Rammstein Halt lyric with English translation

@ mr AA and Maria
Guys, I fear that the ‘sound’ of your “opiniong exchange” might make someone want to fetch their rifle, even calmer someones than the poetic persona in Halt . ^^

Dear Maria,

Maria I thank you graciously for allowing me announce that I have successfully won this argument. My weapons of choice: the truth and a superior intellect.

No, joking aside I will leave the ball in your court by adding – will you agree to disagree?

Sincerely,

Mr A A.

Dear Maria,

Selective understanding of what I’ve said is not an excuse. You can’t pick and choose what you like and what you don’t. I have stated very clearly how Halt is a reference to the Columbine Massacre but you’ve decided to cover your ears when you start to hear something you find upsetting. I don’t feel inclined to spell it out to you again.

Writing in German isn’t going to make me see your argument any differently and I don’t need reminding of some line from a Sehnsucht song. I wasn’t aware this was a competition to find out who is the greatest Rammstein fan by seeing who understands the most Deutsch. But here’s an German phrase nevertheless – Eifersucht ist nicht sehr kleidsam. You’d be wise to heed that one Maria.

You don’t need to become verbally abusive, it’s detrimental to your case here.

Sincerely,

Mr A A.

Dear Maria,

You needn’t behave spitefully towards me, I’ve already gathered that you have a vindictive streak from your previous comments. You’re just bitter because I’ve proven you wrong and you feel humiliated. But yes, I would like to show that at the end of our pleasant little conversation on this page we agreed to disagree and left it there.

You naive and spiteful girl,

Yours benevolently,

Mr A A.

Dear Maria,

I have no interest in furthering this fruitless argument. You haven’t shown us any proof of Halt being a song about a subject or an event. I on the other hand have; with several factual references. End of discussion.

It’s okay, you needn’t feel sympathy for me merely because I am wasting my time teaching someone who doesn’t want to be taught.

Kindest regards,

Mr A A.

Dear Maria,

Yes, I have my opinion which is based on truth and I’ll stick to it thank you very much.

Yes, you have been lecturing me about being a proper Rammstein fan by telling me to watch this and read that, assuming that I haven’t done so already and that I don’t pay enough attention to the lyrics.

Some kids died in a Californian high school today, maybe Rammstein wrote a song about that? It’s absolutely ridiculous – you say ‘Halt’ isn’t about Columbine it’s about another high school massacre but you won’t say which one or give an example.

You’ve never defended Rammstein? So you’ve never had to correct some idiot who erroneously calls them ‘nazis’ or makes nasty comments about them merely because they’re German? I have.

You’re just sore because you haven’t got me to produce an aggressive response. It has nothing to do with your perception of me being defensive and sensitive.

Mr A.A.

Dear Maria,

I do not have a fixation on the Columbine Massacre and I am not American, I am British. So when you’re insulting America you won’t be insulting me. And finally I don’t like conspiracy stories, I like plain facts. But even that hasn’t become clear to you.

Songs such as ‘Wiener Blut’, ‘Mein Teil’ & Donaukinder’ all have real-life themes. ‘Halt’ is no exception. It isn’t merely a coincidence because of the facts I have previously stated linking ‘Halt’ with Columbine, plus the fact that the band were associated with Columbine Massacre before the song was written, which gave them a lot of media attention. Another fact – bad news gets the most interest, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Rammstein’s album sales were boosted because of it. Probably the same thing happened after the media found out that the terrorists in the Beslam school massacre listened to their songs on their personal stereos.

They’ve put enough hints in the lyrics of ‘Halt’ and in the track length for fans to see that it has something to do with Columbine without making it so blatant that the media and the haters could have used it against the band.

I don’t need a lecture about how to be a Rammstein fan, I’ve been a fan for about 10 years. I have defended them when people have called them fascists by showing them the facts disproving their ignorant comments. I have been bullied myself because I am a fan, but this no longer bothers me. But what does is when someone comes along and actively tries to be provocative by saying things which are blatantly untrue, hoping to get an aggressive response for their own entertainment.

Yours informatively,

Mr A.A.

come on guys.
this is boring.
just fuckin’ agree to disagree!

Amen.

Oh, and eh ….. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attacks_related_to_secondary_schools

Dear maria, don’t be offended, but I suspect that you’re either not too strong in the head department or you’re deliberately trolling.
All the evidence is right before your eyes. The bloody song’s exactly 4:20 long
it’s amazing how you can’t put 2 and 2 together.

To quote the Master: “Rammstein thrive on being controversial and they leave subtle clues like these for fans to discover.”

still don’t get it?
urgh. nevermind.

@ Maria

Obviously you’ve completely ignored what I and Anakin have said. The facts stick together and they’re far too coincidental to just dismiss and go off on your own fanciful tangent. Plus Rammstein thrive on being controversial and they leave subtle clues like these for fans to discover.

