I believe that this song reflects the band's childhood in Stalinist East Germany. Everything fits. The first two lines of verse 1 indicate isolation from the free world and censorship. As the song progresses, the lyrics indicate that the narrator listens to foreign stations, forbidden (but poorly regulated) by his country's government, to get a glimpse of a world outside the sad dictatorship. It provides an escape from the over-controlled world in which the narrator lives.
The final words of verse 3 ("No borders, no fences") indicates the ability to imagine oneself in another country.
The double meaning of the verb "stillen" (indicated by the footnotes at the URL I have included) suggests that the narrator relieves one pain (escaping from his own bleak world) while feeding another (a longing to be able to travel to those other countries).
https://www.rammsteinworld.com/en/lyrics/translations/rammstein#radio
I believe that this song reflects the band's childhood in Stalinist East Germany. Everything fits. The first two lines of verse 1 indicate isolation from the free world and censorship. As the song progresses, the lyrics indicate that the narrator listens to foreign stations, forbidden (but poorly regulated) by his country's government, to get a glimpse of a world outside the sad dictatorship. It provides an escape from the over-controlled world in which the narrator lives.
The final words of verse 3 ("No borders, no fences") indicates the ability to imagine oneself in another country.
The double meaning of the verb "stillen" (indicated by the footnotes at the URL I have included) suggests that the narrator relieves one pain (escaping from his own bleak world) while feeding another (a longing to be able to travel to those other countries).