From Zeit · 2022 · Track 10
Lügen
«Lies»
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In context
A confession without apology: the narrator admits that he lies and deceives as a matter of habit, without justifying himself or asking forgiveness.
- Lies
- Confession
- No remorse
- Origin
- From “Zeit” (2022). The instrumental version had a second life: it was used as walk-out music at the 2023 and 2024 concerts, and was formally released on 22 December 2024 as part of “World Stadium Tour 2019–2024: The Making Of”.
- The German key
- “Lügen” works as a noun (lies) and as a verb (to lie) depending on context, with nothing in the title to tell them apart.
- What the band has said
- The band has not commented on the song.
- Live
- Its instrumental version closed the 2023 and 2024 concerts as walk-out music.
Our reading
There is no turning back in the lyric and no remorse: just the bare confession, repeated like someone who has stopped trying to convince anyone otherwise.
The archive's interpretation, not an official account.
A confession with no apology
The narrator admits, with no justification and no request for forgiveness, to lying and cheating as a matter of habit. There’s no turnaround in the lyric and no remorse — just the confession, laid bare, repeated like someone who’s already stopped trying to convince anyone otherwise.
The song’s instrumental version got a second life outside the album: it was used as the outro tape (tape outro) at Rammstein’s 2023 and 2024 shows, and that same version was formally released on 22 December 2024 as part of World Stadium Tour 2019–2024: The Making Of.
Context
Tenth track on Zeit, recorded in 2020 at Studio La Fabrique, France, produced by Olsen Involtini. Released 29 April 2022. It was never a single.
Notes by Rammstein Colombia, for the purpose of analysis. The original lyrics belong to their authors and are not reproduced in this entry.