@Anakin
Maybe, and I say maybe, you should get over Columbine.

shouldnt Bleibt stehen rather be ‘Stay still’?

@Maria

Firstly, if you’ve read Eric Harris’ website/diary he blatantly states how he was tormented by his classmates and other kids at his school, and that being the reason for his violent thoughts. If it isn’t about Columbine which German school are you referring to? Also didn’t you get the number reference in my earlier post? 4:20(4/20). I don’t think it’s a coincidence. Everything fits, even the ‘going home and getting my rifle’ part of the song.

Some ‘unmentionable’ swine copied my comment from YouTube and pasted it on this webpage naming themselves as ‘Charlie’. That was most definitely written by me originally.

Sadly the lyrics still haven’t been corrected/updated after all this time…

I like to play this song, stuck in traffic, and sing along, really loud.

This song is absolutely NOT about Columbine, if it is about a massacre at all it’s about another shooting spree at a German school, if at all.

@Anakin
@Mr A A
You are wrong, see above.

@Charlie
No. Those kids weren’t bullied at all, and were a group of six friends who wanted to stand out, as the trench coat mafia. These guys who did the shooting were crazy, just crazy. Not tormented, just a couple of sad fucks.

wow, that is a very interesting idea about the date.

it is definitely about the Columbine Massacre,no question about it, everything fits perfectly… besides I read that on of the kid’s fave band was Rammstein

It seems there isn’t a full translation of the sixth paragraph.

The last two English lines for that paragraph should be:

No one will torment me for fun,
I will send the sun to your heart.

@ adrain it wouldn’t be rammstein with out controversy and provocation thats what makes them different and better yeah other bands can say “we dont care we’ll say what we want” but rammstein shows it and shows the world that we shouldnt be afraid to express what we feel so how about you go and cry somewhere else cause no one here wants to hear it!!!

@Eh&DK

Rammstein did not cause columbine you fool. The perpetrators were mentally unstable. That would be like blaming the catcher in the rye for john lennons death (look that up)

GReat song really does remind me of Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe. Hope this comes on itunes

This Song has a really good beat and sound to it, but one thing that has just pissed me off is one particular comment. Kent, Gewehr DOES NOT mean Shotgun. The lyrics are translated (correctly) as Rifle. I should know, for there is a weapon called Gewehr 43, Semi-automatic Rifle, and I have studied World War II, hence where it came from.

school massacres..just look at this line:
“Ich geh jetzt heim und hole mein Gewehr!”

I read that both the Columbine and the Beslan school shooters listened to Rammstein during the massacres 2 keep themselves edgy.Rammstein was accused of provoking agression etc.

the song is a refernce 2 all that

I love almost all the songs on this CD, but this I think is by far my favorite. Great music, poetic lyrics (as always), and a showcase for Till’s amazing, thundering voice… quite a powerful song. Saw them in Quebec in July (unbelievable experience), and hope they return for a North American tour soon. Wish they’d perform this song too though.

Another great example of Rammstein’s amazing lyrics. This song reminds me of my own phobias of crowds and loud/sudden noises, so I feel like I can really relate to this, even though I know it’s not about that at all.
Amazing song. I love the power of Till’s voice when he screams “HALT!”

Thank you for uploading these lyrics – I’m decent at German, but I had trouble understanding 2nd verse.

I would just like to add a Gaia interpretation, as well. The lyrics could definitely come from the perspective of a personified earth with all of us little lice humans tormenting her/him with our beating hearts and ever increasing numbers. I like to think of this via Final Fantasy VII. Get ready for WEAPON. ;D

In Weisses Fleisch, Till explored the mind of a schoolyard psychopath — the kind who stands quietly in the shadows and stares unblinking as you pass by, picks up a stray cat on the way home from school and tortures it to death, forces himself on little girls.

In Halt, I think, he is exploring the mind of a different kind of schoolyard sociopath — one whose psychosis was triggered by bullying and torment rather than a genetic predisposition.

Wow….
Of course, I’m the only one who thinks this because I’m such a hippie

I happen to think of this song as in nature….I guess sort of like an animal’s point of view, like the bullying part to be part of how humans do whatever they want with them.

Although I’m not disagreeing with anyone’s ideas, it is just what I think.

Adios!

to me this seems like a racial thing…. if you look at it the narrator could be German itself

And have you even read the novel? The one in it killed the old man because he couldn’t withstand beating of his heart, and Till sings “Ich kann es nicht, nicht ertragen!”. That’s just one connection, and I believe there are surely more of them between these two compositons, so many more that it’s highly unlikely to be just a random..

Love the guitar in this song! As with “fuhre mich”. Excellent.

I agree with PowderBlue’s ideas, and I also believe it has to do something with those school massacres.. It’s again a provocation, because you surely know how Rammstein were accused when their fan killed his schoolmates while wearing Rammstein T-Shirt or whaterver..

