Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: show-tunes
Song Meaning of “Die Schatten werden länger” by Tourneecast 2011
‘Die Schatten werden länger’ is a haunting German song about the passing of time and how it can be both beautiful and hard to accept. The lyrics tell the story of a man looking back on his life as his shadows grow longer, and reflecting on regret, the moments that have been forgotten, and the things that can never be undone. The song speaks of heaviness, but also of the beauty of life and those moments that cannot be returned to, but will remain in memory.
The narrator seems to be at peace with the situation but is also in a state of despair. He acknowledges that he can’t buy back the moments that he has wasted and can’t turn time in the opposite direction. As the lyrics progress, the mood shifts from peacefulness to sadness as the man reflects on what he has lost in his life: “Das ist mein Leben und die Zeit die ich vergeudet habe, die keiner mehr zurückbringen kann” (This is my life and the time that I have wasted, that nobody can take back). Despite accepting the inevitability of his life’s passing, the narrator struggles to reconcile that fact with his hopes for the future.