Rammstein Ich Tu Dir Weh lyric with English translation

Comparing this text to Jeremy’s (see link above), I’ve noticed one interesting differece: “Egal, erlaubt ist, was gefällt” Jeremy transalates as “anything goes”, while here it’s translated as “whatever PLEASES is allowed”. VAST difference in meaning, yet in my humble opinion both translations are equally valid.
Maybe an actual native speaker (I don’t care if you *studied* German at school, so did I) could tell me which meaning is “correct”, or if the line’s intentionally ambiguous.

Well you clearly used Google Translate for this because I got the same results when I did. I would like to see it translated by someone who speaks German fluently.

“needles,pliers&RODENTS?? i mean come on.it aint no poetry”

your wording is suggesting that you likely listen to some meaningless rap or hip-hop without actual meaning or poetry like this

but you are free to write better. you AINT restricted

rammstein is simply sick

Ich Tu Dir Weh is my favorite R+ song as well, and we can second guess the song selection on Made in Germany all day long. I’ll start the action with “Pussy? Really?” The good news is that there were so many great songs left off of MiG that there’s enough untouched material for a second compilation a few more years down the road.

And the MiG tour is supposed to be based mostly around older songs with great stage shows, which is why Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen and Asche zu Asche aren’t on MiG, but have been played on the tour.

However, I really hope they play Ich Tu Dir Weh on the US leg of the tour. Because I want to see it live.

Excellent song. My new favorite. I noticed yesterday that it’s been played on my iPod 21 times in the past two days!!

I think the “Faggot! Ahhhh!” is representing the ignorant, cruel, paranoid fear that many have of homosexuals, not that Rammstein is in any way stating that they are afraid of homosexuals.

As a BDSM Lifestyler, this song connects with me pretty deeply. Its not accurate per se, but for me its become something of an anthem for my life. The refrain especially speaks to me, about the nature of D/s, and how a Dom must see themselves in their sub. I could listen to this song for hours

Very proud of everyone ignoring the trolls on this thread gj guys

Masochism almost sounds amazing right now. xD

This song is about what he does to himself when he needs to be dad and go to pee.He is gay cunt.I fucking hate this artist,cuz I don’t know who he is .Do you need more honesty?
He already wants to get killed.cuz I can’t stand this motherfucker.This is honest truthI hope another woman will like you more then me and you’ll become a bag of shit . your dick is shit.i hope you suffer from impotence.I vomit.how about this.cuz this is last last shit that i wish you and want to be.this is it.

Holy shit, the translation of the lyrics blows more cock than the gay version of Ron Jeremy.

The translation is inaccurate and doesn’t forwards the vile context.

@Raekon, thankyou, I took your words as a massive compliment

Slightly off-topic though guys, I heard Till once said that he was retiring when he hit 50 to spend more time with family, anyone know if that’s true? I’d love to see them once more in the UK before they call it a day!

I truly feel this song on a personal level. I could say more, but there’s no point.

I just wish Til was gay. LOL

This is honestly the best song out of rammstein that i have heard in a long time. I believe that he is saying what he feels when he writes the poem and then sings it. Just let him write what he wants, he’s got more talent and potential in his writing then most of us and it gives us an inspiration to listen to his kick ass mustic!!! Forever Rammstein

The song translates exactly like this:

Only for me you are alive
I’ll put medals in the face
You are entirely devoted to me
You love me because I do not love you

You bleed for my soul
A small cut and you’re horny
The body – already totally distorted
Allowed matter is what pleases

I hurt you
I’m not sorry!
It does you good.
Hear how it screams!

With you I have a hard time choosing
Barbed wire in the urethral tract
Put your meat in salt and pus
First you die but then you live on

Bites, kicks, hard blow
Needle, pliers, blunt saw
Wish you something, I do not say no
And drove yourself a rodent

I hurt you.
I’m not sorry!
It does you good.
Hear how it screams!

I hurt you.
I’m not sorry!
It does you good.
Hear how it screams!

You are the ship, the Captain I
Where do you want for your trip go?
I see your face in the mirror
You love me because I do not love you

I hurt you.
I’m not sorry!
It does you good.
Hear how it screams!

I hurt you.
I’m not sorry!
It does you good.
Hear how it screams!

