Auf Achse (song)

Infobox Song
Name = Auf Achse
Artist = Franz Ferdinand
Album = Franz Ferdinand
Released = 2004
Recorded = 2003 - 2004
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:20
Label = Domino
Producer = Franz Ferdinand
Tore JohanssonExtra tracklisting
Album = Franz Ferdinand
Type = Studio
prev_track = "The Dark of the Matinée"
prev_no = 4
this_track = "Auf Achse"
track_no = 5
next_track = "Cheating on You"
next_no = 6

Auf Achse is a song about unrequited love by the band Franz Ferdinand, from the album "Franz Ferdinand". "Auf Achse" literally means "on the axle" in German, a common metaphor for "on the road" and also the title of a 1980s TV series about truckers.It has also been stated that 'Auf Achse' was the first song written by Kapranos and McCarthy.

This song is about a lonely trucker, or so Alex Kapranos often states when he introduces the song live.The song's title can be misspelt, "Auf Asche" which literally means "on ashes".

Franz Ferdinand "Auf Achse"

You see her, you can't touch herYou hear her, you can't hold herYou want her, you can't have herYou want to, but she won't let you

You see her, you can't touch herYou hear her, you can't hold herYou want her, you can't have herYou want to, but she won't let you

She's you're not so special so look what you've done, boyShe's you're not so special so look what you've done, boyShe's you're not so special so look what you've done

Now you wish she'd never come back here againOh, never come back here again

You see her, you can't touch herYou hear her, you can't hold herYou want her, you can't have herYou want to, but she won't let you

You see her, you can't touch herYou hear her, you can't hold herYou want her, you can't have herYou want to, but she won't let you

She's you're not so special so look what you've done, boyShe's you're not so special so look what you've done, boyShe's you're not so special so look what you've done