This song expresses Groenemeyer's view of and the anger about a certain political party in Germany that claims to preserve Christian values but by far doesn't. It is trapped in its own bigotry, corruption and hunger for power, not avoiding rude methods to silence out opponents. One certain political scandalon in Germany, the suicide of a North German prime minister (he swallowed drugs and was found dead in a hotel bathtub completely dressed) as a consequence of being convicted of corruption gave Groenemeyer the idea to the pun "einer ging leider baden" ("one of them went swimming" - a phrase for somebody getting lost or having all the damage). Herbert describes the person who sings this song as ambiguous - on the one hand he has to demonstrate strength and correctness, on the other hand he knows that his claim to have "God at his side - Jesus in his boat" is far from being true. His bad consciousness accuses him of his blasphemy. His mother, being from a different generation, is adressed by him in a partly arrogant, partly anxious way: "hör auf zu beten, mama" - "stop praying, mum", but: "ich fühl mich manchmal so klein..." - "sometimes I feel pretty small, I'm just a human being, and very lonesome without you". the "mighty politician" is nothing but a namby-pamby boy.
This song expresses Groenemeyer's view of and the anger about a certain political party in Germany that claims to preserve Christian values but by far doesn't. It is trapped in its own bigotry, corruption and hunger for power, not avoiding rude methods to silence out opponents. One certain political scandalon in Germany, the suicide of a North German prime minister (he swallowed drugs and was found dead in a hotel bathtub completely dressed) as a consequence of being convicted of corruption gave Groenemeyer the idea to the pun "einer ging leider baden" ("one of them went swimming" - a phrase for somebody getting lost or having all the damage). Herbert describes the person who sings this song as ambiguous - on the one hand he has to demonstrate strength and correctness, on the other hand he knows that his claim to have "God at his side - Jesus in his boat" is far from being true. His bad consciousness accuses him of his blasphemy. His mother, being from a different generation, is adressed by him in a partly arrogant, partly anxious way: "hör auf zu beten, mama" - "stop praying, mum", but: "ich fühl mich manchmal so klein..." - "sometimes I feel pretty small, I'm just a human being, and very lonesome without you". the "mighty politician" is nothing but a namby-pamby boy.