Rammstein - Mutter album translations

[Smoking Frog II]

Mutter album translations
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Mein Herz brennt (My heart is burning)
Now, dear children, listen up
I'm the voice coming from your pillow
I've brought a gift for you
Ripped it out of my chest
With this heart I have the power
To blackmail the eyelids
I'm singing until the day is breaking
A bright glow on the sky
My heart is burning

They come to you in the night
Demons, ghosts, black elves
They come crawling out of the basement window
And will peer under your covers

Now, dear children, listen up
I'm the voice coming from your pillow
I've brought a gift for you
A bright glow on the sky
My heart is burning

They come to you in the night
And steal away your hot little tears
They wait until the moon is awakening
And press them into my cold veins

Now, dear children, listen up
I'm the voice coming from your pillow
I'm singing until the day is breaking
A bright glow on the sky
My heart is burning

Links 2 3 4 (Left 2 3 4)
Can you break hearts
Can hearts talk
Can you torment hearts
Can you steal hearts away

They want my heart on the right spot
But when I look down
It's beating on the left side

Can hearts sing
Can hearts burst
Can hearts be pure
Can a heart be made of stone

They want my heart on the right spot
But when I look down
It's beating on the left 2 3 4

Can you ask hearts questions
Can you carry a child underneath it
Can you give it away
Can you think with hearts

They want my heart on the right spot
But when I look down
It's beating in my left chest
The envious one didn't know that very well.
Left 2 3 4

Sonne (Sun)
Everybody's waiting for the light
Be afraid, don't be afraid
The sun is shining out of my eyes
She won't set tonight
And the world is slowly counting to ten...

(Chorus:)
Here comes the Sun
Here comes the Sun
She's the brightest star of them all
Here comes the Sun

The sun is shining out of my hands
Can scorch you, can blind you
When she breaks out of the fists
And puts herself hotly onto your face
She won't set tonight
And the world is slowly counting to ten...

Chorus

The sun is shining out of my hands
Can scorch you, can blind you
When she breaks out of the fists
And puts herself hotly onto your face
Weights down painfully on your chest
Your equilibrium becomes your loss
Brings you down heavily
And the world is slowly counting to ten...

Here comes the Sun
Here comes the Sun
She's the brightest star of them all
And will never fall from the sky

Chorus

Over

Ich will (I want)
I want you to trust me
I want you to believe me
I want to feel your glances on me
Control every single heartbeat

I want to hear your voices
I want to disturb the peace
I want you to see me clearly
I want you to understand me

I want your fantasy
I want your energy
I want to see your hands
Drown in applause

Do you see me?
Do you understand me?
Do you feel me?
Do you hear me?

Can you hear me? (we hear you)
Can you see me? (we see you)
Can you feel me? (we feel you)
I don't understand you (repeat)

We want you to trust us
We want you to believe us everything
We want to see your hands
We want to drown in applause

Can you hear me? (we hear you)
Can you see me? (we see you)
Can you feel me? (we feel you)
I don't understand you

Can you hear us? (we hear you)
Can you see us? (we see you)
Can you feel us? (we feel you)
We don't understand you

Mutter [Mother]

The tears of old children
I put them on a white hair
I throw the wet necklace into the air
And wish I had a mother

No sun shining for me
No breast that wept milk
A tube is stuck in my throat
Don't have a navel on my abdomen

Mother

I wasn't allowed to lick at nipples
And no folds to hide in
Nobody gave me a name
Created in a hurry and without semen

To the mother who never gave birth to me
I've sworn tonight
I will give a disease to her
And drown her in the river then

Mother

Inside of her lungs an eel is dwelling
A birthmark on my forehead
I remove it with the knife's kiss
Even if I have to die afterwards
Even if I have to bleed to death

Mother, give me strength

[Frosty]

Some guy played a cd of them in school some day. (we have a cd player, tv and a video in every room! beat that) They were so cool.

Unfortunately he left the classroom and the girls put on some stupid pop instead. ULTIMATE HATE :(

The weird thing was, i was learning some glossary at that time, and it went fast and good when RS played in the background but when the pop idiocy replaced it i was even so unconsciously annoyed i nearly had to leave to learn a shit.

[mentalbunny]

Rammstein are really cool, I have Mutter and Sehnsucht. I'm doing german GCSE this year so I can understand a bit. It also helps me to work, because even though I can understand it, I don't instantly listen to the meaning of the lyrics, just the sounds of them (if that makes any sense!!)

[deimos]

aren't RS rightwingers?A friend of mine told me they are.I didn't question it(they are from eastern germany).
Anyway i like their music.The lyrics aren't bad.

[mentalbunny]

You might get the idea they are right, but I think they are really left, I can't remember. I think it's "Links" that has slightly Nazi lyrics, but it's meant to be ironic, however I'm not sure.

[mcleodstickle]

A guy in our german class brought in one of the albumsa while ago, and we are allowed to haev it played whenever he brings it in now, on grounds that its german music.