I love that this song has sprouted so much conversation. And mainly just about the meaning. I agree with the overall themes, you have all thought very well (and seemingly hard lol) on this. I’ll say these things: I have loved Rammstein’s music since i first heard it, and always will (minus Rosenrot). They have very deep meanings that could all be taken in a million different ways by a million different people, go with what you are most comfortable with.
@SHADOW I completely agree. Leave art to the open-minded. If you don’t like Rammstein, go listen to that poppy stuff that is meant to make you feel good and fill your head with shit. Thats just not for me. KEEP IT UP RAMMSTEIN! HEIL!

The lyrics to this song are amazing. who needs another stupid love song about a girl. Rammstein has recently become one of my favorite bands. very talented group

@ Anna, I like that you have a broad imagination. It is something that seems to be cut down in children through public schooling. Most of the time it is seen that through upbringing children are scorned for thinking outside of the box because its not what the taught material is looking for.

@ Shadow, I do enjoy your outlook on this song. A very interesting way to look at it. Though not entirely sure how it fits i will be lookin into it more to see if I can grasp it in my mind.

Overall I do believe this is a bit of a S&M. More of one succumbing to the will of another. And more of an infatuation. “Du liebst mich denn ich lieb’ dich nicht” follows my though on the infatuation. One wanting the other so much that even though they are not wanted, they will do anything in their power to obtain them thus loving them more for putting up a challenge. And as well “Du bist das Schiff, ich der Kapitän” follows my thought on succumbing to the will of another, being as one would be so enthralled as to let another make decisions for them. Use them as a puppet. Allow them to control their life, actions, decisions. As for the mutilation. Perhaps thats just what the figures are in to and they wrote it that way to give it more of a dark and eerie feel and sounds. And it fits due to the strange and obscure nature of Rammstein.

Im not 100% on some of the lyrics however as a whole it is a very beautiful song. Extremely well written, As dark and mildly depressing as it is, everytime I listen to it I still find myself swaying back and forth and getting in to it. As Christoph stated in the “making of” video for the Music video of this song. The entire band agreed that this is musically the strongest song on the album and I do have to agree. Currently one of my favourite songs

Alot of you do have some very interesting and valid thoughts on meaning of this song. However, Till being the amazing poet he is and this being poetry, It can be taken however the listener, reader, viewer, cares to take it. It is majority of what it means to them. Same is it means something to the writer, different than what the critic would take from it. He is very good with the way he writes in one being able to take more than one meaning from his lyrics.

Tons of Kudos to Rammstein for being as amazing and talented as they are.

- Brandon

it’s about jesus christ

RAMMSTEIN RULES FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This song is one of the best songs in the history of metal.

dude that is awsum. Im a musician myself and i TOTALLY get this song. Its a stab (heh heh… stab) at popular social belief. the Idea of masochism is often rejected and treated with disgust. Yet that is EXACTLY what human behavior is today. What rammstein does, as-well as Marilyn Manson, is expose the worst human mentality. They cause discomfort on purpose because no one listens otherwise, and they do it with some kick ass metal XD. They bring on the shock factor. If you take the lyrics literally and act on um, well A). you probably shouldn’t be listening to them or B). your an idiot and you do it anyway. Leave art to the open minded!!

Wow, I certainly believe this song is about extreme self-performed masochism…

You are entirely devoted to me (it’s your own body)
You love me because I don’t love you (masochists hate their bodies)
You bleed for my salvation (masochists like to see their bodies’ suffer)
A small cut and you’re horny (this also supports above)
It doesn’t matter, whatever pleases is allowed (more self-harm = better)

Also, you’re the ship and I’m the captain (ship = body, captain = mind)

From now some people might think it’s masochism along with sadism, but…

I see your face in the mirror… it’s yourself

I wouldn’t mess with religion here.. There are not many songs where Till’s message is religious anyway..

Could it be that we’re limiting ourselves to direct perception in the lyrics? Doesn’t Till use abstract symbolism in his messages? What if this song is about how the devil works…the demon runs the ship…the man allowed him aboard. People can want evil in their lives, and don’t see where it leads them.

The best song on this album.This lyrics with Till’s voice….what can I say ?

i think that the medal part means that the writer is inserting seine teil in the other persons mouth, but the writer is so “proud” of his thing, that he calls it a medal/trophie…
now, i think it could be talking of just one person, cause it never specifies that there are 2 different ppl there, and just to mention, i’ve seen a guy to put his own dick in his mouth and eat his cum in a movie, yeah it was horrible, but since then i knew that that was possible, so the first part i explained could be also done by one single person to himself

Incredible song! Even if it is about S&M it points out real feelings, a thing I love about music. One dedicated Rammstein fan <3
God bless them!

