This is a very specific question. Basically the lyrics seem to me very much like a light critique of reunification through a marriage metaphor (“you have asked me and I said nothing”, “do you want to be together until death do us apart? No!” And the whole “du hasst mich” thing), and also I think some band members are Easterners but I’ve had many Rammstein fan friends tell me it’s literally just about unhappy marriage.
Am I tripping here? Is there any evidence either for or against it? I find it hard to believe a song with such shallow theme could’ve become that famous, and it’s not like Rammstein is afraid of getting “political” given their other famous songs.
Those are still pretty relatable to broad audiences, specially teenagers. I guess I could’ve worded it better, but du hast seems to occupy the odd space of sounding really pretentious and deep, while the lyrics are just sorta bland. They’re the same guys from Amerika and Deutschland, so I’m surprised their main famous song is so toothless.
Its just good sound, the german vocals + the industrial sound makes for good music. Me and many friends, mexicans, like rammstein without speaking a word of german or caring about the lyrics. It’s just an added bonus that it has decent politics.