Rammstein Tattoo lyrics with English translation

“But when you divide us
I’ll search someone who’s called the same.”
Hilarious and a burn. Bravo!

@Angela. Besides Tattoo, don’t forget Kokain, Nebel, Dalai Lama, Rammlied and Wiener Blut. 5/4 not counting of course 🙂

Could the following be more accurate?

Aus der Nadel blaue Flut
In den Poren kocht das Blut

Blue stream from the needle
boils the blood in the pores

Wiener blut is also never sung. There could be some deeper meaning of like getting a tattoo of your partners name (Sophia thomalla)

“Wer schön sein muss, der will auch leiden” is an adaptation of the proverb ‘wer schön sein will, muss leiden’, which translates to ‘who wants to be beautiful, must suffer’.
Since ‘will’ and ‘muss’ are swapped, I would use “Who must be beautiful, also wants to suffer” for translation.
“der” refers to “wer”, so if translated literally it would be “who must be beautiful, that one also wants to suffer”.

“Wer schön sein muss, der will auch leiden” is a proverb which says that you have to suffer to be beautiful. I think the proverb in English is “no pain, no gain”.

my friend got his partner’s name tattooed on his arm – only to split with her a few weeks later…what then? yes he found someone else with the same name……

Oddly enough, what surprises me most is that I believe it’s the first song of theirs wherein the title is not actually spoken anywhere in the song. I dunno why I find that so interesting, but I do. Apart from that, I enjoy this being about the thrill and possessive sense of having tattoos.

I find it kinda hilarious that, among their most darkest songs, they simply put in a song about how fun it is to have a tattoo…

Well, at least, that’s what it seems like, at first glance…

@Emil Cavalier Yes! That’s what I hear too!

This song reminds me so much of Hallelujah with the melody and the riffs.

Yes!! The verb I listen is tragen (wear) and it makes more sense

I’m not good for German, but I think it’s “trag'” instead of “habe” (first line)

It isn’t “Ich habe einen Brief an mir” it’s “Ich trage einen Brief an mir” and it means ” I carry a letter on me”
“Bilder, die mir so vertraut” means roughly “pictures, which I (know) intimately”
Also, “Meine Kinder so, so vertraut” is better translated as “my children, so so intimate”
“Deinen Namen stech’ ich mir” is ” Your name I engrave on me”

With regards, Secundo

I have a letter to me
The words burn on the paper
The paper is me-my skin
The words, pictures, colorful and so loud
 
Show me yours, I’ll show you mine
Show me yours, I’ll show you mine
Show me yours, I’ll show you yours
Show me yours, I’ll show you mine
 
When the blood kisses the ink
When the pain hugs the flesh
I show my skin
Pictures that I trust so much
From the needle blue tide
The blood boils in the pores
 
Who needs to be beautiful, he also wants to suffer
And even death can not divorce us
All pictures on my skin
My children like that, so familiar
 
Show me yours, I’ll show you mine
Show me yours, I’ll show you mine
 
When the blood kisses the ink
When the pain hugs the flesh
I show my skin
Pictures that I trust so much
From the needle blue tide
The blood boils in the pores
 
I steal your name
Then you are here forever
But if you divide us
I’m looking for someone who is named the same
 
When the blood kisses the ink
When the pain hugs the flesh
I love my skin
Pictures that I trust so much
From the needle blue tide
The blood boils in the pores