A thought comes to mind:

“Ich steck’ dir Orden, ins Gesicht” — the speaker is congratulating the person whom he is torturing (whether it be himself or someone else) and honoring him with a medal… which he jams right into his victim’s face. This seems, to me, to fit in with the depravity of the whole thing.

Maybe this song is about self mutilation on a mental level. I have met a few people myself who seemed so obsessed with hating who they are that it becomes an obsession. It would almost seem like they actually enjoy it too. We all have our inner demons but some people tend to criticize themselves more than others. Take for example a girl who sees models on the television. She then starts critcizing herself for not having a perfect body, so to solve this she then becomes bulimic in hopes that she will one day be perfect.

In the end maybe this song isn’t about physical violence but mental instead.

Ok, why does Nazism have to come up every time a German does ANYTHING? This song is about sadistic and masochistic behaviour, possibly self-inflicted. It’s not about the Holocaust, or Hitler, or the Jews, or anything to do with WWII.
I personally enjoy how Till writes his lyrics to be intentionally ambiguous. You get out of it what you put into it. They might have twisted imaginations, but don’t we all? They just make a fortune from theirs. More power to him. No different from the sfx makeup artists on Saw (who are all lovely guys and only slightly twisted).

Well now we are talking!
It’s because they are from Germany???
Well i now some facts in history that would make A. Hitler say;
“Also also!”
Drugsarebad, the things you say are worse then the lyrics from Rammstein with one difference, you mean everything you write…
I think you are very dangerous.
Wish you a nice weekend

If you are from Sweden.I’m not a huge fan of german language.Pee Wee Gomez is your dad.

Drugsarebad, you clearly fail to understand the point in poetry. If you read some of the great poets’ work like Carol Ann Duffy, there is some very ‘sick’ material in their poems. The idea is to use metaphors, similes, bla bla bla to create an emotion or send a message. It’s not supposed to be LITERALLY about barbed wire in the urethra tract, that could be symbollic for the pain of love, or for a sexual disease, or for a great feeling of pain, or anything. It’s all in the analysis, and you shouldn’t be locked up for writing poetry, it’s the people who carry things out that should

skimming through some of your all, s&m seems way off, it is about multalation, about to the point of snuff sex and necaphela(i know i didn’t spell it right, sex with a dead person). reading it, it sounds like a lyrical verson of a snuff film. i’m not trying to piss everyone off, i love the song, real dark and a little to freaky for me. barbed wire in the urethra? oww, never even had a cathiter. and rodent in you? yeah, someone likes it weird. i also listen to death and black metal, and this one is up there

This song is actually awful. Not only are the lyrics quite sad and slightly disgusting, the “music” itself could have been written by a 3 year old. The band clearly have some unresolved issues with their parents, and their own self esteam.

Hi guys,

a short explanation about the “Nagetiere” – thing!
In the 60s-70s in England a thing came up in the homosexual scene to buy e.g. rats, mice, etc. in Pet shops.
They took the animals claws to be sure not to get hurt and then they have been placing them into their own (or their partners) arses ! Never thought about the term “Pet Shop Boys” !

Grtz
Patrick (german)

I think it’s about a dentist.

‘Medals’ could be fillings, the choices of torture ‘the blunt saw’ ‘needles and pliers’ etc are the dentist’s tools. The ‘I see your face in the mirror’ bit, dentists use mirrors to look into your mouth.

Think about the chorus. ‘I hurt you’ obviously having your teeth drilled hurts; ‘I’m not sorry’ because it’s his job; ‘It does you good’ well obviously it’s better than your teeth rotting and falling out, and ‘Hear it scream’ think about the noise a drill makes-it screams.

I’m not sure though, I was always told off in English literature. ‘Anna, although I appreciate that you have the ability to read between the lines, perhaps you are looking too deep. Try not to let your imagination take over when annotating these poems in your exam’

Either way, Rammstein’s music is awesome, and Till’s poetry is both clever and beautiful

I believe this song could be taken in 3 almost opposite directions. One would be the S&M many have stated. The second as a few I have read have also stated could be that one likes to abuse and the other likes the abuse. But the third (which has happend to me) could be that you fall inlove with someone that doesn’t love you back. You upset them and they hurt you emotionally and physically and think of different ways that they could do stuff like that to you. They hurt you just because you are there. Then you follow every word they say to a tee and nearly boarder on obsession in the way that you think of. They finally realize that someone did that to them in a previous relationship type deal and they think that that behaviour is the right way to solve it but when they see that it was wrong they can’t stop. So they continue to hurt. I had it happen to me I don’t hurt back though but I got out of that and now my life is better and if any of you guys or girls are going through that read and see what I said getting out of it might be your best choice.

