The Wakenitz is a river in southeastern Schleswig-Holstein whose source is the Ratzeburger See in Ratzeburg.
The Wakenitz is about 14.5 kilometers long and drains into the Trave in Lübeck. The majority of its eastern bank forms the border between Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. After the end of World War II this river formed part of the Iron Curtain between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Democratic Republic of Germany. The Wakenitz drains an area of about 445 km².
Coordinates: 53°53′N 10°42′E / 53.883°N 10.700°E / 53.883; 10.700
At night
I walk into the deep sea
I feel the waves
And sometimes
I see myself
Flowing among them
I heard weird lullabies from all around
But they're right here
There is a silence
Where there is no sound
There is a silence
Where no sound exists
In the cold waves
Under the deep, deep sea