Haut mir kein' Stein

We have a song today that came my way via the Tidal streaming service. It does a better job of serving up songs I like than Spotify ever did. Granted, my taste in music is a bit off center.

I particularly like the chorus.

Carve me no stone, build me no cross,
And light no candles for me
Burn me to ashes,
Drink a beer for me and then
Please don't read a mass for me,
Don't lay a wreath where I died
Instead, build a tavern there
And dance on my grave

You can find the entire lyrics translation at this link.

This is "Haut mir kein' Stein" by Versengold. It is from the 2017 album Funkenflug.

There is also an Offizielles Video. I usually find the offical videos distracting, but I don't hate this one.

Google translates the song title as "Don't throw a stone at me," but I think "Carve me no stone," referring to a headstone, is better. Haut mir kein' Stein. (Google translate does a good job with German, for the most part, but it doesn't get poetry, or song lyrics, right.

And yes, if you scroll down at the link to the lyrics translation, you will find that I did provide that translation. German isn't my best language, but I think it is OK, and captures the feeling of the song. (If you page to the bottom of that page, there is one comment that calls into question my reading of "Und die Frauenwelt geliebt." I could see it go either way, but then as I said about German it isn't my best language.