Rammstein B******** lyric with English translation
Bald ist es Nacht, wir sind allein, du musst nicht, musst nicht traurig sein. Stimmen flüstern hinter dem Gesicht, die da sagen, die da sagen: Tu' das nicht! Lass das sein! Fass' das nicht an! Sag' einfach nein! Bückstabü*** hol' ich mir. Bückstabü hol' ich mir. Hab' keine Angst, ich bin doch hier, Ich bin ja, bin ganz nah bei dir. Stimmen flüstern hinter dem Gesicht, die da sagen: Tu' das nicht! Lass das sein! Fass' das nicht an! Sag' einfach nein! Bückstabü hol' ich mir. Bückstabü hol' ich mir. Zwei Seelen 'ach in meinem Schoß, es kann nur eine überleben! Beim ersten Mal tut es nicht weh, ein zweites Mal wird es nicht geben! Bückstabü, tu' das nicht! Bückstabü, lass das sein! Bückstabü, fass' das nicht an! Bückstabü, sag' einfach! Bückstabü hol' ich mir. Bückstabü hol' ich mir. Lyric © Rammstein |
Soon it is night* We are alone You must not, must not be sad Voices whisper behind the face They say They say: Don't do that Let it be Don't grasp onto it Simply say no! B******** I call myself B******** I call myself Have no fear I am not yet here I am yeah, am nearly entirely with you Voices whisper behind the face They say: Don't do that Let it be Don't grasp onto it Simply say no! B******** I call myself B******** I call myself Two souls alas in my lap** There can only be one survivor It doesn't hurt the first time There will not be a second time B******** Don't do that B******** Let it be B******** Don't grasp it B******** Simply say no B******** I call myself B******** I call myself Translation © Affenknecht.com |
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Translation Notes:
* – This could also mean “Soon it will be night” but this is correct
** – Schoss can mean lap or womb
*** – According to Richard Z. Kruspe, “B********” does not stand for “Bastard”, but for “Bückstabü”, a word made up by the band to mean “whatever you want”
68 Responses to “Rammstein B******** lyric with English translation”
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12:58 pm on October 17th, 2009In my opinion, this song is somehow… different. I’m not saying it’s not good, but it’s more like the odd one out. It can easily keep someone fired up while listened to, because it’s heavy and very “loud”, but……. I suppose- one man’s meat, the other man’s poison!
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Mary
8:54 pm on October 17th, 2009What is Buchstabu????
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Uzur9
10:15 pm on October 17th, 2009According to Richard Z. Kruspe, “B********” does not stand for “Bastard”, but for “Bückstabü”, a word made up by the band to mean “whatever you want”
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kikmeister
2:53 am on October 18th, 2009The translation for
hol’ ich mir is wrong.Hol’ ich mir means “I will get it”,
like I will go and get it, not xxxI get myselfxxx -
Jeff
10:39 am on October 18th, 2009‘Bückstabü’ kind of sounds like ‘Backstabber’?
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David
2:42 pm on October 18th, 2009Kikmeister – Thanks for that. I never said this translation was perfect
Although if you go along with the title meaning Backstabber, it COULD mean I get myself stabbed in the back! Not really though…. 
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5:06 pm on October 18th, 2009My least favorite song of the CD, I’m hoping that it will grow on me but I don’t know. I absolutely love the rest of the songs on the album but I often find that I skip this one. To each their own I guess.
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Mik
4:20 am on October 19th, 20092nd favorite song next to Mehr
didn’t like it at first but now I just love getting hyped to this song
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Heidi
5:49 am on October 19th, 2009I think I understand this; because I went through something like this song recently. I found absolute clarity and reached the point where I wondered who I was; I was utterly empty and pointless and the only happiness I could find was in the world around me. Then I remembered who I am and I had to make a decision continue the way where I didn’t follow my heart and continue feeling like nothing or be me. I chose to be me, got kicked out of my home and went looking for the nearest shelter. I couldn’t be sad; I wasn’t living in a delusion or fantasty even though the price was breaking the heart of my best friend and back stabbing her by telling her I slept with her crazy boyfriend (in a cult-this-is-holy-way). For the first time it didn’t matter what others wanted; just what I wanted and I knew who I was through and through. Right now I am the happiest person on earth.
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9:26 am on October 20th, 2009I think “I get myself” means more “I understand myself” like a coming to terms with who he is.
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8:08 pm on October 21st, 2009Heidi you got it!! That is the meaning of the song! This song is simply about that person that are inside of us, the wild us, the us that just do not care about what others can think, and like the world Bückstabü, that for me is just like “The tabu the forbidden the “wrong” ” , is your true self without the society restrictions.
