"Mach die Augen zu"

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s, lit. Close the eyes] is a Punk rock, punk song by Die Ärzte. It is the eighth track and the second single from their 1993 album ''Die Bestie in Menschengestalt''. This song is about a relationship where one side wants to end the relationship and the other side desperately wants to keep pretending. ''Translated excerpt: Close your eyes and kiss me I don't mind if you pretend I forget what happened And I hope and I dream I wouldn't have lost you yet''

The video

The video is based on the

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. Shown is how the woman (whose appearance doesn't resemble Snow White's) bites a

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from a

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and then falls asleep. The dwarves carry her in a

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and a

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builds a

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over her. Also is shown how a clumsy

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makes his way to the woman, finds her in the casket surrounded by dwarves, shreds the web and kisses the woman. The woman awakes, takes his

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off and

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es him. She then proceeds to strip him from his

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. The video ends with the woman lifting the knight on the

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beside it along the

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Track listing

# "Mach die Augen zu" (Urlaub) - 4:00 # "25 Stunden am Tag" (Witte) - 3:13

Maxi

# "Mach die Augen zu" (Urlaub) - 4:00 # "25 Stunden am Tag" (Witte) - 3:13 # "Punkrockgirl" (Originalversion)" (Felsenheimer) - 1:53 # "Wahre Liebe" (Gonzalez, Felsenheimer, Urlaub) - 3:03 # "Mach die Augen zu" (Remix)" (Urlaub) - 4:30

Personnel

Farin Urlaub Jan Vetter (born 27 October 1963), better known as Farin Urlaub. (from the German ''Fahr in Urlaub!'', "Go on holiday!"), is a German singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the guitarist/vocalist for punk rock band Die Ärzte. He ...

– vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar *

Bela B. Dirk Albert Felsenheimer (born 14 December 1962),''Die Ärzte. Ein überdimensionales Meerschwein frisst die Erde auf'', p. 80 better known under his stage name Bela B (formerly Bela B.), is a German musician, songwriter, actor and author, b ...

– drums * Rodrigo González – bass

B-sides

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Charts

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