Rammstein Haifisch lyric with English translation
Wir halten zusammen, wir halten einander aus, wir halten zueinander; niemand hält uns auf. Wir halten euch die Treue, wir halten daran fest und halten uns an Regeln, wenn man uns Regeln lässt. Und der Haifisch, der hat Tränen Und die laufen vom Gesicht, doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser - so die Tränen sieht man nicht. Wir halten das Tempo, wir halten unser Wort; Wenn einer nicht mithält, dann halten wir sofort. Wir halten die Augen offen, wir halten uns den Arm; sechs Herzen, die brennen - das Feuer hält euch warm Und der Haifisch, der hat Tränen und die laufen vom Gesicht; doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser - so die Tränen sieht man nicht. In der Tiefe ist es einsam und so manche Zähre fliesst und so kommt es, dass das Wasser in den Meeren salzig ist. Man kann von uns halten was immer man da will; wir halten uns schadlos, wir halten niemals still. Und der Haifisch, der hat Tränen und die laufen vom Gesicht; doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser - so die Tränen sieht man nicht. In der Tiefe ist es einsam und so manche Zähre fliesst und so kommt es, dass das Wasser in den Meeren salzig ist. Und der Haifisch, der hat Tränen und die laufen vom Gesicht; doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser - so die Tränen sieht man nicht. Lyric © Rammstein |
We stick together We endure one another We hold onto one another No one holds us back We stay faithful to you We firmly hold onto that And obey the rules If you leave rules to us* And the shark, that has tears And they run from the face But the shark lives in water So no one can see the tears We keep our speed We keep our word If one can’t keep up Then we immediately stop We keep our eyes open We hold each other by the arm Six hearts that burn The fire keeps you warm And the shark, that has tears And they run from the face But the shark lives in water So no one can see the tears In the deep it is lonely And so many a tear is shed And it so happens that the water In the oceans is salty You can think of us Whatever you want We get compensation We never keep still And the shark, that has tears And they run from the face But the shark lives in water So no one can see the tears In the deep it is lonely And so many a tear is shed And it so happens that the water In the oceans is salty And the shark, that has tears And they run from the face But the shark lives in water So no one can see the tears Translation © Affenknecht.com |
Submitted by EinHeisserSchrei
Translation Notes:
This song is about Rammstein and the fans. Rammstein stick together, do what they want. The fans are the sharks who “shed a tear” that no one notices when, for instance, we heard the band nearly broke up. “Six hearts that burn, the fire keeps you warm” is obviously the band making the fans happy.
*can also mean: “if you leave control to us”
51 Responses to “Rammstein Haifisch lyric with English translation”
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Steve Overman
12:31 am on October 17th, 2009The best song of the new album, someone come with a bloody translation please
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12:21 pm on October 17th, 2009You must be talking about “Ich Tu Dir Weh” That’s the greatest!
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6:59 pm on October 17th, 2009ehm… “so die Tränen sieht man nicht” = “so/thus the tears can not be seen”…
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Neomataznay
11:31 pm on October 18th, 2009Und der Haifisch, der hat Tränen
Und die laufen vom Gesicht=
The shark, he has tears
and they run of (its) face -
Tim komlody
7:19 am on October 19th, 2009This is my other favorite from the new album… but I can’t understand what the song is about…..
any theories?
Oh and I don’t understand why anyone would be saying that this doesn’t sound like rammstein. This album is a killer. And it slits the throat of rammstein haters…
Heul doch Hündinnen!!!!! -
4:14 pm on October 19th, 2009Very good song indeed.
This translation of the chorus might be (slightly) better as they can be sung in the same rhythm as the original song. The translation is a bit more free.And the shark cries these tears,
that run down from his face.
But as the shark lives in water,
these tears won’t be seen.At those depths ‘t can be lon’ly,
and so many tears are cried.
And that’ll be the reason,
of the salt in (all) the seas.Cheers,
Mouz -
Massive
6:42 pm on October 19th, 2009Ok song. Intro and back ground keyboard sounds like Depeche Mode..or is it just me thinking so?
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Tazhpa
10:02 pm on October 20th, 2009I totally agree that Haifisch is very DM-like song, which is definitely NOT a bad thing at all. What is surprising is that many have tried to copy the sound but Rammstein did it well, although they aren´t even a DMish band!
