This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
You make and break your own restrictions
You write and prove your own revisions
You become new
You sweat and bleed pure fascination
You thrive upon disintegration
You break through
The truth the lies all fabrications
Only you control your destination
You are what you do
You put aside your resolution
You dig into a new conclusion
You become new
You revel in the de-construction
You feel your mind become a weapon
You break through
Wiederaufbau und vernichtung
Wirklicheit und heldendichtung
Edle wahrheit und legende
KMFDM zum bitteren ende
Sturm&drang
Dir gehoren
Sturm&drang
Kunst erleben
Sturm&drang
Neu und fremd
Sturm&drang
Mein KMFDM
You write and prove your own revisions
You become new
You sweat and bleed pure fascination
You thrive upon disintegration
You break through
The truth the lies all fabrications
Only you control your destination
You are what you do
You put aside your resolution
You dig into a new conclusion
You become new
You revel in the de-construction
You feel your mind become a weapon
You break through
Wiederaufbau und vernichtung
Wirklicheit und heldendichtung
Edle wahrheit und legende
KMFDM zum bitteren ende
Sturm&drang
Dir gehoren
Sturm&drang
Kunst erleben
Sturm&drang
Neu und fremd
Sturm&drang
Mein KMFDM
Lyrics submitted by VamprincessNoa
Sturm & Drang Lyrics as written by Tim Skold Sascha Konietzko
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I'm pretty sure in this context the meaning of Sturm & Drang is "Storm & Stress." Sturm und Drang was a late 18th century writing movement, in essence a rebellion against the neoclassic/Frenchish style popular at the time. The themes of rebellion and deconstruction in the song fits well with the ideas of the literary movement.
Sturm & Drang is one of my favorite songs out of KMFDM's newest album, Attak. I'm surprized no one had already posted the lyrics up, but I guess it doesn't matter since they're up now :) If anyone's wondering, I have the translations to the German chorus and verse to this song (I was VERY bored at the time of deciding to translate the song). If anyone is really THAT desperate to know them, message me and I'll get them to you.
omg this song kicks ass I want to know the german in the song too
Ok, well, the German stuff in this song is roughly translated as follows:
Wiederaufbau und vernichtung (To rebuild and to annihilate) Wirklichkeit und heldendichtung (Reality and heroism) Edle wahrheit und legende (Noble and lengendary) KMFDM zum bitteren ende (KMFDM closes towards a bitter end)
And the chorus:
Sturm & drang* Dir gehoren (You belong to) Sturm & drang Kunst erleben (To experience the art of) Sturm & drang Neu und fremd (New and strange) Sturm & drang Mein KMFDM (My KMFDM)
(* Sturm & Drang - the world Sturm and the word Drang has a few translations and I'm not quite sure which ones Sascha is talking about. But the translations for Sturm are 'storm/assault/tempest/gale' and the translations for Drang are 'pressure/impulse'. All translations give me the same impression, but I'm not going to state which is and isn't the correct translation here :P )
By the way, I had to re-arrange some of the positioning of the words so that they'd make more sense. I'm not German, I never did German in high school or university, so the translations might be slightly off, but they should be mostly correct.
I'm thinking that the german probably goes more like this:
Rebuilding and destruction reality and heroic poetry Noble truth and legend KMFDM to the bitter end
belongs to you experience art ...
This song is awesome. It's even better live though. Definately their best song for moshing. I'm not personally a mosher myself but I almost wanted to jump in!
Here’s a more literal translation courtesy of google Sturm & drang Dir gehoren Sturm & drang
Storm & urge You heard Storm & urge
Feedback Swap to German Storm & urge You heard Storm & urge Experience art Storm & urge New and foreign Storm & urge My KMFDM Reconstruction and destruction Reality and heroic seal Noble truth and legend KMFDM to the bitter end