Go to http://herzeleid.com to find an unofficial direct translation of these lyrics (and all of Rammstein's lyrics for that matter).
This song tells the story of a man who attempts suicide and backs out, and he's obviously a hated person. The onlookers want him dead - so bad in fact, that they kill him :
A man is standing on a bridge and has crowds of people forming below him. The teller of the song (an onlooker) doesn't want to miss out on seeing this, so he follows the people. He gets right up to the front of the crowd to see this man standing on the bridge and screams at him. The man is standing still, when suddenly he backs out and tries to get down from the top of the bridge. The crowd turns on him and forces him back up, pushing him up. They are enraged and want him dead. They want to see this. The chorus sings "Jump, redeem me. Jump, don't disappoint me. Jump for me, jump into the light. Jump".
Now the man is crying and the clouds above start to move. He's asking himself (and the crowd) "what have I done?" and suddenly the sun goes cold, everything is cold. He says "I just wanted to see the view" and the crowd gets angrier at him. They look at the disturbed sky and feel the cold ("but a thousand suns burn just for you") and start to scream at him again.
Then the teller of the song (the onlooker) climbs bravely up and kicks the man in the back, to "redeem him of this shame, and I scream to him".
Go to http://herzeleid.com to find an unofficial direct translation of these lyrics (and all of Rammstein's lyrics for that matter). This song tells the story of a man who attempts suicide and backs out, and he's obviously a hated person. The onlookers want him dead - so bad in fact, that they kill him :
A man is standing on a bridge and has crowds of people forming below him. The teller of the song (an onlooker) doesn't want to miss out on seeing this, so he follows the people. He gets right up to the front of the crowd to see this man standing on the bridge and screams at him. The man is standing still, when suddenly he backs out and tries to get down from the top of the bridge. The crowd turns on him and forces him back up, pushing him up. They are enraged and want him dead. They want to see this. The chorus sings "Jump, redeem me. Jump, don't disappoint me. Jump for me, jump into the light. Jump".
Now the man is crying and the clouds above start to move. He's asking himself (and the crowd) "what have I done?" and suddenly the sun goes cold, everything is cold. He says "I just wanted to see the view" and the crowd gets angrier at him. They look at the disturbed sky and feel the cold ("but a thousand suns burn just for you") and start to scream at him again. Then the teller of the song (the onlooker) climbs bravely up and kicks the man in the back, to "redeem him of this shame, and I scream to him".