The lyrics recall a German children's song with the lyric Hoppe, hoppe Reiter (slang for up and down, as riding a horse). The song entails a young child who pretended to be dead, because it wanted to be alone. So a group (presumably the townspeople) buried the child with a music box in its hands in a graveyard (referred to as Gottes acker, or God's field) without ceremony. The child awakes, winds the music box, and sings with it from the ground, telling only that its heart beats no longer. While celebrating the holiday of Totensonntag (Sunday of the dead, a holiday taking place on the last Sunday before Advent in November. It's the day when Protestant Christians remember their dead), the townspeople hear the child's song, and come to its rescue, unearthing it and "saving the small heart."
In my opinion the song is about child abuse. The heart that no longer beats represents the child's soul, which has been destroyed. It is no coincidence that Till refers to the German children's song "Hoppe, hoppe, Reiter", as this song, which is innocent in itself, can still evoke sexual associations in some people. In an interview, the band once revealed that they added the passage in which the child's heart is saved later because they found it unbearable that there was no happy ending.
The child was buried alive because it was adjudged dead. It was buried with a music box in its hand. The child lets the music box run until someone finally stands at the grave and hears it. The child is dug up and survives. That's what the song is about. True story. The "it" is because a child with not known of its gender is a "it", not a he or she of course because it refers of a child not a girl or a boy.
The lyrics recall a German children's song with the lyric Hoppe, hoppe Reiter (slang for up and down, as riding a horse). The song entails a young child who pretended to be dead, because it wanted to be alone. So a group (presumably the townspeople) buried the child with a music box in its hands in a graveyard (referred to as Gottes acker, or God's field) without ceremony. The child awakes, winds the music box, and sings with it from the ground, telling only that its heart beats no longer. While celebrating the holiday of Totensonntag (Sunday of the dead, a holiday taking place on the last Sunday before Advent in November. It's the day when Protestant Christians remember their dead), the townspeople hear the child's song, and come to its rescue, unearthing it and "saving the small heart."
Yessss! Thank you!!! This is really my favourite! Even got a Spieluhr-tattoo on my leg for this one❤
Rammstein managed to make a children’s song where you don’t reach for a teddy bear but a flashlight 😂
In my opinion the song is about child abuse. The heart that no longer beats represents the child's soul, which has been destroyed. It is no coincidence that Till refers to the German children's song "Hoppe, hoppe, Reiter", as this song, which is innocent in itself, can still evoke sexual associations in some people. In an interview, the band once revealed that they added the passage in which the child's heart is saved later because they found it unbearable that there was no happy ending.
Great song choice to revisit. 🤟
The child was buried alive because it was adjudged dead. It was buried with a music box in its hand. The child lets the music box run until someone finally stands at the grave and hears it. The child is dug up and survives. That's what the song is about. True story.
The "it" is because a child with not known of its gender is a "it", not a he or she of course because it refers of a child not a girl or a boy.
"it" refers to the word "child". And "child" is wether male or female, it's neutral.