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7:31 am on October 22nd, 2009I’m just verifying to make sure I understand completely… He said it means whatever the listener wants it to or that it translates to “whatever you want”?
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eststein
11:03 pm on October 22nd, 2009this song kicks ass. love it.
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3:28 am on October 24th, 2009Bückstabü always sounds like Schutzstaffel if I say it with german accent while singing…
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someone
7:43 pm on October 24th, 2009“du musst nicht, musst nicht traurig sein”
I believe that would be “You don’t have to be, don’t have to be sad.” -
Sólon
11:48 pm on October 26th, 2009ich bin doch hier
doch is a very hard word to translate in english it can mean so many things but in this context “afer all I am here” would be the best translation in my opinion.and hol ich mir means I get myself (something) in this case buckstabu( which I have no Idea what means but when i listen to the song I think of bucstabu as somekind of drug or something in that direction.
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3:42 am on October 27th, 2009Alderwolf, would like to talk more marie.heidi2sphinx@yahoo.com
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9:08 am on October 27th, 2009why is it censored if it doesn’t mean bastard?
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Thorbjoern
11:17 pm on October 27th, 2009“Zwei Seelen, ach, in meinem Schoß” remind every German native speaker immediately to “Zwei Seelen, ach, in meiner Brust” (Goethe, Faust) (“Two souls alas! are dwelling in my breast”)
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3:07 am on October 28th, 2009I’m pretty sure Hol’ ich mir wich also means “i get myself” so it could be one sentence that’s been divided, like
Buckstabu; hol ich mir /=/ “I get myself what ever i want”!
earlier they said buckstabu means “what ever you want”
so instead of “i call myself” it should be “i get myself” and in that sense there *could* be rape connotations(and it makes sense for the context of the song[lines 1-4 & chorus], and would make the song more rammstein-ish. …
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PowderBlue
6:32 pm on October 31st, 2009Jeff – I hear “Backstabber” as well.
The way I understand “hol’ ich mir” is almost like an imperative, albeit with improper grammar. Like he has a voice inside his head, giving him advice that subtly represses who he is as a person, and he’s screaming “bring me back to myself.” It also makes the whole “Backstabber” thing I hear fit. Basically, he’s rebelling against the part of himself that tries to NOT be…himself. Wow, that’s a bit convoluted.
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Hyde
1:58 pm on November 1st, 2009I believe it’s about schizophrenia, disunited and shattered personality. The “evil” voice wants the person to take B********, what may be (as sad) whatever you want, so it may refer to some kind of obsession, like in Mehr. The “good” voice wants the person to “let it be” and “simply say no”, but in the end, the evil voice wins and the person is finally taking B********.
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Colin
11:09 pm on November 2nd, 2009Yeah, you might want to check this entire translation again. ‘Doch’ actually means the opposite of ‘not’.
And as far as I can tell, ‘Bückstabü’ has something to do with, pardon my French, butt-fucking. Just look at the rest of the song.
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MrRAMMSTEINRYAN
7:06 am on November 4th, 2009I think the beggining to this song is so hardcore!
when i heard the first sample to this song, i thought it would be me favorite, and Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da would be my least, but its the other way around. -
Dave
3:31 pm on November 4th, 2009Backstabu is a pun of buchstab, meaning letter (as in “letter of the law” for example) – hence the “means whatever you want” explanation – the asterisks are whatever letters you want, and the narrator of the song is saying you can call him and his actions whatever you want to call them.
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Enn
7:32 pm on November 5th, 2009I don’t get it, I think Bückstabü and Mehr are the best songs in the album, but everybody else thinks it’s not as good.
If you ask me, this is definitely not the hardest album they have made, because most of the songs are a mix of pop and metal music. -
Sergey
5:47 am on November 14th, 2009Am I the only one who think this song is about abortion?
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Luc Nelis
4:52 pm on November 14th, 2009“fass’ das nicht an!” means “don’t touch that!”, I think.
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5:13 pm on November 14th, 2009The Abortion idea by Sergei above me, makes sense to me. This chorus here: “Zwei Seelen ‘ach in meinem Schoß,
es kann nur eine überleben!” (Two souls alas in my lap**
There can only be one survivor) makes me think about those freak babies that are born and then turn out to be actually 2 babies but where one fetus absorbed the other and you can still find physical evidence in the surviving one.
The schizophrenia-idea kinda fits too. Where there live 2 and there is only room for one, it usually means that one must/will die/leave so the other one can live. To me this song is ultimately about survival and when it comes to survival: anything goes -
Nermin
7:08 pm on November 19th, 2009I still wander on why it is censored..btw Sjaak’s comment is interesting and possible indeed for an explanation.
