| Ich bin jetzt anders, |
Now I am different |
| sie haben mich geändert |
You have changed me |
| Doch ich bin immer noch der Meinung: |
But I still hold that |
| Es gibt zu viele Menschen |
There are too many people |
| |
| Ich kann sie nicht ertragen, |
I cannot bear them |
| sie quälen mich mit Scherzen |
They torment me with their jokes |
| Doch das Übel an Geräuschen |
Still the evil of noises |
| ist das Schlagen ihrer Herzen! |
Is the beating of their hearts |
| |
| Halt! Bleibt stehen! |
Stop! Don`t move |
| Halt! Bleibt stehen! |
Stop! Don`t move |
| Ich kann es nicht, nicht ertragen! |
I cannot, cannot bear it |
| Halt! Hört auf zu schlagen! |
Stop! Stop beating |
| |
| Seht ihr nicht, mir geht’s nicht gut |
Don`t you see? I`m not too lucky |
| Doch sie pumpen weiter Blut und |
Still you pump blood and |
| Wie sie sich vermehren, sie kommen über mich in Scharen |
You grow in number, Coming over me in flocks |
| Ich kann sie nicht ertragen |
I cannot bear you |
| Versuch sie auszumerzen |
I`m trying to get rid of you |
| Es dröhnt in meine Schläfen das Schlagen ihrer Herzen |
In my dreams I hear the thunderings of your heartbeats |
| |
| Halt! Bleibt stehen! |
Stop! Don`t move |
| Halt! Bleibt stehen! |
Stop! Don`t move |
| Ich kann es nicht, nicht ertragen! |
I cannot, cannot bear it |
| Halt! Hört auf zu schlagen! |
Stop! Stop beating |
| |
| Stillgestanden in der Brust |
In a standstill in my chest |
| Ein totes Herz ist kein Verlust |
A dead heart is no loss |
| Rührt euch nicht! |
Don`t move |
| Niemand quält mich so zum Scherz |
No one will torment me for fun |
| Ich lass’ die Sonne an euer Herz |
I shall bring light to your heart |
| |
| Niemand quält mich so zum Scherz |
No one will torment me for fun |
| Ich bringe Licht an euer Herz |
I am leaving light in your heart |
| Die Entscheidung fällt nicht schwer |
The decision is not difficult |
| Ich geh jetzt heim und hole mein Gewehr! |
I`ll go home and bring my rifle! |
| |
| Halt! Bleibt stehen! |
Stop! Don`t move |
| Halt! Bleibt stehen! |
Stop! Don`t move |
| Niemand quält mich so zum Scherz |
No one will torment me for fun |
| Ich lass’ die Sonne in euer Herz |
I am leaving light in your heart |
| |
| Lyric © Rammstein |
Translation © TommiK for Affenknecht.com |
@Anakin
Sure
come on guys.
this is boring.
just fuckin’ agree to disagree!
Dear mister AA,
I’ve known Rammstein from day one, German is my second language, my dad’s from (East) Germany. I’ll give you that they like to be controversial but please, take of your aluminum foil hat and just take stuff for what it is: coincidental.
If it is about a shooting, it’s about any school massacre that have happened over this and last century.
I have this hunch that you like conspiracy theories, am I right ?
Watch the “making of” on the last DVD’s from MIG, and lísten to what Rammstein is saying, what they stand for: Liebe in alle Formen und Varianten.
Don’t dwell on the Colombine massacre, it was nót the only massacre even though you Americans like to think you’re the only country in the world where dramatic stuff happens.
Herr Lindemann’s birthday is 1/4/1963. Any theories on that ?
About Fritzel and the cannibal, you’re right, but that’s a given, no doubt left there, in interviews and all.
Kind regards,
Maria
Kind regards,
Maria
Amen.
Dear Maria ‘Double’ Dutch,
If you are a fellow Rammstein fan you will know that Till likes to write in first person. So he’s not going to pretend to be two people: Klebold and Harris. It’s exactly the same as ‘Mein Teil’ which is about two men, one of them being the cannibal Armin Meiwes. Till pretends to be Meiwes in the song. ‘Wiener Blut’ is another example of this, Till portrays Josef Fritzl who imprisoned and abused his daughter in a basement for 24 years. Maria, this is all clear as day!