And, further more, I see a connection between this song and a novel by Edgar Allan Poe, the Tell-Tale Heart (I recommend to read it, fe. here: http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/tell-tale-heart.html ).. When is Till using Goethe’s and Hoffman’s ideaas, why wouldn’t he use Poe’s?

possible alt. translation few grammatical changes made

Ich bin jetzt anders, sie haben mich geändert
Doch ich bin immer noch der Meinung:
Es gibt zu viele Menschen
Ich kann sie nicht ertragen, sie quälen mich mit Scherzen
Doch das Übel an Geräuschen ist das Schlagen ihrer Herzen!

I’m different now, they have changed me
But I am still of the opinion:
There are too many people
I can not bear it, They torture me with jokes
But the most ill of noises is the beating of their hearts!

Halt! Bleibt stehen!
Halt! Bleibt stehen!
Ich kann es nicht, nicht ertragen!
Halt!
Hört auf zu schlagen!

Stop! Stand still!
Stop! Stand still!
I can not, not bear it!
Stop!
Stop your beating!

Seht ihr nicht, mir geht’s nicht gut
Doch sie pumpen weiter Blut und
Wie sie sich vermehren, sie kommen über mich in Scharen
Ich kann sie nicht ertragen
Versuch sie auszumerzen
Es dröhnt in meine Schläfen das Schlagen ihrer Herzen

Can’t you see, I’m not well
Yet they continue to pump blood and
As they multiply, they come upon me in droves
I can not bear it
(someone) Attempt to eradicate them
It resounds in my temples the pounding of their hearts

Halt! Bleibt stehen!
Halt! Bleibt stehen!
Ich kann es nicht, nicht ertragen!
Halt!
Hört auf zu schlagen!

Stop! Stand still!
Stop! Stand still!
I can not, not bear it!
Stop!
Stop your beating!

Stillgestanden in der Brust
Ein totes Herz ist kein Verlust
Rührt euch nicht!
Niemand quält mich so zum Scherz
Ich lass’ die Sonne an euer Herz

Frozen in my chest
A dead heart is no loss
Do not move!
No one torments me as a joke
I let the sun’s fire into your heart

Niemand quält mich so zum Scherz
Ich bringe Licht an euer Herz
Die Entscheidung fällt nicht schwer
Ich geh jetzt heim und hole mein Gewehr!

No one torments me as a joke
I bring light through your heart
The decision is not difficult
I’m going home to fetch my shotgun!

Halt! Bleibt stehen!
Halt! Bleibt stehen!

Stop! Stand still!
Stop! Stand still!

Niemand quält mich so zum Scherz
Ich lass’ die Sonne in euer Herz

No one torments me as a joke
I let the sun into your heart

To me this interprets into bullying just about. Think abut it,
Stop! Don`t move
Stop! Don`t move
I cannot, cannot bear it
Stop! Stop beating

Stop! Don’t speak
Stop! Don’t speak
I cannot, cannot bear it
Stop! Stop bullying.

Well thats what I think anyway.

I don’t see here the statement against whole humanity, as some of the responders above me had suggested, but believe the meaning is to his own hart:

He is getting crazy from the beating of the blood in his temples, and declares that a dead hart is not a too-expensive price to pay just to get the noise off.

Hi,

nice translation but with a few mistakes

“Es dröhnt in meinen Schläfen das Schlagen ihrer Herzen”
You translatet “Schläfen” with “dreams” but that would be Schlafen with an “a” not with an “ä”.
Schläfen is the plural form from Schläfe wich is the part on your head behind the eye, that you sumtimes massage when you have a headache.
In englich its called “temple”.
So the correct translation of the sentence would be:
“It dins in my temples, the beating of theyre hearts”

Also I would translate the sentence “Wie sie sich vermehren”
with “How they increase”

The sentence “Versuch sie auszumerzen” means that he wants to kill every human life, translatet “trying to eliminate (uproot) them”

“Stillgestanden in der Brust” Is also wrong, he talk of himself, he talks about the whole Human community, its just
“Stand still in the chest”

Also every “sie” can be translated with they/them because he always means the whole mankind.

greetings from Germany

Again another excellent example of the theme; seclusion.

Instantly some sort of school shooting comes to mind. Possibly the german school shooting caused by bullying at Winnenden, north of Stuttgart where 16 people died, and the gunman killed himself.

Clearly evident in the song, we can see bullying being used as a theme, clearly the person has been tormented, and has been torn apart by this torment. His “dead heart” means no will for life, or more so can refer to his distrust, or lost trust in life. “Still you pump blood and You grow in number Coming over me in flocks I cannot bear you” suggests the reoccurrence and increase of severity of the bullying/torment.

I also think one of the best uses of instruments in this song was the off-key keyboard, which shows the “going off the rails” or “Going off track” of the person who is being sung about, where the person goes and kills the people and ultimately himself.

Anyway, that was just a few of my thoughts, anyone got anything they’d like to add?

“sie” is here reffered as They or Them