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Becca
12:39 am on November 24th, 2009Bückstabü means back stabber.. not whatever you want. it just doesnt work that way, german is another language.. not made up.
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6:51 pm on November 24th, 2009Actually, Bückstabü is made up since it isn’t in the dictionary and Richard said so.. The word “backstabber” has nothing to do with the song, it wouldn’t be in context.
Though maybe you’re right. -
7:27 pm on November 24th, 2009You can make up words in any language. They may sound similar to existing words, but they won’t have any direct meaning in and of themselves. They rely on the creator to give them meaning. So, in this case, Rammstein created a word, but they left the meaning up to the individual. It sounds similar to some things, so you can let those decide how you see it. Or you can ascribe a completely different idea to it. It’s the agony of choice–you have to make your own meaning.
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Dave
9:13 pm on November 27th, 2009Sorry, Becca, but you’re 100% wrong – even Richard from the band says so!
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10:05 am on December 1st, 2009Maybe part of the meaning of the word is to be a weird plural. As in ein Buchstabe –> zwei Bückstabü. This could be related to ein Haus –> zwei Häuser. Or…?
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Taryn
6:36 am on December 7th, 2009I feel like the way people decipher the song shows their personality, which is interesting because the song seems to be about an internal conflict with the narrator. Like PowderBlue said, the agony of choice gets the best of people sometimes.
For me, the song is about questioning what happens to you when it is dark and you’re by yourself, hence the first verse. So, when you are finally by yourself, your personal Bückstabü comes out, or tries to at least. However, that voice behind your face wants to repress your Bückstabü, so its a matter of if you will let it out or not.
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2:08 am on December 9th, 2009Bückstabü has Bück in it, which means to bend over. stabü on the other hand is untranslatable.
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Lila
4:50 am on December 13th, 2009Ok, I’ve noticed some people thinking “hol’ ich mir” is “I get myself,” but wouldn’t it be “I fetch to me?” So “Bückstabü I bring to me…” If it were I get myself, then it would be “ich hole mich” and I don’t think that makes sense. Anyway, I’m not a native speaker so this is just my humble opinion after about 4 years of German study.
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Kirsten
12:09 pm on December 17th, 2009I’m Dutch so I got English and German in school for six years.
The translation, as it is posted here, is not correct.
What Till sings is : Don’t be scared, after all I’m here, I am very very close to you..
And then he’s trying to stop himself (‘Don’t do it, don’t grab it’)
So I think it’s either about raping or killing someone (probably both) but I’m not sure. -
Tammy
12:31 am on December 29th, 2009I do not understand why there is so much variation on what this means, it is quite straight forward and the reason it is blocked out. Bückstabü means (I cannot put the literal translation because it will be censored) “an act performed commonly by homosexual males” if you follow.. Back Stabber is a QUITE literal translation in that regard, or “Stuck in the rear”
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5:49 pm on January 4th, 2010I think the above idea is good. Like someone said before, Bück means to bend over. Stabü could be a cognate for the english word ’stab’, put these ideas together and you could get a vulgar and harsh name for the homosexual act.
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12:21 am on January 5th, 2010“ich bin doch hier” doesn’t mean “I am not yet here”.
It’s more like “since I’m here” or “afer all I am here” as mentioned before. “doch” is hard to translate into english. -
XIII
7:13 pm on January 10th, 2010CORRECTION.
the song is about rape.
“Fass’ das nicht an” means “Don’t touch that”
“Bückstabü (what ever i want)i get myself”
he is alone with a girl and at night he tries to rape her while she says “dont do that, dont touch that etc.” and then the chorus “i get myself (Bückstabü) what ever i want”
also,
ich bin doch hier (i am here after all)
Ich bin ja, bin ganz nah bei dir. (i am, am really close to you)in this case the word “ja” does not mean “yes”, it is used the same as the word “doch” (which does not exist in english)
so he says “i am (after all), am really close to you”“doch” is a difficult word, it can mean “yes” or “after all”
Example:
“du bist nicht nett” (you are not nice)
“doch, bin ich” (yes, i am) or (am too)“ich bin doch der beste” (after all, i am the best)
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Mai
10:22 pm on January 11th, 2010Different voices don’t naturally mean schizophrenia, it’s a pretty common way to describe what’s going on in your head around wanting something that is taboo or bad. So you could say the voices are desire and moral.