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transmundane
3:04 pm on October 21st, 2009Haifisch is my fave song on the new album. Definately reminiscent of DM. I think that is why I like it. TY for the translation. Ich tu dir weh is also good, it tranlates to I hurt you. That is all I have so far, only had the album for 1 day.
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Danko
11:10 pm on October 21st, 2009The chours text is an explicit reference to Kurt Weil’s song “Moritat” on text of Bertold Brecht :
“Und der Haifisch, der hat Zähne und die trägt er im Gesicht und Macheath, der hat ein Messer doch das Messer sieht man nicht. …”
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12:28 am on October 22nd, 2009Well, I’m a DM fan I don’t really hear DM in this at all. If it reminds me of something then its Rummelsnuff.
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9:58 am on October 23rd, 2009My entire family is really into Rammstein, and when we heard this song the first time, we all said “Depeche Mode.” …Except for my dad, he said “Nephew.”
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Barbara
9:59 pm on October 23rd, 2009However, the whole album is awesome, but this song is undoubtedly my favourite, if I had to choose
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10:21 pm on October 23rd, 2009@1984:
I think Rammstein has a lot in common with DM, especially on Rosenrot album. It´s synth samples remind me constantly from Ultra album from DM, and some older pre-Violator albums. But, as always, this is subjective.
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2:32 pm on October 24th, 2009I would also say this one is my favorite on this album.
Have one slight correction as to the lyrics. The wording of the 8th line seems to be “wenn man uns regeln laesst” – when we are allowed to rule; at least that’s what the lyrics on the official CD says.
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Storm46
1:43 pm on October 25th, 2009Great song! Love the lyrics, the song reminds me of the song Los. It all about how they are different and fitting in. I know I also have that problem.
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dinosaur
12:09 am on October 26th, 2009Naw – I think the shark referred to is Rammstein themselves – they are saying that although as an entity they (quite rightly) consider themselves as the ultimate species, they are still vulnerable, but do not want to be seen to be weak – they can do what they want when they want and they will stick together come what may – but even they have tough times – hence the tears they cry (when things are bad) cannot be seen by you or I.
Mind blowing album and I am 54years old!!
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Martin
4:19 am on October 28th, 2009[Some stylistic suggestions]
It should be:And the shark, he has tears
But the shark lives in water
So the tears can’t be seenIf one can’t keep up
We immediately stopThese passages sound better this way, imo.^^
Just suggestions though. -
8:30 am on October 29th, 2009listening to this for the second time i’d have to totally agree about the whole DM sound in the background but it just makes it even more grooveh heheh i like the song more for lyrics than anything else…
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3:54 pm on November 5th, 2009I think the song is actually referring the shark as being a nasty creature, with emotions, much alike in society we see people, but we see them for what they are not who they are. A generic example of this would be a bully, where bullies are mean in society, but we don’t see that perhaps they have been brought up in a bad family. It could also be depicting how humans see things for as they are like a cripple on the street, where they can’t change who they are, and society often refuses to accept them for who they are as people rather than seeing them as a cripple.
I’d love to see other peoples opinions on this, this song really intrigues me to “delve deeper” into the actual meaning behind it. This is the reason i love Rammstein so much, because most of their songs are about something or give meaning.
The part of the song that really makes me think this is:
In der Tiefe ist es einsam
und so manche Zähre fliesst
und so kommt es, dass das Wasser
in den Meeren salzig ist.(In the deep it is lonely
And so many a tear is shed
And it so happens that the water
In the oceans is salty)which suggest some sort of seclusion, lonely in the water. And the water being salty, salt referencing to the surroundings being bitter? Well thats what I’ve got so far, would love for people to help develop the meaning behind this.
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Seichler
5:07 pm on November 10th, 2009One of the best songs on the album.
Second line in the lyrics is missing a “mit”,
therefore the correct version would be:Wir halten miteinander aus
Otherwise a good source for Rammstein lyrics!
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Lizzu
9:43 pm on November 21st, 2009Actually, I’m pretty sure the lines
und so kommt es, dass das Wasser
in den Meeren salzig ist.should be translated as
That’s why the water
In the oceans is salty.Basically, the idea is that the *reason* seawater is salty is because the shark has cried so many (salty) tears.
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Firestrikers
4:43 pm on November 23rd, 2009To James:
My interpretation of this part of the song:
In der Tiefe ist es einsam
und so manche Zähre fliesst
und so kommt es, dass das Wasser
in den Meeren salzig ist.I think they mean, when a person had much sorrow and sadness in it’s life, they have shed alot of tears. And because of that they won’t accept alot of others in their own live, they live in bitterniss, referred to by the salty water… And that’s why they are so lonely. Even reminds me of the old guy from the movie UP..
