The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure

I met Ferdinand de Saussure
on a night like this
On love he said "I'm not so sure
I even know what it is
No understanding, no closure
It is a nemesis
You can't use a bulldozer
to study orchids, "he said, "so
we don't know anything
you don't know anything
I don't know anything about love
But we are nothing
you are nothing
I am nothing without love"
I am just a great composer
and not a violent man
but I lost my composure
and I shot Ferdinand
crying, "it's well and kosher
to say you don't understand
but this is for Holland-Dozier-Holland!"
His last words were...
His fading words were...

Stephin Merritt (The Magnetic Fields), 69 Love Songs