"Du Hast" was the first song I ever heard from this band and at first I didn't much like it because it was in a language I didn't understand and Till's voice kinda creeped me out for a while. I mean, doesn't he sound like this huge terrifying machine when he sings? Anyway, earlier this year, my boyfriend gave me some Rammstein music he had downloaded [among which was "Du Hast"] and I decided to give the two songs a listen to see if I liked them any more. Well, I did and now I'm in love with the band. I love the fierceness of the guitars and the general hardness of the music. Till doesn't creep me out any more. I think he's amazing and I think German goes perfectly with heavy metal. Anyway, about this song. I think it is about control in a bondage and mastery situation. It doesn't directly say anything about sex, but if you read well enough in to the lyrics you should be able to see it. I think it is about a person who has a bondage slave who uses that person for sex and whatnot. He enjoys the sexual part of it and the control and power he has over this other person, but at the same time he knows it's hurting them and can't bare to look at their face. It kinda makes me think of serial killers, you know? Like a man will carefully pick out a victim, go to her [Usually is a female if the killer is a male unless he is gay but we'll say he's straight for now], overpowers her so that he establishes control over her and has his way with her before taking her life. During all of this, the woman is praying and fearing for her life because this strange man holds it in his very hands. If he should so wish, he could end it in an instant with one quick well-placed slash of a knife, a hand about the throat or a gun to the head. But a lot of times, these killers cover their victims faces. This is most likely in my opinion because [A] they don't want their victim to see them in case they somehow manage to survive and [B] because sometimes they do have a tiny shred of remorse in them and they don't want to so they hide the face from view.
"Du Hast" was the first song I ever heard from this band and at first I didn't much like it because it was in a language I didn't understand and Till's voice kinda creeped me out for a while. I mean, doesn't he sound like this huge terrifying machine when he sings? Anyway, earlier this year, my boyfriend gave me some Rammstein music he had downloaded [among which was "Du Hast"] and I decided to give the two songs a listen to see if I liked them any more. Well, I did and now I'm in love with the band. I love the fierceness of the guitars and the general hardness of the music. Till doesn't creep me out any more. I think he's amazing and I think German goes perfectly with heavy metal. Anyway, about this song. I think it is about control in a bondage and mastery situation. It doesn't directly say anything about sex, but if you read well enough in to the lyrics you should be able to see it. I think it is about a person who has a bondage slave who uses that person for sex and whatnot. He enjoys the sexual part of it and the control and power he has over this other person, but at the same time he knows it's hurting them and can't bare to look at their face. It kinda makes me think of serial killers, you know? Like a man will carefully pick out a victim, go to her [Usually is a female if the killer is a male unless he is gay but we'll say he's straight for now], overpowers her so that he establishes control over her and has his way with her before taking her life. During all of this, the woman is praying and fearing for her life because this strange man holds it in his very hands. If he should so wish, he could end it in an instant with one quick well-placed slash of a knife, a hand about the throat or a gun to the head. But a lot of times, these killers cover their victims faces. This is most likely in my opinion because [A] they don't want their victim to see them in case they somehow manage to survive and [B] because sometimes they do have a tiny shred of remorse in them and they don't want to so they hide the face from view.