- published: 31 Jul 2015
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"Benzin" (German, in English: Gasoline) is a song by German industrial metal band Rammstein, released as the first single from their album Rosenrot.
In Germany, gasoline is called Benzin (which is derived from the chemical mixture benzine). Till has confirmed in an interview that the song Benzin is about the rising gas prices.[1] The song uses the word "Gasolin", however the word does not exist in the German language, but it is an English word made German. There was, however, a German chain of gas stations called "Gasolin."
Benzin was Rammstein's first number one single, getting to number one in Finland after its release in 2005.
In the video, Rammstein are firefighters. They have not had a call for a long time, and are thus very ill-equipped for dealing with an emergency. They enter a huge, eight-lane-wide fire-engine, and set off on their journey, not taking any notice of the damage they are causing, or the people they are killing. They plow through high-voltage power-lines, trains, trees and normal road vehicles; despite this, the truck remains unscratched. During the journey, the scene changes to a fantasy by guitarist Paul H. Landers, during which he saves a "damsel-in-distress" from a burning building. During this fantasy, the band members are playing Benzin in the background amongst the smoke. The scene returns to the Fire-engine, plowing through traffic and buildings before it overturns and sends the band-members crashing through the windscreen. As Till comes round, a man points to the top of a nearby building. It dawns on them that they have crashed right outside the emergency. They scramble to get a safety trampoline out for the jumper, who happens to be Christian "Flake" Lorenz. The trampoline rips just as he jumps, and thus, despite all that carnage and destruction, his bandmates completely fail to save his life.
1000 Glückgefühle warn mir nie genug - ich will mehr
Wut und Trauer mit einem Schuss yeah yeah yeah
ich will ganz weit hoch und ich will ganz, ganz tief
ich brauch - ich brauch euch ihr seit mein Antrieb
Endorphine vereint euch
Endorphine befreit euch und zeigt euch
Endorphine vereint euch
Befreit euch, verteilt euch - in alle Welt
Herz und Verstand warn mir nie genug bisher - ich will mehr
Adrenalin und ein Bisschen yeah yeah yeah
ich will kein so tun als ob, nein ich will mehr
ich will kein Halten mehr, kein Schalten mehr doch Entfalte bitte sehr
Endorphine vereint euch
Endorphine befreit euch und zeigt euch
Endorphine vereint euch
Befreit euch, verteilt euch - in alle Welt
Was wäre dein Leben ohne jegliche Betonung
nur mir Widerholung - Widerholung
ihr seid das was Erde und Himmel zusammenhält
ihr seid die Seele und Pulsschlag und Kehle und Herzschlag der Welt
Von der Hölle bis in die Antarktis und zurück
Dies wird keine Kopie, dies wird ein Meisterstück
Endorphine vereint euch
Endorphine befreit euch und zeigt euch
Endorphine vereint euch
Befreit euch, verteilt euch - in alle Welt