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| Ich war ganz allein zu Haus | I was all alone at home |
| Die Eltern waren beide aus | Both of my parents were out |
| Da sah ich plötzlich vor mich stehen | There before me I suddenly saw |
| Ein Schächtelchen nett anzusehen | a little box, nice to look at |
| ‘Ei’ sprach ich, ‘wie schön und fein’ | Oh, I said, how pretty and nice |
| Das muss ein trefflich Spielzeug sein | That must be a splendid toy |
| Ich zünde mir ein Hölzein an | I strike a match |
| Wie´s oft die Mutter hat getan | Like mother often did |
| Immer wenn ich einsam bin | Every time that I’m alone |
| Zieht es mich zum Feuer hin | I’m pulled to the fire |
| Warum ist die Sonne rund | Why is the sun round |
| Warum werd ich nicht gesund | Why don’t I get healthy |
| Es greift nach mir ich wehr mich nicht | It reaches for me, I don’t resist |
| Springt mir mit Krallen ins Gesicht | Jumps with claws to my face |
| Es beißt sich fest es schmerzt mich sehr | It bites hard, it pains me a lot |
| Ich spring in Zimmer hin und her | I jump around the room |
| Oh weh die Flamme fäßt das Kleid | Oh no, the flame touches my dress |
| Die Jacke brennt en leuchtet weit | My jacket burns, it glows far |
| Es brennt die Haut es brennt das Haar | My hand burns, my hair burns |
| Ich brenne am ganzen Leib sogar | In fact my whole body is burning |
| Immer wenn ich einsam bin | Every time that I’m alone |
| Zieht es mich zum Feuer hin | I’m pulled to the fire |
| Warum ist die Sonne rund | Why is the sun round |
| Warum werd ich nicht gesund – | Why don’t I get healthy – |
| Das Feuer liebt mich | The fire loves me |
| Hilf mir | Help me |
| Das Feuer liebt mich nicht – | The fire loves me not ““ |
| Das Feuer liebt mich | The fire loves me |
| Ich bin verbrannt mit Haut und Haar | I have been totally burned |
| Verbrannt ist alles ganz und gar | Everything is burned completely |
| Aus der Asche ganz allein | From the ashes, all alone |
| Steig ich auf zum Sonnenschein | I climb up to the sunshine |
| Das Feuer liebt mich | The fire loves me |
| Das Feuer liebt mich nicht | The fire loves me not |
| Hilf mir | Help me |
“Hilf mir” (Help me) is based on the story of “Die gar traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug” from “Der Struwwelpeter” by Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894). The story is about a girl who lights a match and develops an unusual love of fire (see pyromania). When a flame accidentally touches her dress, she, along with her house, is burned to the ground. At the end she rises from the ashes to the sunshine.
This song has another meaning you neglected to mention. Depression. “Every time that I’m alone, I’m pulled into the fire” when you are away from others you are more likely to let you feelings surface, and fire is the depression. It doesn’t start out as bad, just emotionally interesting, but it gets out of hand and burns you and everything else that you care about. Not wanting to get rid of it, convinced that “the fire loves me” and seeing otherwise. “From the ashes all alone, I climb up into the sunshine.” Meaning when you must go back into public you pretend nothing iis wrong. Just how I see it, but Rammstein has a way of making many different meanings with every song.
Too relatable, made me sad
The lyrics on this song are indeed pretty straight-forward, although ‘Warum werd ich nicht gesund’ might be considered a double meaning.
The confusing thing is though, that a lot of other Rammstein songs are incredibly metaphorical.
@ Maria, 1:42 am on February 16th, 2012
He is obviously sex-oriented, as his nickname is Fleish-Gewehr. Look up the lyric to ‘pussy’, and you’ll see what it means.
I know it’s matches. Probably because I’ve been an underage smoker as a teenager.
This song is so unbelievable
I love Germans
They are not like a lot of people think
They are very friendly
PS:
Rammstein for ever
Trust me, it’s “Hölzchen”, not “Hölzein” 😉
All these interpretations are appropriate, just depends on what topic you are focused & what level of abstraction you chose. Sex, drugs, & fire, and the many other powerful phenomena, are fascinating and dangerous. And yes, this song is a beautifully poetic expression of the old adage: you play with fire you will get burned.
This dangerous fascination is an essential component of humanity; without it, we would not be. It is the essence of “how” & “why”… the compelling acquisition of knowledge and it’s power. At one level, this is an expression of the dangers to humanity, embodied in our own essential character.
@Fleisch-Gewehr
See above. Maybe your mind is too sex-orientated.
Der Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffman is not just a book. It’s an old book for parents to help raise their children. It’s very nice to read, they’re, like, stories to tell your kids to keep them on the straight and narrow. Play with fire ? You’ll die. Suck yout thumbs, someone will cut them of. Keep yourself clean or you’ll die in your own filth. Tease or torture animals and they will bite your ass one day, play with guns, it can be used against you and kill you, and so forth. I read it when I was a kid, my aunt had it, I inherited it from her and it’s pretty scary for kids. Each story has a moral that tells about consequences of misbehavior in an scary way. And the subtitle is “funny stories with amusing drawings”!!!!
It’s a bizarre book, so it fits Rammstein perfectly.
berry – totally agree ppl read way to much into the lyrics. it is just about a pyro obsession… yep i hear das fuer liebt mich and then das fuer liebt dich nicht.
@Fleisch-Gewehr, actually this is a pretty straight song. The lyrics is based of a novel or something about a girl who developes pyromanic behaviours. Just cause it’s Rammstein doesn’t mean it’s connected so sex.
Btw, just me who hears “das feuer liebt mich” (screamed cocky almost stuck up tone) and “das feuer liebt DICH nicht” (said in a calmer, more explaining voice)? As if he’s telling himself that the fire doesn’t love him and he’s screaming back at himself that it sure does. ?????
The entire song is a metaphor for sexual experimentation, the fire in this case being the opposite sex. In “playing” with the fire the girl is burned, and crumbles into emotional ashes when the fire ceases to love her.
I lvoe these lyrics. How Till write his lyrics is just amazing. I don’t understand how he does it. I adore that man so much, he’s like a God. And his voice.. It is so pretty!
I took me quite a long time to realise how the lines
Why is the sun round
Why don’t I get healthy
go together.
I think the whole theme of the song is a metaphor for addictions: the pyromaniac kid plays with matches, and gers burned, just like if you’re addicted to alcohol or to smoking, you will eventually die sooner due to your bad habits. Asking why ‘the sun is round’, is just like asking ‘why don’t I get healthy’, while you’re constantly destroying yourself: of course you’re not going to get healthy if you consume ten bottles of whisky a day, for example!
I went through a small pyromaniac phase some years back. It stopped once I threw a handful of flour onto an open flame in a barbecue grill. Note: For the love of god, don’t do this at home, if you value your eyebrows. Nearly burned them off that way. Fire coming straight at my face – kind of woke me up to the fact that I could seriously hurt myself if I kept doing things like that.
The ‘why don’t I get healthy’ probably relates to the person in which the song is about; questioning themselves. “Why am I like this (Why am I a pyro and why can’t I do anything about it) speaking as if pyromania is a problem. You can see throughout that the character loves fire, but also understands it’s a problem within himself / herself.
P.S. After reading it again it could also mean ‘why won’t someone help me’ or ‘why can’t I help myself’ it’s not the sentences literal meaning but Rammstein is all about double meanings.