The lyrics often play only a minor role in a hit. And where would you know this better than in Austrian pop culture? There, profound lines (“Do I have to die in order to live?”) brought success and the most adorable nonsense (“Dideldum, dideldei, is there still a place free?”). Now it is the case that even the lost truth content of the song cannot harm its popularity.
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