From Zeit · 2022 · Track 4
Giftig
«Toxic»
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In context
Venomous animals used to describe a beautiful, unpredictable relationship: something that draws you in even though you know beforehand that it will hurt.
- Venom
- Dangerous attraction
- Animals
- Origin
- The fourth track on “Zeit”, recorded in 2020 at Studio La Fabrique (France) with Olsen Involtini producing. It came out on 29 April 2022. It was never a single, although there is an official video.
- The German key
- “Giftig” means poisonous, and in German “Gift” means poison — not a present, as in English. It is a classic false friend for English speakers.
- What the band has said
- The band has not commented on the song.
- Live
- Played at every concert in 2023.
Our reading
It is the same tension between admiration and danger they had already explored in “Diamant”, from the previous album: the image of the precious stone is swapped for that of the venomous animal, and the mechanism stays the same.
The archive's interpretation, not an official account.
A relationship with venom in it
The lyric uses images of venomous animals to describe a relationship that is, at once, beautiful and unpredictable — something that pulls you in even when you already know it will hurt. It’s the same tension between admiration and danger the band had already worked through in “Diamant,” from the previous album, this time swapping the precious stone for the poisonous creature.
Context
Fourth track on Zeit, recorded in 2020 at Studio La Fabrique, France, produced by Olsen Involtini. Released 29 April 2022. It was never a single, though an official video exists.
Live
It debuted on 20 May 2023 — more than a year after the album came out — and was played 31 times through 5 August of that year.
Notes by Rammstein Colombia, for the purpose of analysis. The original lyrics belong to their authors and are not reproduced in this entry.