Hidden meaning of the album Lindemann – Frau & Mann. German vocalist Till Lindemann and Swedish multi-instrumentalist Peter Tägtgren in a joint project Lindemann released a second album called Frau & Mann , written in the best traditions of the band Rammstein . It has everything: human suffering, blood, fetish, unhealthy desires. In general, welcome to the world of Till Lindemann!
1. Steh auf (Get up)
The Frau & Mann album opens with Lindemann’s deep emotional experience. Shortly before the release of the album, the author posted a touching photo on the social network with his elderly mother Gitta. Steh auf is also dedicated to her . It is really hard for Till to look at a sick mother confined to a wheelchair. The son is unable to help.
Warum muss ich immer warten?
Why do I always have to wait?
Warum immer wineen?
Why must you always cry?
Fine weather is not able to raise Gitta, as it was in Till’s bright childhood. It becomes even more painful for him, he remembers his childhood and a walk to the circus, asks his mother to get up and have fun as before:
Steh doch auf, wir haben Spaß!
But she lies with a sick look, black injection marks on her hands. A very touching performance by a brutal musician.
2. Ich weiß es nicht (I don’t know anything)
An indirect analogue of the famous Rammstein song – Mutter . To understand the meaning, listening to the song is not enough, you must definitely watch the Lindemann video for it. The video sequence was made using modern GAN neural network generation technology. The main character is the neural network itself. A modern machine fails from an overabundance of the amount of information entering it, and is unable to cope with the breakdown on its own. She does not understand who she is, where she comes from and why she is needed, like a baby abandoned by her mother in the song Mutter .
3. Allesfresser (Omnivore)
The main meaning of the song lies in the words Jeden Tag jüngstes Gericht (Every day is the Last Judgment). The author recognizes gluttony as his mortal sin and is not afraid of God’s Terrible Judgment, because his vice is so loose that every day is a terrible judgment for him.
4. Blut (Blood)
A rather depressing story by Lindemann about the main life-supporting fluid, which contains the hard fate of the hero: he sometimes feels blood, sometimes he doesn’t. In case his strength is completely weakened and life loses its meaning, he always has a knife ready.
5. Knebel (Gag)
The song about the relationship between a woman and a man refers to the title of the Frau & Mann album . The hero likes a girl with a gag in her mouth, and his relationship with her develops normally as long as there is this gag. As soon as he is gone, the girl can speak, but problems arise due to misunderstandings. Perhaps that is why, in the duet Frau & Mann (woman and man), the author gives the first place to a woman. Most likely, obedient and patient women will play a dominant role in Lindemann’s relationship. Indeed, in this case, they will hold on to women’s patience and make sense.
6. Frau & Mann (Woman and man)
And again about the relationship between the two sexes. There is no deep meaning in the song from the album of the same name. The key phrase here is “Gegensätze ziehen sich an” , which means “opposites attract”. Such different women and men love each other no matter what. It is noteworthy that in the Frau & Mann video, the role of Lindemann’s lover for me.
7. Ach so gern (Oh, how willingly)
Continuation of the theme of relationships and Lindemann’s ardent confession to all lovers, for whom one passion was not enough. As a result, the author asks:
“Soll damit sie glücklich sein?”
Should that make her happy?
Is attraction alone enough? Does it make any sense at all?
8. Schlaf ein (Go to sleep)
Perhaps the most unexpressive track on the Lindemann album . A lullaby for a child, performed in the author’s classic slightly creepy style. Content without any deliberate words, that tomorrow will be a new day again and everything will be fine.
9. Gummi (Rubber)
Recognition of the hero in a passion for “rubber” fetishism. In the song, Till lists various tight, rubbery objects of his sex drive.
10. Platz Eins (Number one)
The author’s chanting of his own greatness. There is only one motive here – Till Lindemann number one!
11. Wer weiß das schon (Who knows?)
A fitting Lindemann conclusion to the whole album. Another depressive study with an even more tragic meaning from Lindemann , following the gloomy Steh auf , Ich weiß es nicht , Blut and Knebel .
Ich liebe das Leben
I love life
Das Leben liebt mich nicht
But life doesn’t love me
Es tritt mich mit Füssen
tramples feet
Und schlägt mir ins Gesicht
And punches in the face
Ich liebe die Sonne
I love sun
Die sonne liebt mich nicht
But the sun doesn’t love me
Verbrennt mir die Seele
Burns my soul
Der Tag ohne Licht
All the days without light
Perhaps the heaviest lines in the album. Wer weiß das schon collected all the weight of emotional experiences from the album: pity for the mother, problems of personal life, a state of despair. It’s not for nothing that the name of the Lindemann album is Frau & Mann . Lindemann wonders if his heart is so open and his soul is so naked because of these sufferings. In the album, Till appears entirely by himself: eccentric, passionate, harsh, vulnerable, and most importantly, real and loved by Rammstein fans for many years .
