The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure

I met Ferdinand de

SaussureOn a night like this

On love he said, "I'm not so sureI even know what it is""No understanding, no closureIt is a nemesisYou can't use a bulldozerTo study orchids"

He said, "So we don't know anythingYou don't know anythingI don't know anything about loveBut we are nothing, you are nothingI am nothing without love"

I'm just a great composer

And not a violent man

But I lost my composure

And I shot

FerdinandCrying, "It's well and kosherTo say you don't understandBut this is forHolland-Dozier-Holland"

His last words were, "We don't know anythingYou don't know anythingI don't know anything about loveBut we are nothing, you are nothingI am nothing without love"

His fading words were, "We don't know anythingYou don't know anythingI don't know anything about loveBut we are nothing, you are nothingI am nothing without love"