Benzin (English)

this is pretty easy i guess, i heard that this another anti US song. here goes, every country in the world needs resources to develop, and the main recourse is OIL, which means, once you gain oil, you develop, money comes in and with money comes power. oil = money = power, thats the 21st centrury for you, and the US is in the frontline for some oil, and needs it badly to keep its economy growing, hence Iraq and the kyoto agreement they havent signed, i dont blame Rammstein

I think the song goes deeper than just talking about oil usage, I think it's a personificication of a country needing gasoline to fuel it, and it's like some kind of addiction that the country can't shake off.

My first thoughts were less political/economical. To me it sounds like it is about how hard it is to part with things, somethings you have to do something drastic to move on: burn it down, cut the ties. Or maybe more literally about a pyromaniac who devoloped that disorder because he needed a way to part with things. That wouldn't be too unlike Rammstein. :)

in kerrang! this song was described by Till as a tribute to pyrotechnics as they have really launched the band outside of germany. i think the song is just about a pyromaniac. i don't think this one is political at all.

If you want to part with something then you have to incinerate it If you never want to see it again let it swim in gasoline

yeah, my 2 cents is right. this has "pyromaniac anthem" written all over it.

It seems that fire/pyromania is a theme that can be followed throughout the album Rosenrot - admittedly, it can't be found in every song, but Benzin, Hilf mir, and Feuer und Wasser all deal with the topic of fire directly and it gets mentioned in the other songs indirectly... or am I reaching too far here?

Anyway, the first time I heard Benzin, I thought it was about self-destructive behavior, like drinking alcohol in excess (high-proof liquor could be compared to gasoline :). But upon listening to it more, I kind of came to the same conclusions as the other people here about a 21st century addiction to oil.

Initially, I had thought that this song was about the American need for gasoline. With more thought, however, it seemed (to me) that the song is about the world's need to burn chemicals for fuel. It seems that humanity's need to burn fuel for energy is criticized. Much of the lyrics, however, don't support such an idea... it seems that the 'pyromaniac' idea is best supported.

Till has said that is, in fact, an ode to pyrotechnics.

The video is great though.

Yes, Iraq is an excuse, but the fact of the matter is that we get a lot of our own oil in our country, therefore our prices are cheaper than that of european countries.

It's just a pyromaniac song, not a political statement. You're diggin too deep man. ;)

Yeah this one just seems to be Till singing about how much he loves fire, as seen through their live shows, or whats at least shown of them on TV, movies, ect. This stuff about the oil industry is just too much.