Oh, one of my absolute favorite songs! So hard and energetic. I grew up in West Germany and for a long time I thought it was about the destructive relationship between two people. Then I shared my thoughts with my best friend, who grew up in East Germany. She looked at me in surprise at first, then with a knowing smile. That's when the penny dropped for me what it was really about. Because suddenly one or two lines of the lyrics made more sense. It's about the GDR. Or rather, what it was like to grow up in it if you didn't agree with the circumstances.(A six band members grew up in the GDR) The surveillance (I'll always be with you), no freedom to travel (with your feet in the cement), seeing how things are improving economically in the other part (there will be a garden outside). So yes, in a way suffocating. A destructive relationship. With love from Germany ❤🤘🏻
You (actually she) really opened my eyes ! I always thought as (I believe many) others that it's about a toxic relationship between an extremely possessive man and a submissive woman or a child wife. He doesn't actually k*ll her , but it's as if he did. To make the point even more horrible , he sings this type of topics (Wiener blut , e.g., and more) in FIRST person. But this makes even more sense for half a nation under a sadistic rule. You had to have lived there to understand it. And that is Till's poetry : many people will find different meanings , and it all can be correct. He truly is an artist.
This is one song that I got the meaning to right away. I do like history. East Germany, the Berlin Wall, they lived cut off from the world … this song is one of my favs, in my top 10 certainly. You seemed shocked, as you know their songs are not to be taken so literal.
ONE of they're most underrated songs. Did you know the definition of cruelty is asking a Rammstein fan what they've fav song is? The big test and I reckon everyone would be looking forward to seeing how you handle Buch dich 😂
I told You, Volkerball is legendary ….and Stein um Stein is one of my most favourite …especially in car….im screaming all the lyrics…must look funny but…love that song ❤❤❤ Thank you
@@B-Drags-Den for me the song is more about how they felt living behind the Berlin Wall. At least some of them, Till included, felt the frustration and anger of living in that conditions. Nobody will hear you screaming. Well, at least that’s the meaning for me.
🪨 STONE BY STONE 🪨 I have plans big plans I'm going to build you a house Every stone will be a tear And you'll never move out again Yes, I'm going to build a little house for you With no windows no doors It'll be dark inside No light will get in at all Yes, I'll make you a home And you are to be a part of it all Stone by Stone I wall you in Stone by Stone I'll always be with you Without clothes without shoes You watch me working With your feet in cement You brighten up the foundation Outside, there will be a garden And no one will hear you scream Stone by Stone I wall you in Stone by Stone I'll always be with you I'll always be with you What a pounding what a hammering Outside, it starts to get dark All of the nails stand at attention When I ram them into your body-wood Stone! Stone by Stone I wall you in Stone by Stone I wall you in Stone by Stone I wall you in Stone by Stone, and nobody will hear you scream
My favorite song. For me, the one who stands in the cement and the one who builds are the same person. “Every stone is a tear": or conversely, with every tear I build my protective wall higher and higher. “... Has no windows no door": everyone can see the house, but ‘I’ won't let anyone in. “Inside it will be dark...": does this really mean the room or sadness and loneliness? “You shall be part of the whole.... I will always be with you": you split your personality and show a little ‘plaster’ to the outside, but you hide the real core behind walls = foundation. “Without clothes without shoes you watch me work": you build walls because otherwise you feel naked/unprotected, but you know exactly that this leads to loneliness = darkness. “Nobody hears you scream": you scream inside, but nobody sees/hears it. For me, this song gives a picture of a very big inner restlessness. On the one hand, you don't want to be locked up and alone, on the other hand, you feel unprotected/naked, so you force yourself behind walls. The bigger the wall becomes, the greater the suffering/scream. The song also begins more slowly, more calmly and becomes more restless “stone by stone”, until at the end you are just screaming, but the house is already finished (too late). “What a knocking, what a hammering outside, it's starting to dawn.” You slowly realize that it wasn't a good idea to bury yourself behind walls (it dawns). This part of yourself that you have buried deep inside you wants to come out: “All the nails stand firm when I hammer them into your body.” Your own body as a coffin? Is something perhaps trying to get out? Or is it about self-harm? Richard's solo seems to me to be more about this inner restlessness/scream and Till's reaction to the suffering and pain caused by this inner scream. The whole performance doesn't seem to me to be the narrative of a crime novel. The expressions on Paul and Richard's faces also show pain rather than darkness. I don't think this song is about two different people, but rather about inner conflict. But that's just my interpretation.
