Vollmond
Silly Lyrics


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Im Vollmond sah die Wiese aus wie unter Schnee
kein Indiz und keine Spur
keiner war dabei und keiner hat's gesehn
nur ich und Du

Was haben wir denn nur gemacht
in dieser gottverdammten Nacht
unterm Vollmond im Mai

Zwei Raketen rasten aufeinander zu
um aneinander zu verglüh'n
so was wie mit uns kann in hunderttausend Jahr'n
nur ein einziges Mal passieren

Was haben wir...

Der Morgennebel hat sich sanft zu uns gelegt
auf Haut und Haaren schimmert Tau
ich stell mir vor, sie würden uns hier liegen seh'n
mein Mann und Deine Frau





Was haben wir...

Overall Meaning

In Silly’s song Vollmond, the first verse starts with a description of a meadow in the light of a full moon. The imagery is powerful as the meadow is described to look like it’s covered in snow. The lyrics then suggest that a secret meeting took place on this night with no witnesses but the people involved, the singer and the person they are addressing in the song. The lyrics in the second verse convey a sense of intense connection between these two people compared to two rockets hurtling towards each other, coming together and ultimately burning out. The lyrics then suggest that this type of connection can only happen once every hundred thousand years.


The last verse suggests that the meeting took place in the early hours of the morning when the sun is about to rise. The imagery is once again captivating, as the dew on the skin and hair of the people meeting and the morning mist that surrounds them suggests intimacy and secrecy. The lyrics then pose a hypothetical question: “what if their partners were to find them lying there together?” This line brings in a sense of guilt and uncertainty as to whether the meeting was the right thing to do, but ultimately the song ends with the same theme of intense longing and desire.


Line by Line Meaning

Im Vollmond sah die Wiese aus wie unter Schnee
The brightness of the full moon made the field appear as though it had snow cover


Kein Indiz und keine Spur
There were no clues or evidence of anything happening


Keiner war dabei und keiner hat's gesehn
No one else was around to witness what we did


Nur ich und Du
It was just the two of us


Was haben wir denn nur gemacht
What exactly did we do


in dieser gottverdammten Nacht
on this cursed night


unterm Vollmond im Mai
under the full moon in May


Zwei Raketen rasten aufeinander zu
Two rockets raced towards each other


um aneinander zu verglüh'n
to burn up with one another


So was wie mit uns kann in hunderttausend Jahr'n
What happened between us is something that may only happen once in a hundred thousand years


nur ein einziges Mal passieren
This can only happen once


Der Morgennebel hat sich sanft zu uns gelegt
Morning fog settled gently around us


auf Haut und Haaren schimmert Tau
The dew glistened on our skin and hair


ich stell mir vor, sie würden uns hier liegen seh'n
I imagine our spouses finding us lying here


mein Mann und Deine Frau
My husband and your wife




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Comments from YouTube:

Ina Wesuls

Genau so war es! Passiert so wie ich glaube,zig tausend Menschen...wenn es knallt,kann man wohl nichts dagegen tun,selbst wenn man schon gebunden ist....

Rasch87

Tolles Bass... Ich errine mich Talk Talk

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