Do You Know Your Rammstein Lyrics? Quiz

Answer: Rammlied

This appeared on the band's 2009 album "Liebe Ist Fuer Alle Da" which means "Love Is There For Everyone". It is their sixth album. The song title itself translates to "Rammsong". This was the band's comeback album after their fifth album "Rosenrot" ("Rosered") which was released in 2005.

This is reflected in the (rather egotistic!) lyric in the question: "Wer wartet mit Besonnenheit, der wird belohnt zur rechten Zeit; nun das Warten hat ein Ende, leiht euer Ohr einer Legende" which means in English: "Whoever waits with patience will be rewarded at the right time; now the waiting is at an end, lend your ear to a legend." I feel it's a bit egoistic in the sense of proclaiming your own album, song, or perhaps the band, to be "a legend" before it's even released!

Answer: Eifersucht

The song title means "Jealousy" and the lyrics are very good in my opinion, containing lines such "Am I prettier? Then cut up my face. Am I stronger? Then break my neck cowardly." They give out a message, to me at least, that jealousy is pointless, and that these "solutions" to the problem would never be carried out by the jealous person in the first place!

This song appeared on the second album "Sehnsucht" ("Longing").

Answer: Du hast

"Du Hast" appeared on the band's second album, "Sehnsucht" ("Longing"), and the title means "You Have". There has been some confusion among English-speaking fans, many of whom translate the title as "You Hate" - in German this would be the homophonic phrase "Du Hasst" which is virtually unrecognizably different to "Du Hast" when spoken! In the song, "You Hate" fits in the verse: "You, you hate, you hate me." However, when the phrase "Du hasst mich" is expanded to "Du hast mich gefragt", this can only be translated as "You have asked me" and must use the "You have" form.

Either title works, as the song describes the marriage vow, which the singer then says "No!" to - rather like saying "I don't" instead of "I do"!

Answer: Stirb Nicht Vor Mir (Don't Die Before I Do)

This song appeared on the fifth album "Rosenrot" ("Rosered"), and is a duet with Sharleen Spiteri, singer of the band Texas. Many fans seemed to dislike the song, feeling that it went too far from the band's usual genre, but I personally think it's a lovely song.

Unfortunately, this album hasn't been played much live - only the first track "Benzin" ("Petrol") has been played live!

Answer: Der Meister

The song "Der Meister" ("The Master") appeared on the band's debut album "Herzeleid" ("Heartache"), which was released in 1995 in Europe. There was some controversy about the album's cover, which featured the band members topless against a background picture of a flower; apparently critics claimed they were trying to promote themselves as "poster boys for the master race"! I personally don't see what six topless men has to do with Hitler or Nazism, but you can make up your own mind about it.

Answer: Adios

"Adios", Spanish for "Goodbye", appeared on the third album "Mutter" (German for "Mother"). It details quite vividly the effects of a drug overdose, and the line I used in the question is to imply the man's death. The refrain used in this song was reworked from a very old demo track of Rammstein's, which was named "Jeder Lacht" ("Everybody laughs").

(I apologize that I cannot put in the accent on the "o" of "Adios"; I think that some characters are unsupported by the system.)

Answer: Klavier

"Klavier" ("Piano") appeared on the album "Sehnsucht" ("Longing"), and has a quite morbid theme - the singer apparently has killed his piano teacher and locked her body in a room! Eventually, people get suspicious, and the deed is discovered. Till Lindemann, the band's lyricist and vocalist, is a poet as well as a songwriter, and some people find the dark content of his lyrics a bit offputting.

He released a book of poems, entitled "Messer", meaning "Knife", in 2002 - I recommend it if you are a fan of his writing style in Rammstein's songs!

Answer: Dalai Lama

The song "Dalai Lama" appeared on the band's fourth album "Reise, Reise", which means "Journey, Journey", or also "Arise, arise" in the sense of a wake-up call used for sailors. The song was based on a poem by Goethe, "Der Erlkoenig" ("The Prototype"), written in 1782, and is about a plane accident. This is reflected in the name of the album, as well as the front cover, which depicts a black box from a plane, with the words "Flugrekorder nicht oeffnen" - "Do not open flight recorder".

The title of the song alludes to the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, who has an open dislike of air travel.

Answer: Halt

"Halt" ("Stop") did not actually appear on any album, but was contained as a bonus track on the Limited Edition of "Liebe Ist Fuer Alle Da" ("Love Is There For Everyone"). There has been a controversy of this album, and it is now "indexed" in Germany - this basically means that only adults can purchase it, and it must not be displayed where young people may see it.

Answer: Mein Herz Brennt

"Mein Herz Brennt", meaning "My Heart Burns", appeared on the third album, "Mutter" ("Mother"). The beginning of the lyrics, including the lines in the question, is based on a children's TV show that began in the 1950s named "Das Sandmaennchen" ("The Little Sandman").

In this instance, the sandman was good and nice to the children, and would tell bedtime stories, but in "Mein Herz Brennt", it is more the idea of a "boogeyman" that is portrayed.