Rick, wouldn't get to worried about R+ lyrics, rember they leave it for us the audience to take our own meanings from their art plus you havn't done any of their wonderfull ballads yet 'Ohne Dich', ' Frúhling in Paris ', 'Seeman', 'Wilder Wine', and 'Diamant' these will show you the softer side of Rammstein
Best song ever, EVERYTHING fits ❤❤❤ - vocally - Lyrically (This describes such an oppressive situation that only Till Lindemann could invent). - Musically....Simply EVERYTHING Too bad this song is no longer played live😭😭😭, because vocally it is probably the "most difficult" song with this screaming by Rammstein......
For Germans, the meaning is pretty clear. It is about the East Germans who have been walled in by their own government. This also explains the very emotional and expressive performance of the band.
I personally interpretate it also as a song about addiction or psychosis. Addicted people or those who suffer from mental illness often have the feeling to be walled in and they can't even make a move to better their situation
You can light it up a little by reacting to Mein land and zic zac both offcial videos!!! Then buck dich would be a challenge for you but remember its rammstein!!! I just had a smile on my face while watching it. No shocking for me cause i know them 😊
Such a moving song. I agree with you that sometimes the guitars represent screaming. In my opinion this song is about living in a repressive, isolationist regime such as the DDR. But of course there's always different interpretations for Rammstein.😮
Rammstein fairly often write lyrics about dark and/or taboo topics, including paedophilia in church, homosexuality, suicide, cannibalism, parental abuse, insanity and so on and so forth. Fortunately the lyrics, videos, and shows they put on are entertainment purposes only, and they are in fact not sick in the head.
It's about condemnation of the topic - he sings in first person - e.g. : "I built a love nest under the house ... where you will learn about DARKNESS , LONELINESS , SORROW for an ETERNITY... and then rapes his daughter for 24 years. If he sang to a T.S. tune "there was one nasty man who was behaving badly with his daughter" etc. etc. , people would have waved their hands and lighted their phones saying "thoughts and prayers" and go home. Singing "I DID THIS"... Till rubs the ugly truth in your face , the horror becomes more personal.
the song is about a relationship with a total narcissist. A narcissist wants you for himself. And not your friends and your family. Once you've become a narcissist's favorite toy, you'7ll notice when he walls you up. Stone by stone.
Oh, one of my absolute favorite songs! So hard and energetic.
I grew up in West Germany and for a long time I thought it was about the destructive relationship between two people. Then I shared my thoughts with my best friend, who grew up in East Germany. She looked at me in surprise at first, then with a knowing smile. That's when the penny dropped for me what it was really about. Because suddenly one or two lines of the lyrics made more sense.
It's about the GDR. Or rather, what it was like to grow up in it if you didn't agree with the circumstances.(A six band members grew up in the GDR)
The surveillance (I'll always be with you), no freedom to travel (with your feet in the cement), seeing how things are improving economically in the other part (there will be a garden outside).
So yes, in a way suffocating. A destructive relationship.
With love from Germany ❤🤘🏻
Thanks for watching and the comment.
You (actually she) really opened my eyes !
I always thought as (I believe many) others that it's about a toxic relationship between an extremely possessive man and a submissive woman or a child wife. He doesn't actually k*ll her , but it's as if he did.
To make the point even more horrible , he sings this type of topics (Wiener blut , e.g., and more) in FIRST person.
But this makes even more sense for half a nation under a sadistic rule. You had to have lived there to understand it.
And that is Till's poetry : many people will find different meanings , and it all can be correct. He truly is an artist.
Richards sólo guitar “screaming” is just….goosebumps
This is one song that I got the meaning to right away. I do like history. East Germany, the Berlin Wall, they lived cut off from the world … this song is one of my favs, in my top 10 certainly.
You seemed shocked, as you know their songs are not to be taken so literal.
Yep. They somehow always catch me off guard.
@@B-Drags-Den me too, usually. Till does use dark ( to say the least) metaphors.
