Yes, we all know what you meant. Hence the Tobias Funke reference. As, the Tobias Funke character never means it literally but nevertheless oft unwittingly misspeaks.
Reminds me of Roy Batty and all the things he was able to see with his replicant eyes built by the humans who can't.
I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulders of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those... moments... will be lost in time, like tears... in... rain. Time... to die...