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.
I'm going to go into the fir trees
There where I last saw her
But the evening is throwing a cloth upon the land
and upon the ways behind the edge of the forest
And the forest it is so black and empty
Woe is me, oh woe
And the birds sing no more
Without you I cannot be
Without you
With you I am alone too
Without you
Without you I count the hours without you
With you the seconds stand still
They aren't worth it
On the branches in the ditches
it's now silent and without life
And breathing becomes oh so hard for me
Woe is me, oh woe
And the birds sing no more
Without you I cannot be
Without you
With you I am alone too
Without you
Without you I count the hours without you
With you the seconds stand still
They aren't worth it without you
There where I last saw her
But the evening is throwing a cloth upon the land
and upon the ways behind the edge of the forest
And the forest it is so black and empty
Woe is me, oh woe
And the birds sing no more
Without you I cannot be
Without you
With you I am alone too
Without you
Without you I count the hours without you
With you the seconds stand still
They aren't worth it
On the branches in the ditches
it's now silent and without life
And breathing becomes oh so hard for me
Woe is me, oh woe
And the birds sing no more
Without you I cannot be
Without you
With you I am alone too
Without you
Without you I count the hours without you
With you the seconds stand still
They aren't worth it without you
Lyrics submitted by Shoot_Me
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I definitely think it's a symbolic death rather than a literal one. He feels as if he is dead without her.
I read in an interview that this song was written about his mother after her death.
i think he kills himself in the forest but not because he lost the love of his life but because he IS in love. I think the lines "ohne dich kann ich nicht sein...mit dir bin ich auch allein" (Without you I cannot be... With you I am alone too) show that the person he loves is still alive. But he commits suicide because he cannot bear the feeling of being so addicted to somebody (like you are if you are in love)
The most beautiful and chilling Rammstein song off of any album. I do agree with Shaftman on it's meaning and it makes it all the more haunting every time you listen to it. I let my fiance listen to this song and she fell in love with it immediately. Makes it all the more chilling since her and I broke up recently and the lyrics ring all the more chilling now with every listen.
this is my favourite song along with Nebel. to me, both are beautiful xx
How do you interpret the video of the song with the christian cross on top of the mountain where the guy dies? This can't be related to suicide. I think that because this is happening in the end of the song it means the way he has travelled to find the true and strongest love which makes him overcome the despair of losing his beloved person and to reject finally the idea of suicide (that's the reason his death comes by itself as the most logical way to end his life when he has achieved everything and is not provoked by him). Besites why do they go back to save their friend? If they were desperate it wouldn't make sense making all this efforts. This demonstrates their strong determination to regain the lost love without which they couldn't live ( and why isn't the man alone when the text is in 1st person? - because they're all struggling for this love and they help each other ). They are together from the beginning as if this is a march which they all need to do. They're not making a collective suicide neither it's about a desperate man wanting to die. It could be just that way only if the cross wasn't there. :)
@pyfka The videos are not diagrams of the songs and often had nothing to do with the subject matter (Du Hast, Keine Lust, Sonne, etc.). Using them to figure out what the song is about is a dead end. If the lyrics don't speak for themselves Till has given many interviews.
Sounds reasonable that it's about his mother dying. I'm a bit puzzled on how to translate the "mit dir"-pieces. The most common translation found on Ze InterWebs is "with you" (as opposed to "without you"), but could it also mean something like "just like you"? In which case the interpretation would be "Mit dir bin ich auch allein = I'm alone now just like you" and "Mit dir stehen die sekunden, lohnen nicht = just like you have come to a stand-still, so has time, and it's just not worth it anymore". The suicide-interpretation seems like projecting your own teenage angst on these quite grown-up guys - most people overcome sadness, even very deep sorrow, without dying from it... But I could be wrong, ofcourse. Unlike Shaftman, I don't believe in a single "true meaning" for any song...
mit dir means with you so "mit dir bin ich auch allein" means "with you i'm alone too"<br />
Easily one of my favs off the new album
this is the first true love song rammstien did, as in the classic I miss you I love you deal
This is my personal favourite off of the new CD. For some reason it reminded me a lot of nebel, perhaps because of how much softer it is, and differs from the rest of the songs on the album.