If you take this in sexual context, it could mean rape or
intercourse in the rear. I personally don’t think it’s about homosexual acts, since that kind of intercourse isn’t too rare or taboo amongst homosexuals. Since he also comforts the person in a scary way, it’s more likely that he wants it and the other person (if it’s even a person) doesn’t.Zwei Seelen ‘ach in meinem Schoß,
es kann nur eine überleben!
Beim ersten Mal tut es nicht weh,
ein zweites Mal wird es nicht geben!This one is hard to fit in the raping context though. So it could even be something entirely different.
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Marta
12:07 pm on January 27th, 2010Well… This song always reminds me of some kind of Boogeyman, real or figurative. I don’t think that the meaning of “Bückstabü” is as important as the feelings that the song causes… It’s really disturbing…
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Angel
6:56 am on February 11th, 2010I do not think that this songs talks about homosexuality in any way. I believe is more about what the majority has said: Two souls under one Chest! Desire vs Society and such…but I guess as someone said, everyone finds their own interpretation of the song within themselves and I think that is the beauty of Rammstein. Look at Nebel, Reise Reise and many others, there’s never one fit denomination. Just like studying literature, which kind of makes sense with Till, since he is a poet. But very good opinions, I love this site, I will start posting replies more often. Man, people have some good ass ideas!! Keep up the good work my fellow Rammstein interpreters of the inner voices!!!
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1:11 am on February 13th, 2010I’m totally seeing the foremost interpretation to be abortion. Not a single line contradicts this meaning.
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1:21 pm on February 27th, 2010if you think Buckstabu litterly means “whatever you/I want”… you’ve totally missed the point
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7:39 pm on March 12th, 2010here “hinter dem Gesicht” means “out of sight” (literally – behind the view) as Gesicht is basically “face”, “appearance” or “sight/view” (sometimes “hallucination”)
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violeets
9:51 pm on March 12th, 2010Heidi…. thanks for that bit of clarification… but wow, you’re gross. I believe the reason it is ‘censored” is to indicate that the meaning is obscure, not to hide the word itself. being unable to see what it is, being unable to understand forces you to interpret it for yourself. I’m guessing the point of the song is the same. I’ve noticed that it make many of you think about things you’ve been through in your own lives, or uncomfortable situations that speak to you for some reason or another. Homosexuality, abortion, backstabbing (cough cough Heidi), or even the misinterpretation of the word Bastard. all uncomfortable heartbreaking descisions and realizations in life that require self identification and a check on who you are and where your life is going. Thank you Rammstein for asking us to find ourselves through this song.
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1:30 am on March 28th, 2010Buckstubu means to bend taboo. Backstabber is just a load of rubbish thats like saying buck dich is bird dish, cause it sounds like it.
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8=D
1:00 am on April 3rd, 2010at first i thought it litterally meant what ever you want
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Aubrei
4:35 pm on April 26th, 2010Love this song always have first time I heard it haha I’m not going to give you an expaintion on what I think it means only one person could do that and I don’t think if you did ask him he could give it to you because if you he most likely would give you a fake quick lie you have to know it yourself but not anounce it because then it becomes less important.
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4:42 pm on April 26th, 2010P.S. Buckstabu is, according to an interview for the magzin “orkus”, a synonym for desire, addiction and untamed appetites. just thought you all should know that….
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XIII
4:13 pm on May 15th, 2010@ Hans, According to Richard Z. Kruspe, “B********” does not stand for “Bastard”, but for “Bückstabü”, a word made up by the band to mean “whatever you want”
this can either mean that we can make it mean whatever we want or it literally means “what ever you want”
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Charismatic Enigma
5:46 am on May 20th, 2010“Buckstabu, hol’ ich mir” — whatever you want, I will get it for myself?
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wout
6:18 pm on June 8th, 2010hey, at the last part there stands: sag einfach and it is translated to just say no
but sag einfach means just say, in the song he sings sag einfach buckstabu in english it is just say buckstabunot sag einfach nein buckstabu
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Alpha Lamda
7:05 pm on June 20th, 2010I’m sort of upset with a lot of the interpretations here. I think the abortion one was interesting but isn’t very coherant with the lyrics. It’s clearly about sex (and not schizophrenia or being someone you’re not) but I don’t think this one is about homosexuality either (Mann Gegegen mann took the cake on that and I don’t think they’d make another song about it with such cryptic lyrics).
I think it’d be fair to say that this song was created to be their cryptic/elusive/up-to-the-listeners song, but I have two proposed theories (I don’t know how strongly I believe in them but its something for you all to chew on).