I really like this song, along with “Fruhling in Paris” and “Donaukinder” and … O wait, I like the whole album XD
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Taryn
2:09 am on December 7th, 2009To James and Firestrikers:
And the shark, it has tears,
and they run from the face.
But the shark lives in water,
so the tears remain unseen.For me, it points out that something often depicted as vicious and mindless like a shark actually has a method for what it is doing or has emotion where others thought it didn’t. The shark living in water makes me think of how people have the persona or mask that they are unaffected by what happens around them. So, the sadness that the shark feels blends in with the other’s personas and so its tears go unnoticed.
In the depths it is (so) lonely,
and so many tears are shed,
and so it comes (to be) that the water
in the oceans are salty.Here the shark is deep in the ocean of sorrow, alone. Since it has cried the amount it has, the habitat it is in has adapted as such. Basically meaning that the shark being sad and lonely has, in turn, kept it sad and lonely.
The other parts of the song make me think of
the band itself, especially that there are
six hearts that burn for us and keep us
warm. It makes me recall Mein Herz Brennt,
and how their passion for what they are
doing keeps us from getting cold. For me,
Rammstein really brings a passionate feel to
music that is unprecedented. So, keeping us
warm could be seen as filling that need for
poetic music that would be otherwise vacant
in our lives. It does make me think that
society as a whole is a lot less
intellectual and inquisitive.
One can think of us
whatever they please.
We remain unharmed.
We will press forward.This verse makes me think of the fact that some people think that Rammstein have ill intentions. A very recent note of this is Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da being put on the Index in Germany. Regardless of that, however, they will continue what they are doing. This can be seen as simply being persistent and disregarding what others will think.
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10:51 pm on December 14th, 2009It’s obviously about Rammstein. The sharks refer to themselves as:
Six hearts that burn
The fire keeps you warm(sechs Herzen, die brennen -
das Feuer hält euch warm)The six hearts refer to the six members of Rammstein and the fire manifests itself in their music.
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Christian
11:13 am on December 28th, 2009The line “Und der Haifisch, der hat Tränen” has a funny – and probably intended – similarity with Bertold Brechts Mackie Messer which contains the line “Und der Haifish, der hat Zähne” – the shark has teeth.
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Ramm_stein!
5:40 am on December 31st, 2009This song really tells how close Rammstein is!
Their always gonna stick together.“Wir halten das Tempo,
wir halten unser Wort;
Wenn einer nicht mithält,
dann halten wir sofort.” -
Ren
7:43 pm on January 2nd, 2010I kind of see that song has being a “happy” song from Rammstein!! I mean, the music and melody has for me a happy feeling to it!! It is like a Rammstein tribute to us, the fans…
They are 6 strong sharks that are trying to make something good even though things can be hard and running in to obstacles sometimes, they always find a way to come back and be stronger. The fans keeps them alive and stronger…
I maybe out of line but it’s how i see and feel the song. I express myself way better in french!!! So sorry if things don’t makes sense for some!!Oh, and can’t wait to see the video
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5:03 am on January 17th, 2010Am I the only one who was reminded of a group of criminals from say the Mafia when they read the lyrics? Obviously it’s about Rammstein, but I couldn’t help but make the crime connection.
Let me put it like this; the criminals, they’re human as well. They’re cruel killers, and they feel bad or think about what they’ve done, but no one else in the underworld cares because killing and crime is the norm in their world.
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Mark
8:29 pm on January 18th, 2010Someone somewhere (I can’t remember where) said it was loosly based on an old song called “Mack the Knife”.
I’m sure it’s probably wrong though.
By the way, anyone who can’t detect Depeche Mode in this tune needs new fucking ears! -
1:32 am on January 26th, 2010Hi Mark
That’s right! As Christian suggested earlier, the refrain:
Und der Haifisch, der hat Tränen
Und die laufen vom Gesicht,
doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser -
so die Tränen sieht man nicht.Is based on the refrain from the song “Die Moritat von Mackie Messer” (“The Ballad of Mack the Knife”) from (“Die Dreigroschenoper” (The Threepenny Opera) from Bertold Brecht / Kurt Weill (1928!)
The original is:
Und der Haifisch, der hat Zähne,
Und die trägt er im Gesicht.
