Autumn saw you off,
Rocking a guelder-rose branch,
I was standing on the platform.
You pressed your lips against the glass,
Whispering something quietly,
I couldn't understand.
It was you who's declared the war,
And the planes are flying, the planes are flying,
And the planes are bombing love,
And the planes are bombing my love.
It was you who's declared the war,
And the planes are flying, the planes are flying,
And the planes are bombing love,
And the planes are bombing my love.
Only words, they are all that's left over
Like an echo impressed into my memory,
The train is carrying me away.
In the sky, stars in fragments
Are falling, falling, falling, falling, falling, it's painful,
I pull the emergency brake – this can't go on any longer.
It was you who's declared the war,
And the planes are flying, the planes are flying,
And the planes are bombing love,
And the planes are bombing my love.
It was you who's declared the war,
And the planes are flying, the planes are flying,
And the planes are bombing love,
And the planes are bombing my love.
It was you who's declared the war,
And the planes are flying, the planes are flying,
And the planes are bombing love,
And the planes are bombing my love.
It was you who's declared the war,
And the planes are flying, the planes are flying,
And the planes are bombing love,
And the planes are bombing my love.