To everyone who keeps critiquing Gaga's German, you're right--that isn't German. It's basically jibberish...It might have some hidden meaning to her, but she wrote it in "fake German" intentionally.
The song starts with "I don't speak German but I can if you like"...and she repeats that throughout the song and says later "I don't speak German but I wish I did"...she is even telling you that it's not really German. It's BS. It's scheisse haha.
Like some of the other comments mentioned, she wrote the song after she partook in a night of some kind of debauchery in Berlin. She had a good time and she didn't feel like apologizing for being a little naughty.
This song has an empowering feminist message to it. It seems to me that it's about our society's double standards for men and women and about the assumptions we make about women and their motivations to behave in a sexual or controversial way. Women are criticized and judged for embracing their sexuality. Our culture puts pressure on women to feel guilt for enjoying sex "too much" or for having "too many" partners...Women who have a lot of sex or are open about enjoying sex and wanting sex are often viewed as "sluts" and dismissed as insecure or somehow needing validation from men. We tend to view women who indulge in their sexual desires as weak and lacking control. But we often praise men and admire the "power" of men who sleep with many women...We seem to expect them to see their sexual escapades as a source of pride...it confirms their masculinity. We expect men to "sow their wild oats" before they settle down...but if a woman does the same, it is for some reason generally viewed as something shameful.
Gaga is saying that she likes sex and likes to be provocative. She is proud of her sexuality...but she is saying that she is tired of being judged and criticized for being a sexually empowered woman. She genuinely likes sex and pleasure and she likes it FOR HER...it's something SHE enjoys and she is proud of and she doesn't want to have to apologize to anyone for it.
She seems to be lamenting over the way our culture judges and perceives her and other strong women who just want to have a good time:
"I wish that I could dance on a single prayer/I wish I could be strong without somebody there/I wish that I could dance on a single prayer/I wish I could be strong without the Scheiße yeah"
She is saying she wishes she could just have a good time without being judged for it. She likes being strong without depending on the approval a man. She feels like people expect her to need a man to guide her and approve of her behavior, but she doesn't. She wishes she lived in a society where women could do all of these things without getting shit (or "scheisse" for it). She wishes our society did not put these expectations on women to be both sexy and appealing and pure and virginal at the same time...She doesn't want to feel like she needs "permission" to be strong and/or indulge in her desires.
She says "scheisse, scheisse be mine"...to show that she knows she will get the criticism from men and from society, but it's not going to stop her. She is taking the "scheisse". She rejects societal pressures to feel guilt about her sexuality and she will endure the criticism. It won't make her feel insecure or guilty.
"Love is objectified, By what men say is right" --She is basically saying that no man gets to decide how or whom we love and in what quantities. Why should men get to define love? Why should they be able to decide that a women who is in touch with her sexuality is bad or weak? A woman can be a "blonde high-heeled" feminist...she can respect herself and still be totally hot and sexy...she can do it for HER.
To everyone who keeps critiquing Gaga's German, you're right--that isn't German. It's basically jibberish...It might have some hidden meaning to her, but she wrote it in "fake German" intentionally.
The song starts with "I don't speak German but I can if you like"...and she repeats that throughout the song and says later "I don't speak German but I wish I did"...she is even telling you that it's not really German. It's BS. It's scheisse haha.
Like some of the other comments mentioned, she wrote the song after she partook in a night of some kind of debauchery in Berlin. She had a good time and she didn't feel like apologizing for being a little naughty.
This song has an empowering feminist message to it. It seems to me that it's about our society's double standards for men and women and about the assumptions we make about women and their motivations to behave in a sexual or controversial way. Women are criticized and judged for embracing their sexuality. Our culture puts pressure on women to feel guilt for enjoying sex "too much" or for having "too many" partners...Women who have a lot of sex or are open about enjoying sex and wanting sex are often viewed as "sluts" and dismissed as insecure or somehow needing validation from men. We tend to view women who indulge in their sexual desires as weak and lacking control. But we often praise men and admire the "power" of men who sleep with many women...We seem to expect them to see their sexual escapades as a source of pride...it confirms their masculinity. We expect men to "sow their wild oats" before they settle down...but if a woman does the same, it is for some reason generally viewed as something shameful.
Gaga is saying that she likes sex and likes to be provocative. She is proud of her sexuality...but she is saying that she is tired of being judged and criticized for being a sexually empowered woman. She genuinely likes sex and pleasure and she likes it FOR HER...it's something SHE enjoys and she is proud of and she doesn't want to have to apologize to anyone for it.
She seems to be lamenting over the way our culture judges and perceives her and other strong women who just want to have a good time:
"I wish that I could dance on a single prayer/I wish I could be strong without somebody there/I wish that I could dance on a single prayer/I wish I could be strong without the Scheiße yeah"
She is saying she wishes she could just have a good time without being judged for it. She likes being strong without depending on the approval a man. She feels like people expect her to need a man to guide her and approve of her behavior, but she doesn't. She wishes she lived in a society where women could do all of these things without getting shit (or "scheisse" for it). She wishes our society did not put these expectations on women to be both sexy and appealing and pure and virginal at the same time...She doesn't want to feel like she needs "permission" to be strong and/or indulge in her desires.
She says "scheisse, scheisse be mine"...to show that she knows she will get the criticism from men and from society, but it's not going to stop her. She is taking the "scheisse". She rejects societal pressures to feel guilt about her sexuality and she will endure the criticism. It won't make her feel insecure or guilty.
"Love is objectified, By what men say is right" --She is basically saying that no man gets to decide how or whom we love and in what quantities. Why should men get to define love? Why should they be able to decide that a women who is in touch with her sexuality is bad or weak? A woman can be a "blonde high-heeled" feminist...she can respect herself and still be totally hot and sexy...she can do it for HER.