About the ‘Nagetiere’-issue:

This is a well known urban legend called ‘gerbiling’, even wikipedia knows about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbiling

Rammstein are not the first ones in pop culture who make a reference to this legend. For example there is a scene in the John Waters movie ‘Cecil B. Demented’ showing this practice. I’m sure there is also a ‘Drawn Together’ episode where you can see the gay one (Xandir?) pooping out a hamster. There may be a lot of other examples, but i’m too lazy to search for them now

Yeah, I’m pretty sure the context is S+M though, so to ‘stick/shove the orders in your face’ would make more sense. I only thought it might be a typo as it definitely sounds like Till is singing ‘ordern’.

I think that “orden” can be translated to “order” just as well as medal. Of course, it depends on the context. So, I think “I stick your order in your face” makes more sense. An order being an order of duty, seeing as it is the submissive’s responsibility to take care of what is stuck in their face. Not physically to go through the face, but in front of.

With respect to my poor German and much better English, I believe “I hurt you” is a better way to express this than “I harm you”. If I were a Dominate singing this song to my submissive as I stick Mein Teil in her face and order her to service and accept all it has to offer, I would surely sing ” I hurt you” rather than much tamer “I harm you”. Try it the other way and you would get your ass beaten and made to be the bitch. Real life 24-7, how it is.

“Ich steck dir Orden ins Gesicht.”
With respect because I am not a German expert, but I do not think “I put medals into your face” is the correct translation. I think it means I stick Mein Teil in your face along with orders to service it and accept all that comes from it. Maybe not exact words, but this longer interpretation is closer, I think, as Rammstein uses elegant imagery. Most of the people here do not understand the BDSM D/s world. This song is not about self mutilation, it is one sadistic, dominate person doing things to a masochistic submissive. They are both willing participants….. Think of the story that Mein Teil was about. A young man cut his genitals off and offered them for a romantic supper along with his life to please the Master Butcher.

What a great song for an album that is titled “There is love for everyone”

I do agree on the S&M and dominatrix meaning but like AdlerWolf said there could be many meanings and has anyone thought that is could be about putting someone through hell so it make them stronger… yet another meaning that could be gathered from the lyrics… but i do have to say Till Lindermann is one of the most gifted song writers in the world!

This song reminded me a lot of 120 Days of Sadom by Marquis De Sade.

Warning, you really have to have a very strong will to read this. I was upset for a few days after reading the torments, and I’m not that easily upset by fiction. However, it did also help me understand where concepts, like the one for the Saw films come from.

I agree: it’s about domination & abuse. that’s ok, everybody’s free to feel whatever it suits the person. But what about when the abuser finds the wrong “victim” who doesn’t like to be abused? what about abusers who are so stubborn in abusing persons who don’t agree being abused? An abuser’s strategy may be so complicated… For those who like abusing non-willing-to be abused victims I guess it might be a warning here…the abuser must find the right person to form the “perfect” couple and this is their bussines, but they should leave others alone to be as free as they are. Or else So I guess this song may teach us to behave in our way when and if we are permitted to.

for me is that song about a hc fetish sex…

MHANSEN The song can be also about a man/woman how don’t love his couple and is with he/she just for the pleasure of hurt him/her and she/he like to be torment. Your interpretation is very good too, very dark. Till have proof one more time that he is a poet, his lyrcis are always extremely mysterious and have too many interpretations, I do not know how he have the talent of writing such ambiguous lyrics, is simply amazing.

The whole album is very ass-kicking! The SE version’s tracks are perfect too, especielly “Führe mich”. OMG, Rammstein made the best AGAIN!

my favorite song off the album! it so perfect and flowing, but so sexy and strong! while also being dark, like Till himself!!!!

ich liebe diese lied!!!! ich hast ein groß sehnsucht für rammstein !!!!!!!!!
This song and haifisch (shark) are my favorites… The whole album is murderous!!!!

This is definitely my favourite on this album.. Very good song- great rhythm, and even better melody! Rammstein forever!