@@teresas8173 till dark? are we talking bout the same till? 🤣
One of the best Live Songs ever❤
ONE of they're most underrated songs. Did you know the definition of cruelty is asking a Rammstein fan what they've fav song is? The big test and I reckon everyone would be looking forward to seeing how you handle Buch dich 😂
Still being told to stay away.
one of my favorite Rammstein song is- ALL THEIR songs! i saw them live 2 times, and that was the best 3.5 hours in my life!
I told You, Volkerball is legendary ….and Stein um Stein is one of my most favourite …especially in car….im screaming all the lyrics…must look funny but…love that song ❤❤❤ Thank you
love this concert so much and love to see you screaming along to this in your car lol...waiting for 'LOS' now
Thanks as always Lucia.
@@jezza117 Agree. LOS is an incredible performance also.
Im seeing them live in exactly 2 weeks. Im so hyped. I cant wait 🥳
Have fun.
Seen them twice this year, your in for a blast, enjoy…🎉
Oh I love Stein um Stein, so happy that you are reacting to one of my many favorite songs from this great and spectacular band!!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks for watching
@@B-Drags-Den for me the song is more about how they felt living behind the Berlin Wall. At least some of them, Till included, felt the frustration and anger of living in that conditions. Nobody will hear you screaming. Well, at least that’s the meaning for me.
@@Tere9496 I agree that it could be about that but Till and the others are somewhat nostalgic about the gdr. I don´t think they were that frustrated.
@@Tere9496 That makes sense too
@@Masi154 think Flake on record saying he misses the simlpe life of the former GDR
🪨 STONE BY STONE 🪨
I have plans big plans
I'm going to build you a house
Every stone will be a tear
And you'll never move out again
Yes, I'm going to build a little house for you
With no windows no doors
It'll be dark inside
No light will get in at all
Yes, I'll make you a home
And you are to be a part of it all
Stone by Stone I wall you in
Stone by Stone
I'll always be with you
Without clothes without shoes
You watch me working
With your feet in cement
You brighten up the foundation
Outside, there will be a garden
And no one will hear you scream
Stone by Stone I wall you in
Stone by Stone
I'll always be with you
I'll always be with you
What a pounding what a hammering
Outside, it starts to get dark
All of the nails stand at attention
When I ram them into your body-wood
Stone!
Stone by Stone I wall you in
Stone by Stone I wall you in
Stone by Stone I wall you in
Stone by Stone, and nobody will hear you scream
You gotta check out Sehnsucht and Morgenstern live from Völkerball ❤
3rd request in 3 minutes for Morganstern. It's coming.
My favorite song. For me, the one who stands in the cement and the one who builds are the same person. “Every stone is a tear": or conversely, with every tear I build my protective wall higher and higher. “... Has no windows no door": everyone can see the house, but ‘I’ won't let anyone in. “Inside it will be dark...": does this really mean the room or sadness and loneliness? “You shall be part of the whole.... I will always be with you": you split your personality and show a little ‘plaster’ to the outside, but you hide the real core behind walls = foundation. “Without clothes without shoes you watch me work": you build walls because otherwise you feel naked/unprotected, but you know exactly that this leads to loneliness = darkness. “Nobody hears you scream": you scream inside, but nobody sees/hears it. For me, this song gives a picture of a very big inner restlessness. On the one hand, you don't want to be locked up and alone, on the other hand, you feel unprotected/naked, so you force yourself behind walls. The bigger the wall becomes, the greater the suffering/scream. The song also begins more slowly, more calmly and becomes more restless “stone by stone”, until at the end you are just screaming, but the house is already finished (too late). “What a knocking, what a hammering outside, it's starting to dawn.” You slowly realize that it wasn't a good idea to bury yourself behind walls (it dawns). This part of yourself that you have buried deep inside you wants to come out: “All the nails stand firm when I hammer them into your body.” Your own body as a coffin? Is something perhaps trying to get out? Or is it about self-harm? Richard's solo seems to me to be more about this inner restlessness/scream and Till's reaction to the suffering and pain caused by this inner scream. The whole performance doesn't seem to me to be the narrative of a crime novel. The expressions on Paul and Richard's faces also show pain rather than darkness. I don't think this song is about two different people, but rather about inner conflict. But that's just my interpretation.
