Ich bin die Sehnsucht in dir

The lyrics present longing as a force that has accompanied someone since childhood and shaped their choices. At first, it seems like a close companion, helping guide dreams and offering both happiness and hope. As the song develops, that bond looks more damaging: the speaker admits to misleading the person, making empty promises, and causing anger and self-blame. The repeated claim “I am the longing inside you” makes this inner force feel impossible to separate from the person.

Several images express how longing can take control. It “steals your time,” like a thief, and turns the world around the person, suggesting that desire can dominate attention and daily life. Calling itself both “your luck” and “your curse” captures its mixed effects: it can inspire and comfort, but also cause pain. The speaker’s role as an “alibi” implies that longing may provide an excuse for choices the person makes.

The speaker is personified, but the lyrics do not specify exactly what it represents. It could be an intense desire, a dream, an obsession, or another persistent inner need. The ending insists that this presence will never leave, while the repeated image of dying with it sounds bleak and possibly symbolic rather than literal. The song therefore holds two ideas together: longing can give life direction, yet becoming ruled by it may feel destructive.