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| Meine Sachen will ich pflegen | I want to tend to my things |
| Den Rest in Schutt und Asche legen | and reduce the rest to rubble |
| Zerreißen zerschmeißen | Ripping, bashing |
| Zerdrücken zerpflücken | Crushing, picking |
| Ich geh am Gartenzaun entlang | I go along the garden fence |
| Wieder spür ich diesen Drang | And feel the urge again |
| Ich muss zerstören | I must destroy |
| Doch es darf nicht mir gehören | But only if it doesn’t belong to me |
| Ich muss zerstören | I must destroy |
| Doch es darf nicht mir gehören | But only if it doesn’t belong to me |
| Nein | No |
| Ich nehme eure Siebensachen | I’ll take your belongings |
| Werde sie zunichte machen | I’ll annihilate them |
| Zersägen zerlegen | Sawing, stripping |
| Nicht fragen zerschlagen | Not asking, smashing |
| Und jetzt die Königsdisziplin | And now the supreme discipline |
| Ein Köpfchen von der Puppe ziehen | Pulling the head off a doll |
| Verletzen zerfetzen zersetzen | Hurting, tearing, corroding |
| Zerstören | Destroying |
| Doch es darf nicht mir gehören | But only if it doesn’t belong to me |
| Ich muss zerstören | I must destroy |
| Nein | No |
| Ich würde gern etwas zerstören | I would like to destroy something |
| Doch es darf nicht mir gehören | But only if it doesn’t belong to me |
| Ich will ein guter Junge sein | I want to be a good boy |
| Doch das Verlangen holt mich ein | But the desire overtakes me |
| Ich muss zerstören | I must destroy |
| Doch es darf nicht mir gehören | But only if it doesn’t belong to me |
| Nein | No |
| Zerreißen zerschmeißen | Ripping, bashing |
| Zerdrücken zerpflücken | Crushing, picking |
| Zerhauen und klauen | Chopping and stealing |
| Nicht fragen zerschlagen | Not asking, smashing |
| Zerfetzen verletzen | Tearing, hurting |
| Zerbrennen dann rennen | Burning, then running |
| Zersägen zerlegen | Sawing, stripping |
| Zerbrechen sich rächen | Breaking, avenging |
| Er traf ein Mädchen, das war blind | He met a girl that was blind |
| Geteiltes Leid und gleichgesinnt | Shared pain and like-minded |
| Sah einen Stern vom Himmel gehen | Saw a star go from the sky |
| Und wünschte sich sie könnte sehn | And wished that she could see |
| Sie hat die Augen aufgemacht | She opened her eyes |
| Verließ ihn noch zur selben Nacht | And left him in the same night |
Zerstören (Destroy) is a song about a young boy who likes to destroy other peoples belongings. This song is played quite fast and with high energy. It opens with a woman singing Turkish folk song Huma Kusu and loud slightly echoing drumming, and increases in intensity until the “end” of the song. At this point it relaxs a little, and is a bit quiet, calm and soothing. The listener hears a sad story, or (arguably) the ending to the same story:
“He met a girl that was blind, shared pain and like-minded. Saw a star go from the sky and wished that she could see.
She opened her eyes and left him in the same night.”
In the background a cute, child-like keyboard can be heard. It ends with some odd discordant notes.
Dylan is right, it’s about how America keeps poking it’s head in every one else’s busyness and ruining them. Take Irak for example…
This song is about America and the Iraq War…
Oh, how this reminds me to listen to this alone, less I flip out on someone when they touch my stereo volume, which is always at 190% due to me putting in a 15″ speaker cone in my suround sound speaker system.
@Kansa Yeah this song helped me a lot in learning German verbs. thanks rammstein! 🙂
Great cathartic song~ little cheers me more than growling along to the lyrics… and it’s great vocabulary, what with all the infinitive forms of the verbs.
I LOVE this song! Went through a horrable break up and listened to this song to calm myself down. Found out that towards the end my ex was with someone else. I would listen to this song and scream along and hope that he was like the boy at the end who was left when the girl he was with would see why I left him.
Gotta listen to this song NOW!!!
the begınning of the song is… AWESOME!!!!!!!!!1
in the opening the woman says "yar, yarim, sen aÄŸlama aman", means "beloved, my beloved, don't cry please" rammstein rocks!!!
this song is hella cool
Now i understand the lyrics, loved it before knowing them. Now i'm thinking of putting it in my shoreel of my art and animation. Fits right to my comic superhero.
this is a total aggression song. one of the reasons rammstein is the best… i can dance, thrash, smash, or become deeply emotional. they honor all of my cathartic needs.
i love this song….so …..awesomly awesome
KARRO ALLTÄNG ?? ALLT BRA?
nice song
cool, i like it
i love this song.