“Nibelungen” is an a cappella song recorded during The Marble Index sessions. It was originally left off the album, and was only released on the 1991 reissue as the tenth track.
An alternate version, with harmonium, running for 3 minutes and 11 seconds, was later released on the 2007 posthumous com...
[Verse 1]
Since the first of you and me, asleep
In a Nibelungen land
Titanic curses trap me in
At banishment of state
Symbols vanish from my senses
Dim and stale, the view appears
[Verse 2]
Symbols captured in a trance
Vanish from my glance
For the various defences
I enforce a strike, the alarm
For the various defences
That choose to be here and there
And lose the direction everywhere
[Verse 3]
Since the first of you and me, asleep
In a Nibelungen land, where we cannot be
Almond trees grow along the mountain trail
From their tongues, the words are spelling
They're telling numb
I cannot hear it anymore
I cannot hear it anymore
[Verse 4]
Since the first of you and me, here and there
We lose the direction everywhere
Shrieking city sun, shiver in my veins
In flames I run
In flames I run
Waiting for the sign to come
[Outro]
Will you spell the words for me?
Will you spell the words for me to hear?
Nibelungen, nibelungen
Nibelungen land
Nibelungen was written by Nico.
Nibelungen was produced by Frazier Mohawk.