Und Macheath, der hat ein Messer,
Doch das Messer sieht man nicht. -
Peter
4:07 pm on February 23rd, 2010Wir halten das Tempo = We keep our rhythm (or tempo)
I was wondering if “schadlos halten” does not also have a double meaning here:
Man kann von uns halten You can think of us
was immer man da will Whatever you want
wir halten uns schadlos We think we are harmless
wir halten niemals still. We never keep still.Is this alternative interpretation possible? German is not my mother tongue, so I can’t tell. However, it is a very logical interpretation that falls in perfectly with the surrounding lines (better than the direct meaning “We get compensation”)
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11:30 pm on February 25th, 2010Personally i think it refers to operation haifisch the planned invasion of southern england… and i`ve spotted plenty more similar one`s too!
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11:45 pm on March 26th, 2010@MOUZ: very good translation!
“And the shark cries these tears,
that run down from his face.
But as the shark lives in water,
these tears won’t be seen.At those depths ‘t can be lon’ly,
and so many tears are cried.
And that’ll be the reason,
of the salt in (all) the seas.Cheers,
Mouz”I like the song even more because it was inspired by “Die Moritat von Mackie Messer”
and I agree, sounds a bit like DM
The Shark symbolizes Rammstein as a collective – they seem strong and dangerous, but they have a soft core and feel lonely sometimes… Till Lindemann seems like a withdrawn guy, always avoiding reporters and stuff, I can totally recognize him in the lyrics… In an interview he said:
Playboy: Is fire your passion?
Lindemann: No, not at all, but I hate it to be observed on stage. When a guitar solo was played in former times I stood liked glued to the microphone. I always thought: I have to do something against it or I will die of loneliness and boredom. Fortunately a friend of mine was a pyrotechnist.
[...]
Playboy: Why did those relationships never work?
Lindemann: Because the feeling was missing, I never dared to be bound. Therefore I always was the one who was left and I always was totally shocked. But every time I realized: she’s right! The only good thing about this was that every time I was left the pain was a big push for my creativity. -
12:38 am on March 27th, 2010forgot to add the most important thing: it’s about how they perceive and handle fame… They hate being “celebrities”, but they do it for the fans… just remember the song “Ein Lied”:
“Wir sind für die Musik geboren
Wir sind die Diener eurer Ohren
Immer wenn ihr traurig seid
spielen wir für euch”(We were born for music
We are the servants of your ears
Whenever you’re sad
We play for you) -
Samael
3:53 am on April 25th, 2010Kind of similar to Rammlied – “bist du einsam und allein, wir sind hier, schalte ein!” Or something like that, my memory for German lyrics isn’t great since I don’t speak German that well :-/
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3:25 pm on April 26th, 2010To Taryn
I just wanted to say great interpretation and breakdown of Haifisch, i think your view is very acurate, This song is so deep and poetic, i love it -
5:39 am on May 7th, 2010The video goes: Till dies, funeral, characters fro
other videos show up, 2 girls get into a fight, “deleted scenes” from the Du Hast
video, remaining band members get into a big fight, one of them falls on Till’s coffin and breaks it…. It’s empty. Till ran off with this one girl… He sends a postcard.
who knows? Could happen… -
11:21 pm on May 17th, 2010I wonder if by “six hearts that burn”, they could possibly be referring to the six albums they have?
Also, I don’t get the video. -
11:11 am on May 22nd, 2010@ Angus.
I think it refers to the six members of the band.
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SockPants
7:45 pm on June 5th, 2010There is some bad english in this translation… for example:
And the shark, that has tears –> it has tears
And they run from the face –> it’s face? (not literal, but better english)
But the shark lives in water
So no one can see the tears –> So the tears aren’t seen (by anybody) (passive)In the deep it is lonely
And so many a tear is shed
And it so happens that the water –> so it happens (otherwise it’s wrong), or ‘that is why’
In the oceans is salty -
Jesse
1:01 am on June 10th, 2010Hey sockpants, I feel the same way with much of these translations.
However if translators were allowed to change it that much then over enough time it would become a wreck like the Bible.
The bible’s translation from language to language has caused it to be a mess. None of us would want that to happen to Rammstein’s lyrics now would we? =]
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5:42 pm on June 10th, 2010Bad or not bad does not matter in this case – these texts are to UNDERSTAND the meaning.
