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| Auf einer Brücke ziemlich hoch | On a bridge, quite high |
| Hält ein Mann die Arme auf | A man holds his arms open |
| Da steht er nun und zögert noch | There he stands and still hesitates |
| Die Menschen strömen gleich zuhauf | Right away the people swarm in droves |
| Auch ich lass mir das nicht entgehen | I won’t miss out on it either |
| Das will ich aus der Nähe sehen | I want to see it up close |
| Ich stell mich in die erste Reihe | I get into the first row |
| und schreie | And scream |
| Der Mann will von der Brücke steigen | The man wants to climb from the bridge |
| Die Menschen fangen an zu hassen | The people begin to hate |
| Bilden einen dichten Reigen | They form a dense crowd |
| Und wollen ihn nicht nach unten lassen | And don’t want to let him down |
| So steigt er noch mal nach oben | So he climbs back up |
| Und der Mob fängt an zu toben | And the mob begins to rage |
| Sie wollen seine Innereien | They want his innards |
| Und schreien | And scream |
| Spring | Jump |
| Erlöse mich | Redeem me |
| Spring | Jump |
| Enttäusch mich nicht | Don’t disappoint me |
| Spring für mich | Jump for me |
| Spring ins Licht | Jump into the light |
| Spring | Jump |
| Jetzt fängt der Mann zu weinen an | Now the man begins to cry |
| Heimlich schiebt sich eine Wolke | A cloud moves in secret |
| fragt sich Was hab ich getan | Asking himself what have I done |
| vor die Sonne es wird kalt | in front of the sun, it gets cold |
| Ich wollte nur zur Aussicht gehen | I just wanted to see the view |
| die Menschen laufen aus den Reihen | the people break ranks |
| und in den Abendhimmel sehen | and look into the evening sky |
| Und sie schreien | And they scream |
| Spring | Jump |
| Sie schreien | They scream |
| Spring | Jump |
| Erlöse mich | Redeem me |
| Spring | Jump |
| Enttäusch mich nicht | Don’t disappoint me |
| Spring für mich | Jump for me |
| Spring ins Licht | Jump into the light |
| Spring | Jump |
| Heimlich schiebt sich eine Wolke | A cloud moves in secret |
| vor die Sonne es wird kalt | in front of the sun, it gets cold |
| Doch tausend Sonnen brennen nur für dich | But a thousand suns burn just for you |
| Ich schleich mich heimlich auf die Brücke | I creep onto the bridge in secret |
| Tret ihm von hinten in den Rücken | and kick him in the back from behind |
| Erlöse ihn von dieser Schmach | I redeem him from this shame |
| und schrei ihm nach | and I scream to him |
| Spring | Jump |
| Spring | Jump |
| Erlöse dich | Redeem yourself |
| Spring | Jump |
| Enttäusch mich nicht | Don’t disappoint me |
| Spring für mich | Jump for me |
| Spring | Jump |
| Enttäusch mich nicht | 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 cant be intrepet as someone who has depression (the reason he climbs the bridge), he keeps stays strong and being hopefull (not jumping, just take a look and time for reflecting). but people keeps him down because the people think he is a failure and must redeem what has done (people want him to jump and dont wanna get dissapointed)
I believe this song s about False Accusations and how it ruins the victims lives, as people accuse him for suicide while it s not true and by the time he wants to climb down and explain, he will not succeed and actually things get worse
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.
thank u so much my friend,your translation and totally your job was great
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