the desire to stay together in the face of all obstacles, while also acknowledging the possibility that love can eventually fade away.
Line by Line Meaning
So far away
Being physically distant from the person he loves
Come on I'll take you far away
Offering to take the person he loves to be with him despite the distance
Let's get away
Proposing to escape from the current situation and environment
Come on let's make a get away
Reiterating the desire to leave together
Once you have loved someone this much
Daunting possibility of losing love after having invested so much in it
You doubt it could fade
Having doubts that the love will ever fade
Despite how much you'd like it to
Expressing a desire for the love to diminish despite the uncertainty
God how you'd like it, you'd like it to fade
Emphasizing the extent of desire for the love to fade
Let's fade together
Wishing to lose the love together over time
Let's fade forever
Suggesting that the love should disappear completely
If we get away
Considering the possibility of escaping together
You know we might just stay away
Acknowledging the possibility of choosing to stay away from everything and everyone
So stay awake
Encouraging to stay alert and not fall asleep or become numb to reality
Why the hell should I stay awake?
Expressing a lack of motivation or interest in staying alert and conscious
When you're far away
Feeling lost and disconnected from the person he loves because of the distance
Oh god you are so far away
Emphasizing the emotional pain of being separated from the person he loves
I looked at your wall
Recalling a memory of looking at the person he loves' wall
Saw that old passport photograph
Reminiscing about looking at a photo of the person he loves from the past
I look like I've just jumped the Berlin Wall
Comparing himself to someone who has just gone through a difficult or dangerous experience
Berlin I love you
Expressing love for a city that is associated with past memories
I'm starting to fade
Referring to the beginning of the fading process of love
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ALEXANDER PAUL KAPRANOS HUNTLEY, NICHOLAS JOHN MCCARTHY, PAUL ROBERT THOMPSON, ROBERT HARDY
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I was only 13 when this song was released, But last 15 years this song makes me goosebumps. It reminds me of this old warm times when I was just a kid. My grandpa and grandma, brother and other members of my family was alive, and I think that this is how it gonna be. I was think it lasts forever. Nowadays I'm 28 and still listen to this song that makes me cry then and makes me cry now. I can't remember my grandma face and her voice, but I remember I was lying on her bed and listen this on my little iPod shuffle. So hard listen to it now, its like funeral waltz for me. Thanks Alex and his band for his great song and also my dad for introdusing with this music. Thank you for that indescribable feeling when I can turn back in my happy childhood just listeting to song.
Wonky Lommiter
That's really beautiful, thank you for sharing these memories! it is a really amazing song. lots of love. :)
n a
I simply love Franz Ferdinand, they are able to convey such a wide variety of feelings and emotions through their music. Thanks for the comment :)
Zombumb
Perfecto, me encanto tu vídeo, muchas gracias por compartir a Franz Ferdinand. 🖤
Erik Ricardo Boscolo
This song exhales indie. I can't help feeling drawn to it.
Robyn Nichols
I love this band and this song!!!
Czar Oceans
I remember i used to take the buss with my friends to the center of the city just to walk hours back home, sharing a cigarret and speaking how hard life was. Time passed and one day years later i take the buss and walked alone to my home thinking about the real problems and how now theres no time or friends to speak with ...
Only cigarrets and the memory that in those "Hard Times" I was happy
NonaPaskemin
Idk why, but this song kinda reminds me of the Beatles. And also why haven't I heard this before? It's great
JoAnna Vittitow
Your profile pic is the best.
NonaPaskemin
+JoAnna Vittitow why thank you ^_^ I have had it like that for 5 years now, I plan to never change it