The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure

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 (Whoa-oh-oh)

You are nothing

I am nothing without love"

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"

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

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