laika
The Hungry Hearts Lyrics

The streets of Moscow with my girlfriend
Describing the couple's location and company which holds a particular importance in the song.

A lonely drumbeat out in space
A metaphor for the overwhelming silence of space, devoid of any life activity.

Repeats a heartbeat forever lost
Reflects the departure of Laika, the first living being sent to space and then lost due to the technological limitations during that era

Floating like a dream in an empty room
Describing how Laika's memory floats like a dream even after years of her death.

A weightless Laika looking at the moon
A poetic way to express the image of Laika, looking above to the moon, towards the return she never made.

A homeless shadow trapped in the cosmic computer
A reference to the technological aspects of Laika's demise where she was projected to become a mere subject of science instead of being treated as an individual being.

A little curly dog embraced by endless space
Describing Laika's position, helpless in the vast space and the cruelty of human actions.

An echo of her life floating like a dream
Echo of Laika, symbolizing the memory of the dog and the long-lost purpose of her journey.

Forever lost in the Sputnik Space Machine
The everlasting loneliness and sadness relayed by the memory of Laika, which gradually fades away.

She loves the disco, she loves the disco
Reflecting an overwhelming fascination towards the disco that the singer's partner possessed.

She loves the disco flying through the air
Imagery of the singer's lover enjoying the disco music while dancing, which they relate to the love they once shared.

She could have been my love
Describing the regret and agony the singer went through, reflecting on his missed opportunity to start a new life with his lover.

She could have been my life
The singer fantasizes the alternate version of his life that he could have had with his lover.

You could have closed my eyes
A rhetorical question directed towards his lover, imagining the isolation he faced without her.

You could have told some lies
The singer contemplating their lover's deception towards him like every other entity surrounding him.

And then you left me here out in the atmosphere
The singer feeling abandoned and desolate in an environment where there is no atmosphere, directly relates to the void left after the departure of his love.

Without the disco, without the disco
Highlighting the significance of the disco, the last and only moment of happiness with his lover

Hearts on fire
Illustrating the pain and sorrow the singer's currently going through, the metaphorical burning of his heart.

Burning with this sad desire
The immense tragic feeling of desire that intensifies the emotional turmoil caused by the memory of the singer's love.

Der untergang ist jetzt, der untergang ist hier
The singer debating on a german phrase that translates to 'The downfall is now, the downfall is here', reflecting on the state of his being at the moment of songwriting.

My life is sadness, my life is madness
Depicting the singer's hopelessness, encapsulating his present and portraying the life he is leading is everything with no happy moments.

I miss the disco, I miss the the disco
The longing for the missed moments with his lover and the artificial happiness the disco held, that's palpable in the tone of the singer.

She loves the disco, she loves the disco
A repetition of the earlier sentiments of the singer's lover towards the disco.

She loves the disco flying through her hair
The final visual representation of his lover enjoying the disco in full effect, leading into the last stanza of the song.