Hildegard Knef was a famous German actress and singer, mostly in the 1970ties and 80ties. I don't like all her songs, but this one, called "How many people were happy that you lived" hits hard: https://youtu.be/cjVQojWy0f8
Maybe one day someone who is still incorruptible will ask you
How many people were happy that you lived
And you glide through spirals of memory
Through despair and joy
And grief makes you mute
Because you don't know
And only hesitantly will you say
That too much is often against
On the paths of your wandering
That unfortunately you no longer know
And the question will follow you
Through spirals of memory
You see tears on faces
On faces that you loved
And you no longer know why it was so
The seconds of your truth
Lying milky over the wasteland of memory
And your smile remains frozen
And you don't know the answer
And the torch of your self goes out in the wind
Your words' loose stone
In the bridge that binds nothing
Collapses without a sound
And the question
Who was happy because you lived
Wrestles through loops of memory
Wrestles through loops of memory
Wrestles through the loops of memory
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