1: Similarily to the notion above that the song is about rape, a friend of mine proposed that the made up word B******** is a safety word…like simulated rape but the word itself is a safety word used in sex. I’m not sure how well it co-relates to the rest of the lyrics, but it was interesting for me. This way, the made up word that “means whatever you want it to mean” makes sense with it being a safety word.
2: I wouldn’t take this theory very seriously, but what if the narration of the song named his genitalia B********? It sounds silly at first, but this whole “schizophrenia” notion of there being a voice behind the face is the body’s cravings…or in the case cravings from the genitalia. The person wants to be modest (don’t do that…) while the other voice is from his sexual drive and has little restraint…and even so a name (this isn’t that uncommon for males to name their dicks).
Just throwing some ideas out there. -
fender
12:00 am on June 26th, 2010“Two souls alas in my womb** There can only be one survivor” this is simple: two different sperm cells in the womb. and like we all know, there can be only one….
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8:11 am on June 30th, 2010hahahahaha i really dont believe that buckstabu means ” whatever you want” im sure that means bastard, because it ”whatevewr you want” doesnt go with the lyrics at all. when he say ”i call my self”(hol’ ich mir) i dont think that he call himself ” whatever you want” hahaha it means bastard.. GOOD SONG one of my favoryte, rammstein are unike and for sure they are the best band in the world!!!!
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8:13 am on June 30th, 2010well this song sound more like a rape.. it does.
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11:00 pm on July 8th, 2010well, bückstabü doesn’t mean “whatever you want”
MEANS WHATEVER THE LISTENER WANTS IT TO MEAN
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3:59 pm on July 11th, 2010At least someone understands it!!!
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4:49 am on July 25th, 2010I don’t often look at it in a sexual way, and since it’s made up word, it doesn’t automatically mean it’s about rape. It could be, but who knows.
What I thought of it at first like others said is an insane part of you that wants to take control of you. Only one can survive can mean it’s like a mental war.
OFten, though, it is about sex, so I know my depiction is false.
How many songs NEED to be about sex and rape? Even though I like the song, it doesn’t mean I like the meaning.
I’m just going to pretend it’s what I see it as, cuz’ I hate all these songs about rape… It gets annoying. -
Xartavion
2:40 am on July 27th, 2010Violeets:
Heidi is gross for… having sex with someone that was otherwise involved? Glass houses, stones… careful, V.On the subject of the song, yes you are correct. The title B******** was censored to indicate an unclear meaning, forcing the the reader/listener to subconsciously connect it to their own demons, so to speak, and “find yourself” as you put it.
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2:46 am on July 27th, 2010Alpha Lamda:
While I disagree with your initial statement (I think it could reasonably be interpreted to pertain to abortion) I find both your suggestions interesting. It could even be (in the usual screwed-up-Rammstein way) some measure of both, being both a ’safety word’ during extremely deviant or dangerous sex AND someone’s pet name for genitalia.
In the last scenario there, it might even be the Dominant person’s word (likely with derogatory intent) for the submissive’s genitals, extending the Dom/sub dynamic that exists in many places where one party debases or humiliates the other (such as by indicating their genitals are too dirty to warrant the touch of the Dominant, etc.)
Read into that whatever you may but be warned, I don’t conform very well and don’t psycho-analyze very well either
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7:45 pm on August 12th, 2010There is a poem by Lindemann (you can find it in his book “Messer”, “Knife”), “Nele”. I’ve read that he has a daughter called so. It begins this way:
Tu das nicht
faß das nicht an
weil man sich verbrennen kann
tu das nicht
ach laß es sein
es tut weh und du wirst weinenDon’t do that
Don’t grasp onto it
Because you can be burned
Don’t do that
Oh let it be
It hurts and you’ll cryThis poem (it’s much longer, but these verses repeat) is about a father that loves and wants to protect his child.
Greetings.
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Anna
2:38 pm on August 30th, 2010I read on a German site that Till stated that Buechstabue means “das man scharf ist und loslegen will.” This is very slangish but translates roughly as “that one is horny and ready to go.” I am not at all certain of the source, therefore this is entirely unconfirmed.
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Till Lindemann
vocals
Date of birth: January 4, 1963
Place of birth: Leipzig -
Richard Kruspe
guitar
Date of birth: June 24, 1967
Place of birth: Wittenberg -
Paul Landers
guitar
Date of birth: December 9, 1964
Place of birth: Berlin -
Oliver Riedel
bass
Date of birth: April 11, 1971
Place of birth: Schwerin -
Christian Lorenz
keyboard
Date of birth: Nov 16, 1966
Place of birth: Berlin -
Christoph Schneider
drums
Date of birth: May 11, 1966
Place of birth: Berlin
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