Emigrate is an industrial metal band based in New York City led by Richard … Read Full Bio ↴Emigrate is an industrial metal band based in New York City led by Richard Kruspe, the lead guitarist of Rammstein.

Kruspe started the band in 2005, writing songs with ex-wife Caron Bernstein, when Rammstein decided to take time off from touring and recording. Kruspe has previously stated that the idea for Emigrate came to him around Rammstein's Mutter era.

On September 5, 2006, members of the Rammstein.de newsletter were sent an invitation to the Emigrate newsletter and given the chance to download the song "Wake Up", a sneak peek of the upcoming album. Three song samples were also posted on Emigrate's website: "My World", "Babe", and "Temptation". Fans voted "Babe" as being their favorite, and newsletter recipients were allowed to download "Babe" in its entirety starting November 29, 2006. Babe is the only one of these songs where the subject matter, a parent's unconditional love for their child, is not Bernstein's point of view, as she didn't have any children at the time. Kruspe then explained exactly how he felt, and she turned his feelings into lyrics. As opposed to "My World" which is entirely about her feelings of her life as it related to her world. On May 21, 2007, Emigrate's official website opened and "My World" was made available for download in its entirety to newsletter subscribers.

The video for "My World" has been released and can be viewed on the official website. The video was also included on the limited edition release of the album Emigrate. In addition to the video, "My World" is featured on the soundtracks to the third Resident Evil movie, Resident Evil: Extinction and True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet. The soundtracks to the previous two movies contained "Halleluja" and "Mein Teil" from Rammstein, respectively. On July 27, 2007, Kruspe made an appearance on Bruce Dickinson's rock show on BBC. A video for "New York City" has been released. Kruspe then left the Emigrate project aside due to Rammstein reuniting in the fall of 2007 to work on their new album Liebe ist für alle da which was released in October 2009, and also to take part in the subsequent Rammstein tour.

Joe Letz, who had appeared in the video for "My World", updated the Emigrate Facebook page on June 24, 2011, stating that Kruspe had been working on a new record.

On December 5, 2012, an announcement posted on the Emigrate Facebook page announced that demos were being recorded and reviewed, and studio time was being set up in January 2013 to begin official recording of an untitled second album.

In January 2013, Kruspe stated via the Emigrate Facebook page that drums were beginning to be mixed for the new record.

In January 2014, Kruspe, on the Emigrate Facebook page, posted that twenty tracks had been recorded for Emigrate and that mixing would be performed in Los Angeles, California, alongside Ben Grosse, with a projected release in the summer of 2014. On March 7, 2014, Kruspe announced the second album was complete and he is departing back to Berlin.

On July 22, 2014, a post was made to Emigrate's official Facebook page with a teaser trailer to Emigrate's new album, titled Silent So Long and an official release date of October 17, 2014.

On December 9, 2014, Emigrate's second album titled Silent So Long was released.

On July 26, 2018, a post on the official Facebook page announced the upcoming filming of a new music video with guests Benjamin Kowalewicz and Ian D'Sa of Billy Talent, inviting applications to participate in the recording.

Emigrate's third album, A Million Degrees, was released on November 30, 2018.

The fourth album - The Persistence of Memory - was released on November 12, 2021.

Face Down
Emigrate Lyrics

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Relieve me
The weight is glued
Deceive me
Forget about the truth
Don't read me
I'm so transparent
Don't feed me... now

Face down
Too guilty to be happy
Right inside
Too guilty to be happy
Face Down
Too guilty to be happy
Right inside
Too guilty to be happy

I lust for
Thrill and danger
Don't trust me
I've said it all before
Believe me
I want forgiveness
You see me
Stripped and naked
I live for
A taste of violence
I'm dying
To get another breath

Face down
Too guilty to be happy
Right inside
Too guilty to be happy
Face Down
Too guilty to be happy
Right inside
Too guilty to be happy

(Solo)

Face down
Too guilty to be happy
Right inside
Too guilty to be happy
Face Down
Too guilty to be happy

Right inside
Too guilty to be happy (happy)

Overall Meaning

The song "Face Down" by Emigrate seems to be exploring the theme of guilt and its accompanying emotions of self-deception, trust issues, and a craving for danger. The singer in the song acknowledges his contradictory nature - being transparent yet deceitful, yearning for forgiveness yet embracing violence, lusting for another breath despite dying. Their guilt seems to be manifested in their inability to be completely happy, always feeling the weight of their misdeeds, and being guilty inside.

The repetition of the phrase "face down" seems to signify the singer's inability to face the world and to face themselves. They are too guilty even to look up and be happy. The guitar solo in the middle of the song could be interpreted as a cathartic release of emotions, an attempt to unburden oneself of guilt, but it also represents the sense of isolation and loneliness one feels when dealing with such deep-seated emotions.

The song's raw emotion and intense lyrics make for an electrifying experience that will undoubtedly resonate with anyone who's ever felt trapped by their own guilt.

Line by Line Meaning

Relieve me
Please help me and take away my emotional burden

The weight is glued
The heaviness of my emotions is stuck to me and won't go away

Deceive me
Lie to me and tell me what I want to hear, I can't handle the truth

Forget about the truth
I don't want to be confronted with reality, pretend everything is okay

Don't read me
I am an open book, it's too easy to see through me

I'm so transparent
I am very easy to understand and read, my emotions are obvious

Don't feed me... now
I don't want to deal with anything right now, I need to take a break and be alone

Face down
I am ashamed and can't face reality

Too guilty to be happy
I feel guilty and undeserving of happiness

Right inside
Inside of myself, I feel this way

I lust for
I crave and desire