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Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen (English) Lyrics
Do you want to see this bed in flames
Do you want to totally go under
You want to stick the dagger in
the sheets
You want to lick the dagger
that bleeds
Rammstein
You see the crosses on the pillow
You think innocence may kiss you
You believe killing might be hard
But where are all the dead coming from
Rammstein
Sex is a battle
Love is war
Do you want to see this bed in flames
Do you want to totally go under
You want to stick the dagger
in the sheets
You want to lick that dagger
which bleeds
Rammstein
Do you want to totally go under
You want to stick the dagger in
the sheets
You want to lick the dagger
that bleeds
You think innocence may kiss you
You believe killing might be hard
But where are all the dead coming from
Love is war
Do you want to see this bed in flames
Do you want to totally go under
You want to stick the dagger
in the sheets
You want to lick that dagger
which bleeds
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I'm also going to add that many SFX in this song are also from the popular game Doom. Which was released in 1993, as well as its sequel Doom 2 in 1994.
hymen.
hymen.
Other than that, prettymuch everything has been mentioned.
Other than that, prettymuch everything has been mentioned.
With this song Till, in his own way, is sharing his critics on ABORTION (many years later he revisited that theme in his solo project). The key is that 1_sheath and 2_vagina are sharing the SAME (!) word ("Scheide") in German, so Till is often using any blade as a metaphor for the penis (consider the line "the dull blade, right and proper" when talking about "hard parts , also" from the song "Mein Teil"). And if sex is followed by abortion then it's like making love is ending up with the same consequences as making war !! Therefore "Will'st thou the bed in flames see? Will'st thou with "skin& hairs" (=idiom) not only "go down" but also "perish" or "be condemned/doomed" due to the idiom meaniung totally, with your entire being.
@MacZussie I found a video of Rammstein. that I shared on YouTube, where Till is kneeling after the song to show his grief for the million unborn victims of abortion. Activate the subtitles for the lyrics in German & English: https://youtu.be/bB6zdOe5tXM?feature=shared
@MacZussie I found a video of Rammstein. that I shared on YouTube, where Till is kneeling after the song to show his grief for the million unborn victims of abortion. Activate the subtitles for the lyrics in German & English: https://youtu.be/bB6zdOe5tXM?feature=shared
i think this song is about having sex involving knives......kinky!!!!!
Some of your comments(no offence) are showing your shallow way of interpreting their lyrics. I agree that some of the texts are about impossible to understand in the way they are read.
I think that this song is very cool. I has a very good begining and also it has a very very good beat to it. I think that this song has a sort of interesting meaning to it.
To me, it seems that they are trying to say that the urge to kill is hidden in all human beings, even if a lot of us might deny it (You believe killing might be hard/But where are all the dead coming from). Then, judging from the rest of the song, this urge might be more specific towards one's spouse or a sexual partner...
I think this song is about kinky sex kool!
Well, it looks like it could be about sex, till you realise the German 'ihr' ('you') is plural, then it looks a lot less likely. Apart from sex, the bed seems to symbolise innocence or unconsciousness. The line "Wollt ihr mit Haut und Haaren untergehen?" (here translated "Do you want to totally go under") leaves out a potential double meaning too - 'mit Haut und Haaren' does mean 'completely', but is literally 'with skin and hair', and 'untergehen' is a euphemism for 'to perish/end'. The 'doch' that comes in twice really isn't translatable, but does give a sense of 'after all' ('you do want to stick the dagger in the sheets, after all'), so paphan could be right.
The line that confuses me is 'ihr meint euch darf die Unschuld küssen', translated correctly but ambiguously as 'You think innocence may kiss you'. This implies innocence might kiss the person in English, but in German it really means innocence is permitted to kiss the person, with 'ihr meint...' obviously negating that - innocence isn't allowed to kiss this person. Perhaps a murderer who is begging for forgiveness but can't seem to keep away from these thoughts?
The only two lines that don't seem obvious on this train of thought are 'Sex ist eine Schlacht / Liebe ist Krieg'. Any thoughts?
My idea here is that the killing isn't literal - it could mean emotional torture through arguments or bad times or people falling out. The two lines quoted above could be that it's easier to do this with someone if you like them, and the more you like them the easier it is and the more it hurts in the end. Well, just a thought.
just a question my german is a bit rough but doesnt it say "ihr wollt doch auch den Dolch ins Laken stecken, ihr wollt doch auch das Blut vom Degen lecken" which i thought translated to "you want to stick the dagger in the sheet as well, you want to also lick the blood from the sword" talking about a sword in the second line not a dagger but i may be wrong..
=Filth=: Dolch = dagger Degen = technically means 'epee' but is also used for 'sword' in general
billywoods1: 'ihr' might be addressing humanity in general, condemning its thirst for blood. To me, "ihr denkt euch darf die Unschuld küssen" means that the people who are addressed here believe that they are innocent regarding "all the dead" in the world, but everybody is responsible for the deaths that occur, directly or indirectly. If you don't try to prevent someone's murder, can innocence nevertheless "kiss you", even though you didn't personally kill that person?