Haus der Lüge

I think this song is about tearing down old idols to create new ones. Death & re-birth.

I have heard people make all kinds of very detailed interpretations about destruction of Christianity & the church and so forth and all kinds of references to Nietzsche, but I don't know that it's even that specific.

The whole album this is from is very theatrical and probably purposely quite vague & symbolic, so it sort of defies exact interpretation anyway. Maybe the band have explained things more in interviews or something that I simply have not seen, but I think I prefer not knowing every detail anyway, mystery is half the fun.

What? No one has commented on this brilliant song?

Best EN lines ever: "God has shot himself - Now the top floor can be renovated"

I don't speak german but this song is REALLY cool.

So the lyrics in english: (I try my best)

First floor where the blind men live who belive in what they see and the doves who believe in what they hear, tied to a kitchen chair there is a maniac, who believes in what he can touch (his hands on his legs)

Second floor roll for roll lenght for length woodchip wallpaper lodgers are standing in the corridor attentively starring at the walls lenght for lenght searching for typos and misprints but coulddn't even make out their own name

Let's get to the next floor which, o wonder!, hasn't been finished yet only accessible by stairway

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- the falsity here is property of the company they tile the floor with it and nobody is allowed to near himself to them

4th floor here is the home of the architect succeeds in his plans this bilding is filled with ideas it ranges from fundament to canopy and from fundament to company

in the ground floor there are four doors they lead out-of-doors or rather to the headstone here's the place to wait for everyone who wants to concrete's coming 12 o'clock groundbreaking ceremony train of thoughts aborted at face level fascistic infamous or catholic violet for better orientation

Attic the roof is damaged there's an old man sitting in the truss death angels are laying on the ground (they look similar to him) he holds a gun between his legs and aims for his mouth and inside the head and outside the head and through the head the bullet soaks god has shot himself the attic gets extended god has shot himself the attic gets extented lie, lie the attic gets extended

(Epilogue

Basement: this is a cellar here do I live this is the darkness wet and comfortable this is a castle)