If you’re giving me Wikipedia references perhaps you should read the section on their article about the Columbine High School massacre where it states that bullying was a contributing factor towards their violent behaviour that day. Eric Harris even said he was bullied in his internet diary and that it angered him.
I know enough German to know that in the lyrics for Halt it says ‘I`ll go home and bring my rifle!’ and have the common sense to link that with Harris using a 9mm Semi-Automatic Rifle to kill people in the school. And I’ll say again – the song is exactly 4:20 long and the Columbine Massacre occurred on 4/20.
And for the record I don’t want Halt to be a song about a terrible massacre in a school which ended with 13 people being killed, plus Klebold and Harris. But all the evidence points towards it actually being the case!
Also, although this is an unfortunate coincidence 20 April also happens to be the birthday of Germany’s leader (1933-1945).
Yours informatively,
Mr A. A, the land of sanity and sobriety.
In Germany the date is written differently than it is here. April 20 would be written 20/4, not 4/20. The song would need to be twenty minutes and four seconds long for your theory to hold up. I think that there would also be a reference to the other shooter, or some hint of the intense camaraderie that must have existed between them. This song is about someone who finds the existence of other humans intensely distasteful trying to be completely alone. If the song IS a reference to an actual murder suicide it’s not Columbine, and it probably didn’t happen in America. They’re Germans, and they write about events that are significant in their area. Columbus was significant in America. Other countries found it sad but it wasn’t really relevant to them.
Oh, and eh ….. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_related_to_secondary_schools
Dear Anakin and mister AA
Get your facts straight, is all I`m saying. You both want it to be about that so bad, so for you, in your world, it is.
Maybe it is time to check out some German, or even European news, and with that, broaden your horizon.
This could be about ány shooting for that matter, and it´s about one man, acting on his own.
Waiting for your reaction, kind regards,
Maria, the Netherlands
Dear maria, don’t be offended, but I suspect that you’re either not too strong in the head department or you’re deliberately trolling.
All the evidence is right before your eyes. The bloody song’s exactly 4:20 long
it’s amazing how you can’t put 2 and 2 together.
To quote the Master: “Rammstein thrive on being controversial and they leave subtle clues like these for fans to discover.”
still don’t get it?
urgh. nevermind.
@ Maria
What does an American comedian know about Rammstein. He’s not really an authority on anything, apart from being on the verge of being a racist towards white people. So I don’t feel inclined to look on YouTube for a video about him. Six friends? That’s not Columbine, only two people took part in the crime.
@ Maria
Obviously you’ve completely ignored what I and Anakin have said. The facts stick together and they’re far too coincidental to just dismiss and go off on your own fanciful tangent. Plus Rammstein thrive on being controversial and they leave subtle clues like these for fans to discover.
@mr AA
You should look up on youtube, the thought of Chris Rock on the matter. They were six friends. That’s three on three in a half court. He wasn’t alone at all, and just totally crazy.
Just crazy.
Not tormented, not bullied, just crazy.
@Anakin
Maybe, and I say maybe, you should get over Columbine.
Everyone knows Rammstein distanced themselves from the Colombine Shooting loud and clear, even stopped answering questions about the massacre alltogether.
So why write a song about it now ?
I really think it’s about every massacre happening everywhere, a “mental” patient, not fully cured, if that’s possible at all.
Ich bin jetzt anders,
sie haben mich geändert
Doch ich bin immer noch der Meinung:
Es gibt zu viele Menschen
He feels different, they have changed him, yet
He still thinks
There are too many people.
So, come to think of it, this could be about any massacre by a lone gun man.
The school massacre I’d think of, if this song would be about any of those, is the guy who went home and got his dad’s hunting rifle.
shouldnt Bleibt stehen rather be ‘Stay still’?
Alright. The song can be a reference to school massacres in general seeing that it contains no specific reference to a single shooting.
Still, the Columbine shooting is the most likely one(see Mr. AA’s comment)
It’s about Columbine. Get over it!