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    1 year ago

    Rammstein is fan of this sort of “new verse = old verse + something that contradicts the meaning of the old verse” wordplay. It does the same in “Wo bist du”, like:

    • “Ich liebe dich” - I love you
    • “Ich liebe dich nicht” - I don’t love you
    • “Ich liebe dich nicht mehr” - I don’t love you any more
    • “Ich liebe dich nicht mehr oder weniger als du” - I don’t love you more or less than you
    • “Als du mich geliebt hast” - than you loved me […]

    with every verse forging a meaning that is destroyed in the next by the addition of (a) new word(s).