I still have not gotten an answer to my question from a native german speaker. Can SCHADLOS not mean HARMLESS too? I think the translation has missed another fun play with words of double meaning (we think we are harmless / we get compensation). Quoting my previous post:
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I was wondering if “schadlos halten” does not also have a double meaning here:Man kann von uns halten You can think of us
was immer man da will Whatever you want
wir halten uns schadlos We think we are harmless
wir halten niemals still. We never keep still.
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5:45 pm on June 10th, 2010Oh, and yes for the nitpickers: “We never sit still” is of course better english than the author’s original “We never keep still”, but that’s nitpicking and does not matter to understand the meaning!
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6:33 pm on June 11th, 2010I think it’s a wrong translation. There does exist an German idiom, but it goes “sich [b]für etwas (an etwas)[/b] schadlos halten”, which means “get compensation for something (from someone)”
Simply “sich schadlos halten” does mean “to behave harmless”, no double meaning…
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9:56 am on June 15th, 2010I tottaly agree with Cinnamon Revenge. I hold the shark to be te band itself. The meaning is that the rich and famous can also experience lonleyness and sadness, but the people usually can’t see that because of the enviroment the rich and famous dwell in. And this enviroment is quite a lonley place, which fuels the sadness itself. Nevertheless though, the band holds together and their hearts burn aflame to keep us warm.
The comparisson made with the Ein Lied can be made also with many other Rammstein songs, as it is a “lightmotive” in their work – in Mein Herz brennt, also in Ich willq even in Spring if you like to make an broader interpretation.
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5:50 am on June 21st, 2010Nice song, I also don’t speak German (or English for that matter)so thank you guys for creating this site, about the syntaxis of translation, well translating isn’t always easy and it’s even more difficult when you have different interpretations of how a song should be read.
I love the vid for this song, in my mind it’s about how the band it’s the shark and they keep together, Till died and the left band members feel angry/sorry ’cause they secretly wanted to kill Till and now that he’s dead they just fell wrong, so fist fight ensues, only to realize Till isn’t dead, meawhile Till is sending a postcard with the image of the smart shark very much alive.
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7:36 pm on June 21st, 2010@ PETER – hmm… I thought it over a bit, maybe it is a double meaning… I’m still not sure what the meaning of this strophe is:
Man kann von uns halten
was immer man da will;
wir HALTEN UNS SCHADLOS,
wir halten niemals stillbut I guess “We hold harmless;get indemnity/compensation” does fit better? nevertheless, “we behave harmless” could be another meaning, but I can’t see the logic in it:
“We behave harmless
We never keep still” ???Since I can’t speak English that good, I was forced to look up synonyms of indemnity – I found another meaning; “pardon; end of blame”… Maybe this makes more sense:
“You can think of us
Whatever you want
We are pardoned
We never keep still”- ??? not sure if it can mean the same in German
Sources: http://thesaurus.com/browse/indemnity?__utma=1.757579086.1277134810.1277134810.1277134810.1&__utmb=1.4.9.1277134832794&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1277134810.1.1.utmcsr=%28direct%29|utmccn=%28direct%29|utmcmd=%28none%29&__utmv=-&__utmk=166885822#visualthesaurus
http://www.dict.cc/deutsch-englisch/schadlos+halten.html
http://en.bab.la/dictionary/german-english/jdn-schadlos-haltenPS: Now I’m being a nitpicker
I’m only speculating, but I think “We never KEEP STILL” is better, because they rather mean “you can’t KEEP US QUIET” (I can speak German).
“We never SIT STILL” sounds too literary, even figuratively it sounds rather like “we won’t take it” or “we will do something about it”…@Enravota – interesting point of view, but I interpreted those songs you mentioned in another way, nevertheless, your interpretation is possible too… But I think these three songs: Ein Lied, Rammlied & Haifisch, are clearly dedicated to the fans… It’s like a trilogy ode or something
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7:45 pm on June 21st, 2010too literally*
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4:32 am on July 25th, 2010My list of favorites from this album:
Top three are Haifisch, Fuhre Mich and Ich tu dir weh. I like Buckstabu, and Waidmans Heil a lot too, but this one has GREAT lyrics. Very satisfied with the lyrics of this one.
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Ashley
10:14 am on August 4th, 2010I love this song so much! My favorite thing is the video though! The lyrics speak of how they will always be togther and are faithful to the band, yet in the video they are at Till’s funeral already trying to find a new singer. I love the irony!
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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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