Rammstein Wo bist du? lyrics with English translation

in the line near the end, “Ich schlaf mit einem Messer ein” there is a -large- pause between Messer and ein. Does anyone know if it is an example of wordplay or something? Would the meaning be changed at all without the ‘ein’ at the end? I speak pretty much no german, so i would really appreciate if any german speakers could enlighten me!

@LIZZIE
“Ich such’ dich unter jedem Stein” is a shouldn’t be taken literally. It is an idiom wich means “I will search you everywhere

Sleeping with a knife? First what I imagine is him stabbing himself with that knife -> this song is about suicide..

I definitely think you are right and I love that train of thought but I am stuck on the “Ich such dich unter jedem Stein” It all fits together except that line really. Soon he’s going to look for her behind the light, he doesn’t want to be alone, he falls asleep with a knife, he looks for her under rocks… what?

Yeah, falling asleep with a knife obviously refers to the final sleep (death), and with all that has gone before that fits perfectly as an ending

i really love this song. it stirs alot of emotion. its beautiful.

@ mrwafflesmonster
I think you’ve summed it up perfectly. That’s how I see it as well….’ look behind the light ‘, look behind the light of life.

About the ‘falling asllep with a knife bit’,
he obviously feels that without this person he is lost; ‘The pretty girls are not pretty The warm hands are so cold All clocks have stopped
It’s no longer healthy to laugh’, he cannot function and his life lacks any happiness
then the lyrics say; ‘and soon I’ll look for you behind the light. Where are you? I don’t want to be so alone. Where are you?’
It’s pretty obvious (i think) that the ‘look behind the light’ refers to suicide, when you take into account the rest of the song, almost the last thing that is said is ‘i fall asleep with a knife’, he doesn’t want to feel so alone so he is searching for her, for completeness and happiness ‘behind the light’, whether he finds it is debatable as he is still asking where she is while he does so

i really think this song is brilliant i could listen to it a hundred times over and still wont be bored of it ive been a rammstein fan since i was 12 and im 18 now so thats 6 years when i first heard this song i didnt think much of it untill i read the english lyrics its a pure love song and i think theres 4 love songs on the rosenrot album im not sure my favourite song has to be ohne dich that song is really soft dunt ya think and its on the reise reise album im confused shouldnt that song be on a different album cuz ohne dich is way too soft

Alot of people, ive noticed, are confused by the sleeping with a knife lyric. if you think about the song you know he’s worry about something, sleeping with a knife refers to him not being secure without that person, so he does his best to stay safe through the dark times without the light( or the person he’s waiting for)

Personally, i dont think that Reise, Reise is to hard. Sure, for example Mein Teil is pretty heavy, Stein um Stein is heavy at many parts, Amour and Stein um Stein is.. 50/50, both hard and soft parts. And so on, i think Herzleid is harder on its own way without its neccesary that is much / less loudier. Anyways, i like Rammstein pretty good,i think the texts are genious. Im sure many is disagreeing with me, but thats just my opinion =) (Comment to the “info”)

I like this song pretty good, its calm and easy ^^, which says that Rammstein can make both hard and soft songs (ofc Wo bist du isent the only song proving this).

now man i worship this song n the singers as well

keep going guys

big mouaaaaaaaaaah

i love this song so much.

i sleep with my sword. wo bist du?

it’s been a minute and i still haven’t recieved the lyrics from the second album. love the new stuff it’s grown on me like mother.ahhhhhhh ive gotten worse. but i’ll be fine things are turning round