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| Ich brauche Zeit | I need time |
| Kein Heroin kein Alkohol kein Nikotin | No heroin nor alcohol nor nicotine |
| Brauch keine Hilfe | I don’t need help |
| Kein Koffein | Nor caffeine |
| Doch Dynamit und Terpentin | But I do need dynamite and turpentine |
| Ich brauche für Gasolin | I need oil for gasoline [2] |
| Explosiv wie Kerosin | Explosive like kerosene |
| Mit viel Oktan und frei von Blei | With lots of octane and free of lead |
| Einen Kraftstoff wie | A fuel like |
| Benzin | Petrol |
| Brauch keinen Freund | I don’t need a friend |
| Kein Kokain | Nor cocaine |
| Brauch weder Arzt noch Medizin | I need neither a doctor nor medicine |
| Brauch keine Frau nur Vaselin | I don’t need a woman, just Vaseline |
| Etwas Nitroglyzerin | Some nitroglycerine |
| Ich brauche Geld für Gasolin | I need money for gasoline |
| Explosiv wie Kerosin | Explosive like kerosene |
| Mit viel Oktan und frei von Blei | With lots of octane and free of lead |
| Einen Kraftstoff wie | A fuel like |
| Benzin | Petrol |
| Gib mir Benzin | Give me petrol |
| Es fliesst durch meine Venen | It flows through my veins |
| Es schläft in meinen Tränen | It sleeps in my tears |
| Es läuft mir aus den Ohren | It leaks from my ears |
| Herz und Nieren sind Motoren | Heart and kidneys are motors |
| Benzin | Petrol |
| Willst du dich von etwas trennen | If you want to part with something |
| dann musst du es verbrennen | then you have to incinerate it |
| Willst du es nie wieder sehen | If you never want to see it again |
| lass es schwimmen in Benzin | let it swim in petrol |
| Benzin | Petrol |
| Ich brauch Benzin | I need petrol |
| Benzin | Petrol |
| Gib mir Benzin | Give me petrol |
“Benzin” (The German word for Petrol, or Gasoline) was the first song to be introduced from Rosenrot. Rammstein first played “Benzin” live at Berlin’s Wuhlheide Park in June 2005. Theatrical flames shot twenty meters into the air during the live performance. Later, the song was also played at several other concerts, one of them at Nîmes, which is included on the band’s new live DVD Völkerball. It is the only song to have been played live to date.
Benzin can be interpreted as a political reference to the high gas prices being experienced in many countries around the world (Ich brauche Geld für Gasolin/I need money for gasoline). “Gasolin” is not actually a German word, but an English word made German. There was, however, a German chain of gas stations called “Gasolin.”
Also, bassist Oliver Riedel briefly discussed the song on Rosenrot with Kerrang!, a music magazine published in the United Kingdom, where he said “We have so much fire in our shows that we wondered if we could have some lyrics about petrol, because it’s been responsible for our success outside of Germany. It’s basically our ode to pyromania.”
The Music video depicts the majority of the band as bored firefighters who receive a call and drive an oversized firetruck, destroying everything in their path to reach one survivor – Christian Lorenz – who they totally fail to save.
Please correct the sentence: “Ich brauche für Gasolin”
the word: “Öl” is missing. ei. “oil”
thus the sentence should be: “Ich brauche Öl für Gasolin”
Thank you.