What nobody dares
What nobody dares is a ballad by the songwriter Konstantin Wecker based on the poem by the theologian Lothar Zenetti .
| What nobody dares | |
|---|---|
| Konstantin Wecker | |
| publication | 2008 |
| length | 3:24 |
| Genre (s) | song writer |
| text | Lothar Zenetti |
| music | Konstantin Wecker |
| album | Encores |
content
The song calls for people to rebel against the attitude of the crowd. One should not thoughtlessly adopt the prevailing opinion, but rather form one's own picture and, if necessary, come to another statement. It encourages people to think for themselves, to break new ground and to question the obvious.
In his setting, Wecker left out the beginning and end of the original text by Lother Zenetti: “The cross of Jesus Christ crosses what is and makes everything new”, thus changing the originally decidedly Christian interpretation of the text.
construction
The three verses are in four predominantly iambic existing verses divided. Thereby dull and ringing rhymes alternate.
The rhyme scheme consists of one cross rhyme . In the first stanza, the second accentuation rhymes .
"You shoud risk what nobody else does.
What no one says that says out.
What no one thinks that dares to think.
What nobody starts, carries out.
If nobody says yes, you should say so.
If nobody says no, say no.
If any doubt, dares to believe.
If everyone participates, stand alone.
Where everyone praises, they have concerns.
Where everyone scoffs, don't scoff.
Where all stingy, dares to give.
Where everything is dark, there is light. "
music
rhythm
It is four-four time with a calm rhythm that is loosened up by a few dots . The last tone is brought forward by a syncope .
Harmony
The song is in G major , with the parallel minor chord and the double dominant being used in addition to the other two major chords , sometimes supplemented with the seventh .
Konstantin Wecker transposes after the first stanza to C major , Reinhard Mey begins a whole tone higher and then transposes only a fourth.
Melody
The pitch range remains just below the easily singable octave with a seventh , which makes it easier to transpose as a possibility of increase. The melody begins with the common fourth jump . In the second half the minor seventh is also used as the melody tone.
Trivia
The text is often wrongly ascribed to Saint Francis of Assisi , the first stanza also to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , but always without naming a source.
Released
The song has been published by the following artists, among others:
- Konstantin Wecker , encores (2008)
- Reinhard Mey together with Konstantin Wecker, Mairegen (2010)
- Hannes Wader , Wecker & Wader (Live) (2010)
swell
- First publication of the text in: Lothar Zenetti, Texte der Zuversicht, Verlag J. Pfeiffer Munich 1972, p. 253, here with the frame verse: "The cross of Jesus Christ / crosses what is / and makes everything new"
- Reinhard Kossak: Songs for the graduation ceremony, volume 1. Nierentisch Records & Verlag, Scharbeutz, p. 15 f.
- Text at LyricWikia
Individual evidence
- ↑ from: Lothar Zenetti: On His Track. Texts of believing confidence (Topos 327). Matthias Grünewald Verlag , Schwabenverlag AG. Ostfildern, 4th edition 2006
- ↑ Reinhard Kossak: Songs for the graduation ceremony, volume 1. Nierentisch Records & Verlag, Scharbeutz, p. 15
- ↑ http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/Reinhard_Mey:Was_Keiner_Wagt