Thanks for the info
Please react to Rein Raus live at Völkerball
Added. Thanks.
@@B-Drags-Den This version however is not at Nimes. It's the Volkerball London version. ua-cam.com/video/S_h3miFfEdc/v-deo.html
@@TheRammMan saved to watch list to do. Thanks
Rick, wouldn't get to worried about R+ lyrics, rember they leave it for us the audience to take our own meanings from their art plus you havn't done any of their wonderfull ballads yet 'Ohne Dich', ' Frúhling in Paris ', 'Seeman', 'Wilder Wine', and 'Diamant' these will show you the softer side of Rammstein
I'll add them. Think some are already on my list.
I love this song.
My favorite Rammstein song
Rammstein sings about all human abysses.
Best song ever, EVERYTHING fits ❤❤❤
- vocally
- Lyrically (This describes such an oppressive situation that only Till Lindemann could invent).
- Musically....Simply EVERYTHING
Too bad this song is no longer played live😭😭😭, because vocally it is probably the "most difficult" song with this screaming by Rammstein......
this is one of my favourite songs…now only missing „Waidmannsheil“…😉
Getting there
Класс !!!
This is a great song!
Please also check out "Los", live from Völkerball with English subtitles. They sing about themselves. Great song!
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For Germans, the meaning is pretty clear. It is about the East Germans who have been walled in by their own government. This also explains the very emotional and expressive performance of the band.
this is one (valid) interpretation but it´s not "all about" this. This is one interpretation besides others.
Wrong...
That is one interpretation.
This story is also a from a Romanian folklore of the Prince Negru Voda. Very interesting and worth reading.
I always interpreted as some making a burial mound for a recent victim of a crime
I personally interpretate it also as a song about addiction or psychosis.
Addicted people or those who suffer from mental illness often have the feeling to be walled in and they can't even make a move to better their situation
You can light it up a little by reacting to Mein land and zic zac both offcial videos!!! Then buck dich would be a challenge for you but remember its rammstein!!! I just had a smile on my face while watching it. No shocking for me cause i know them 😊
Единственные Немцы, которые завоевали Россию 🤘
Warriors
Such a moving song. I agree with you that sometimes the guitars represent screaming. In my opinion this song is about living in a repressive, isolationist regime such as the DDR. But of course there's always different interpretations for Rammstein.😮
That is a good take. 🙌
Amazing as always! I recomend you to watch Rammstein - Du Riechst So Gut (live aus Berlin) and official video
Added!
Great Song! 👍
Yep
Ich habe pläne,grobe pläne.steiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnn um steiiiiiiiiiiiiin 😂.yesssssssssssss 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Rammstein fairly often write lyrics about dark and/or taboo topics, including paedophilia in church, homosexuality, suicide, cannibalism, parental abuse, insanity and so on and so forth. Fortunately the lyrics, videos, and shows they put on are entertainment purposes only, and they are in fact not sick in the head.
It's about condemnation of the topic - he sings in first person - e.g. : "I built a love nest under the house ... where you will learn about DARKNESS , LONELINESS , SORROW for an ETERNITY... and then rapes his daughter for 24 years.
If he sang to a T.S. tune "there was one nasty man who was behaving badly with his daughter" etc. etc. , people would have waved their hands and lighted their phones saying "thoughts and prayers" and go home.
Singing "I DID THIS"... Till rubs the ugly truth in your face , the horror becomes more personal.
the song is about a relationship with a total narcissist. A narcissist wants you for himself. And not your friends and your family. Once you've become a narcissist's favorite toy, you'7ll notice when he walls you up. Stone by stone.
Yes!!!😝.......du brauchst meine hilfe gar nicht^^...super reaction🤘...7:15, es wurde alles gesagt 😂
Thanks.
Please react to Morgenstern and stripped live a Völkerball
Both are on my list. I'll get them up soon.
@@B-Drags-Den Stripped is a must. Paul's guitar is so fucking hard!
@@TheRammMan got it
Forget the stones. Think about social norms, customs, e.g. marriage...
Please react to Morgenstern ❤
It's on my list.
rammstein ist immer creepy 🤣
Recommend you bestrafe mich live aus berlin, one of the hardest their riff
Thanks
this song makes me think of the medieval punishment called immurement
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immurement
I'll check it out. Thanks