This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Vater unser im Himmel
Geheiligt werde Dein Name,
Dein Reich komme,
Dein Wille geschehe,
Wie im Himmel
So auch auf Erden.
Und vergib uns unsere Schuld
Und führe uns nicht in Versuchung
Sondern erlöse uns von all den Bösen
Ich geb euch Liebe
Ich geb euch Hoffnung
Doch nur zum Schein
denn die Massen wollen betrogen sein
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Und die Show geht los!
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Der Applaus ist groß
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Ihm gehört die Welt
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Bis der Vorhang fällt
Vater unser im Himmel
Geheiligt werde die Lüge,
Mein Fleisch verkomme
Mein Wille geschehe,
Und den im Himmel
gib uns auf Erden
Und vergib uns unsere Gier
Drum führe uns jetzt in Versuchung
Und dann erlöse uns von all den Bösen
Ich geb euch Liebe
Ich geb euch Hoffnung
Doch nur zum Schein
Denn die Massen wollen betrogen sein
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Und die Show geht los!
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Der Applaus ist groß
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Ihm gehört die Welt
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Bis der Vorhang fällt
Wir sind so glücklich
Wir lieben alle den Schein
Die Welt ist göttlich
Wir sind gemeinsam allein
Wir sind so glücklich
Drum reiht euch alle mit ein
Die Welt ist göttlich
Die Lüge wird euch befreien
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Und die Show geht los!
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Der Applaus ist groß
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Ihm gehört die Welt
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Bis der Vorhang fällt
Geheiligt werde Dein Name,
Dein Reich komme,
Dein Wille geschehe,
Wie im Himmel
So auch auf Erden.
Und vergib uns unsere Schuld
Und führe uns nicht in Versuchung
Sondern erlöse uns von all den Bösen
Ich geb euch Liebe
Ich geb euch Hoffnung
Doch nur zum Schein
denn die Massen wollen betrogen sein
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Und die Show geht los!
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Der Applaus ist groß
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Ihm gehört die Welt
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Bis der Vorhang fällt
Vater unser im Himmel
Geheiligt werde die Lüge,
Mein Fleisch verkomme
Mein Wille geschehe,
Und den im Himmel
gib uns auf Erden
Und vergib uns unsere Gier
Drum führe uns jetzt in Versuchung
Und dann erlöse uns von all den Bösen
Ich geb euch Liebe
Ich geb euch Hoffnung
Doch nur zum Schein
Denn die Massen wollen betrogen sein
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Und die Show geht los!
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Der Applaus ist groß
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Ihm gehört die Welt
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Bis der Vorhang fällt
Wir sind so glücklich
Wir lieben alle den Schein
Die Welt ist göttlich
Wir sind gemeinsam allein
Wir sind so glücklich
Drum reiht euch alle mit ein
Die Welt ist göttlich
Die Lüge wird euch befreien
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Und die Show geht los!
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Der Applaus ist groß
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Ihm gehört die Welt
GOTT IST EIN POPSTAR
Bis der Vorhang fällt
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I think that by "God is a popstar" Oomphs didn't mean anything cynical. I guess it's a kind of irony directed at the Christian church that is now really commercialised.
I think it's showing how Christianity is a mere fashion statement in modern times. It's almost a fashion label for some people to go to Christian things and call themselves a Christian.
The English translation: Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come Thy will be done, On Earth as it is in Heaven, And forgive us of our guilt, And lead us not to temptation, But deliver us from evil
I give you love, I give you hope,
But it appears, That the masses want to be deceived.
God is a pop star and the show goes on. God is a pop star, The applause is huge. God is a pop star, He listens to the world. God is a pop star, Until the curtain drops
Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be the lies, My flesh deprived My will be done On Earth as it is in Heaven And forgive us of our greed And lead us now in temptation And then deliver us to all the evil
I give you love...
God is a pop star...
We're so happy, We love all the The world is divine, We're alone together, We're so happy, Everyone get in line. The world is divine, The lies will set you free
God is a popstar...
well i'm pretty sure it's not just about christians! i guess it's about this whole stupid religion thing going on right know. people are killing each other bacuse of stupid things like that. almost everyone has a religion that he/she supports - for what?! if there wouldn't be relgions, people wouldn't kill in the game of god/allah/whoever. it's in a way ironic, because the world is praising god because of his grace and all that stuff, but in the end he (as a symbol which people take a as an apology for doing bad things) makes everything worse.
what do religious institutions want from up? - money. same as celebrities (pop stars) what else? - attention. same as celebrities. what happens over them? - conflict (war) same as hardcore (especially soccer and hockey fans) constantly keep getting into fights after a game.
its not really God's fault. its interpretation. how church is basically "give us money and God will forgive your sins." just so that the institution gets richer. its a simple abuse.
This is pretty much about how some people have abused the title of being a Christian, like pastors and priests on TV (i.e. Kerney Thomas) who take money and fame in exchange for granting forgiveness. Good song.
I'm a Christian myself, albeit an old fashioned one, and I'd have to agree with most of the people here. I think that it's about Christian denominations commercializing the Lord. I think that a lot of Christian churches make out God to be a popstar, rather than a Father and a Creator.
I think it is just as much (if not more) about the glorification and sacralisation of celebrity. Society tends to worship celebrities nowadays and the song ironically worships the celebrities too as though they were the Christian God, even directly quoting the Lord's Prayer - a statement that we are replacing our spirituality with capitalism and shallow fandoms.