Nils Frahm
Empty

Sometimes you don't understand. The problem, to tell the truth, is not in not understanding, but in not realizing that you haven't understood.

One is the wavering and one the regret.

Two sentinels guarding the silence: the beginning and the end.

Three glimmers, opaline and faint, of flame and candor.

Four heavy digs from bottom to top, from slow depths to a dawning.

Five are the regrets, five mistakes, and five things that cannot be said.

Six shipwrecks.

Seven recommendations: go, don't look back, sleep, sink, let yourself be overwhelmed, ignite, return.

Finally, an eight rollercoaster of wrinkled harmonies.

Sometimes you don't understand. Understanding each other, dear Nils, is a matter of saying nothing.