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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Magnetic Fields
Performer
Stephin Merritt
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stephin Merritt
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Charles Newman
Additional Engineer
Christopher Ewen
Additional Engineer
Claudia Gonson
Additional Engineer
Eric Masunaga
Additional Engineer
Jeff Lipton
Mastering Engineer
Jon Berman
Additional Engineer
Stephin Merritt
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
"So we don't know anything
You don't know anything
I don't know anything about love
But we are nothing (Whoa-oh-oh)
You are nothing
I am nothing without love"
[Verse 2]
I'm just a great composer
I'm 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"
[Chorus]
His last words were
We don't know anything
You don't know anything
I don't know anything about love
But we are nothing (Whoa-oh-oh)
You are nothing
I am nothing without love
[Chorus]
His fading words were
We don't know anything
You don't know anything
I don't know anything about love
But we are nothing (Whoa-oh-oh)
You are nothing
I am nothing without love
Written by: The Magnetic Fields