the death of ferdinand de saussure

• the magnetic fields şarkısı. 69 love songs dan
  
  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
  you are nothing
  i am nothing
  without love
  
  i'm just a great composer
  and 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 [etc]
  
  his fading words were
  we don't know anything [etc]