Rammstein has a lot of double meanings behind their music. Therefore, you can't explain their music very simply. This song was banned for a while because of its masochistic themes and like many have said, I believe it does have a lot to do with the soul and body relationship but I also beleive it compares said relationship to that of a couple, one being a masochist and the other a sado-masochist. The masochist (the body) loves to take the pain from the sado-masochist (the soul). The masochist loves the sado-masochist simply because sado-masochist doesn't love back ("Du liebst mich denn ich lieb dich nicht") but instead inflicts pain and suffering. Fairly disturbing lyrics but still an amazing and beautiful song.
Rammstein has a lot of double meanings behind their music. Therefore, you can't explain their music very simply. This song was banned for a while because of its masochistic themes and like many have said, I believe it does have a lot to do with the soul and body relationship but I also beleive it compares said relationship to that of a couple, one being a masochist and the other a sado-masochist. The masochist (the body) loves to take the pain from the sado-masochist (the soul). The masochist loves the sado-masochist simply because sado-masochist doesn't love back ("Du liebst mich denn ich lieb dich nicht") but instead inflicts pain and suffering. Fairly disturbing lyrics but still an amazing and beautiful song.