Its well funny watching all the pop folk when ramstein comes on.

Our teacher really gets into it aswell which i found quite funny, but then i suppose youd have to have see my teacher. She translates the words for us and we discuss the meaning and stuff.

[Lefty]

there are a few songs on Seinsucht that are just plain fucking sick. LOL. My german teacher loves RS, and I think they are pretty good, too.

[Fabi]

well... i dont really care for rammstein too much... i find it sad that of all german bands, THEY have to be so popular...

btw, Links has sort of an army flavor to it, but actually the lyrics are:

They want my heart on the right spot
But when I look down
It's beating on the left 2 3 4

which sort of even suggests them being more on the left, rather than having their hearts on the RIGHT spot...

;)

[captain anarchy]

rammstein is some of the best stuff some is like poetry. i have all of rammstein's albums and i think they have some purpose to them i like to hear and translate them. that song mutter is from what i see about a test tube baby life.

[mentalbunny]

Quote: from captain anarchy on 5:44 pm on Nov. 6, 2002
rammstein is some of the best stuff some is like poetry. i have all of rammstein's albums and i think they have some purpose to them i like to hear and translate them. that song mutter is from what i see about a test tube baby life.

I thought it was about a matriarchal psychopath. I like Links, Mein Herz brennt, loads of them really.

[truthaddict11]

my favorite R+ songs are
Engle
Ich Will
Sonne
Seeman
and Du Riesch so Gut (sorry for the spelling)
sadly all my albums by them are really scratched up

[captain anarchy]

my favorite rammstein songs are
engel, klaveir, mutter, wollt irh dass bett inflamen sehen, teir, stripped, links 234, mein herz brent, speil mit mir. i know most of the translations to them.

[boadicea88]

(some of) my favorite R+ songs are Engel, Du Rechst So Gut, Wilder Wein, Heirate Mich, Bestrafe Mich, Du Hast, Sehnsucht, Spiel Mit Mir, Links 2 3 4, Rammstein, and Asche zu Asche. The only song (so far) of theirs that I really hate is Buech Dich.

(Edited by boadicea88 at 5:37 pm on Nov. 6, 2002)

[nz revolution]

We had some German exchange students come to my school last year, and the first question veryone asked them was "Do you like Rammstein?" But they didn't. One who became my friend said he didnt like them because they were really right wing.

In an interview they said that their music is the right speed for the goose walk that their soldiers (german) do. Which is really obvious when you listen to it.

[Smoking Frog II]

it's great that yo guys and lasses like rammstein too.

My fave songs are Sonne, Mein Hertz Brennt, Spieluhr, Mutter and Feuer Frei.

[mentalbunny]

Quote: from nz revolution on 9:33 am on Nov. 7, 2002
We had some German exchange students come to my school last year, and the first question veryone asked them was "Do you like Rammstein?" But they didn't. One who became my friend said he didnt like them because they were really right wing.

In an interview they said that their music is the right speed for the goose walk that their soldiers (german) do. Which is really obvious when you listen to it.



I thought they were left wing, all the right wing bits in their songs are ironic.

[Smoking Frog II]

They'e just neutral, maybe very slightly left. OK they are low flight. If you have done the political compass, you know what i am talking about.

In other words, libertarian.

[ID2002]

humm, not sure about politics....ive heard they are left of centre. But rammstien kicks ass no matter what.

[Hodgo]

I think Rammstein are great, I've got Sehnscucht, which I love, especialy Alter Mann, Du Hast, Engel, Stripped and Klavier. The only song I hated was "Brother" (I forget the German name of the song), which I liked until I read the translation. Thats some sick shit, man.

[Smoking Frog II]

I mean, who catres what side they are. I mean, Rammstein rock no matter what!

[hina]

Rammstein sucks! They're just a hard rock boy band. I thought people like Rammstein, 'cause they don't understand their lyrics, for example the lyrics of Mutter...

[BRIN]

has anyone seen their film of ich will it must be my favorite film

[Non-Sectarian Bastard!]

Dude, I listen to Rammstein too, but their text are worthless and sure you don't want to spill your time on finding them on google or songteksten.com

Their texts are made to sing easy with it.

I got Herzeleid, Mutter, Live aus Berlin (which is more then awesome!)

(Edited by CCCP at 8:53 pm on April 20, 2003)

[Non-Sectarian Bastard!]

Quote: from mentalbunny on 10:30 pm on Mar. 28, 2003

Quote: from nz revolution on 9:33 am on Nov. 7, 2002
We had some German exchange students come to my school last year, and the first question veryone asked them was "Do you like Rammstein?" But they didn't. One who became my friend said he didnt like them because they were really right wing.

In an interview they said that their music is the right speed for the goose walk that their soldiers (german) do. Which is really obvious when you listen to it.



I thought they were left wing, all the right wing bits in their songs are ironic.


I thougt it too.