The Death Of Ferdinand De Saussure Lyrics - The Magnetic Fields

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'm 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, "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" 

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, you are nothing 

I am nothing without love"