Auf einer Brücke ziemlich hoch Hält ein Mann die Arme auf Da steht er nun und zögert noch Die Menschen strömen gleich zuhauf Auch ich lass mir das nicht entgehen Das will ich aus der Nähe sehen Ich stell mich in die erste Reihe und schreie Der Mann will von der Brücke steigen Die Menschen fangen an zu hassen Bilden einen dichten Reigen Und wollen ihn nicht nach unten lassen So steigt er noch mal nach oben Und der Mob fängt an zu toben Sie wollen seine Innereien Und schreien Spring Erlöse mich Spring Enttäusch mich nicht Spring für mich Spring ins Licht Spring Jetzt fängt der Mann zu weinen an Heimlich schiebt sich eine Wolke fragt sich Was hab ich getan vor die Sonne es wird kalt Ich wollte nur zur Aussicht gehen die Menschen laufen aus den Reihen und in den Abendhimmel sehen Und sie schreien Spring Sie schreien Spring Erlöse mich Spring Enttäusch mich nicht Spring für mich Spring ins Licht Spring Heimlich schiebt sich eine Wolke vor die Sonne es wird kalt Doch tausend Sonnen brennen nur für dich Ich schleich mich heimlich auf die Brücke Tret ihm von hinten in den Rücken Erlöse ihn von dieser Schmach und schrei ihm nach Spring Spring Erlöse dich Spring Enttäusch mich nicht Spring für mich Spring Enttäusch mich nicht | On a bridge, quite high A man holds his arms open There he stands and still hesitates Right away the people swarm in droves I won't miss out on it either I want to see it up close I get into the first row And scream The man wants to climb from the bridge The people begin to hate They form a dense crowd And don't want to let him down So he climbs back up And the mob begins to rage They want his innards And scream Jump Redeem me Jump Don't disappoint me Jump for me Jump into the light Jump Now the man begins to cry A cloud moves in secret Asking himself what have I done in front of the sun, it gets cold I just wanted to see the view the people break ranks and look into the evening sky And they scream Jump They scream Jump Redeem me Jump Don't disappoint me Jump for me Jump into the light Jump A cloud moves in secret in front of the sun, it gets cold But a thousand suns burn just for you I creep onto the bridge in secret and kick him in the back from behind I redeem him from this shame and I scream to him Jump Jump Redeem yourself Jump Don't disappoint me Jump for me Jump Don't disappoint me |
“Spring” (Jump) is about a man who climbs high onto a bridge just to see the view. A crowd gathers, thinking that he wants to commit suicide and encourages the man to jump. The man tries to climb down but the crowd doesn’t let him. In the end, with people screaming at him, he is kicked off the bridge by a member of the crowd (Till’s “character” in the song), saving him, as they see it, from his shame (of being mentally unable to jump). The song has a very melodic, gentle and melancholy keyboard-based chorus, accompanied by Till’s trademark voice.
I kind of think it’s a metaphor about himself (Till) as a performer/man… having to “jump” through hoops to satisfy a crowd, the media/ critics and women. The “pushing” that occurs is himself to do it every time.
This song reminds me of something that happened in the late 00s in Seattle. A man was walking across the Queen Anne bridge, wanting to glance at the view, had no idea of jumping, did not, as cars (do not know how many) passed and people shouted out jump. The man disregarded it, but it probably stuck with him, would have with me for years, and I have not even tried to commit suicide. People do not take suicide well and consider it a sin, a shame. I do not think anyone wanted him to die per say, but did not understand the percussion of what could have happened, and even if one would jump, one would not always die. Upsetting, frightening, and disgusting world we live in.
This song is sad and terrifying, but catchy and real. I see this song from two perspectives, the mob wanted to kill a human, who did not do anything, but at the same time, they thought he was suicidal (since he was standing on top) and viewed that as a mental issue, as a taboo, consequently, wanting him to be out of his misery strangely thinking that they were actually doing him a favor. I wonder how it would have played if the man standing on the bridge told them right away that he had no idea of jumping. Sad yet poignant.
It just happened in Schmoelln, Thueringen, October 2016
this song it remind me “the hunt”. a film by Thomas Vinterberg. Lucas (the main character) is accused
for something he did’t do. Klara ( also a main character) who start up this charge, isn’t sure for that but she begin to get more and more certain stimulated by all her relatives. so now she hasn’t any doubt that Lucas is guilty so do all the community. and all Lucas life turn into a nightmare from something that never happened. the same in this songs, the main character
suffers and is stimulated from the mob that his real attention was to jump not to see the view.
its a story that happened in 2005 in the netherlands, http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/Nieuws/article/detail/1715500/2005/06/13/Publiek-moedigt-man-aan-tot-zelfmoord.dhtml.
Only in that incident, he was saved at the end, the police helped him down, put him in a box for his own safety (because the crowd was still against him, oddly he even wanted to jump out of the box in spite of this), and desired help. He also had a RPM and threw lights and his cell phone down towards the public. He was on the ashes of a Ferris wheel. The onlookers were drunk, who even sang “jump”, but the 34 year old probably was too. It was 4 am on a Saturday. I do not know how many were there and what their intentions would have been if they were not drunk, but yikes. I do not think though everyone in the crowd wanted him to jump.
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THIS SONG IS GOING TO KILL ME
Just listened to this song again after some years timeout and just realized how perfect compozed this song is and that this is how rammsten generally sound according to me to produce unique quality music that’s arts rammstein on fire over and over again
But what about the secret clouds?
a song needs to have 2 major components to be successful…
1)to be catchy
2)to appeal to ones interests
this song has captured both those elements and has truly made an awesome song good job rammstein