After releasing six studio albums, including best-selling records The Real Thing (1989) and Angel Dust (1992), Faith No More officially announced its breakup on April 20, 1998. The band has since reunited, conducting The Second Coming Tour between 2009 and 2010, and releasing its seventh studio album, Sol Invictus, in May 2015. After the touring cycle of Sol Invictus, Faith No More went on hiatus once again. In November 2019, the band announced that it would reunite to embark on a 2020 UK and European tour, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this was postponed. Touring was due to recommence with a brief US tour in September 2021, followed by the previously postponed UK and Europe dates in June 2022, but all tour dates were cancelled with Patton citing mental health reasons.
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Studio albums
We Care a Lot (1985)
Introduce Yourself (1987)
The Real Thing (1989)
Angel Dust (1992)
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime (1995)
Album of the Year (1997)
Sol Invictus (2015)
Das Schutzenfest
Faith No More Lyrics
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Zum offen Schützenfest
Für mich sieht sie aus
Wie Heinos Schwester
Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuß,
Schwarzgebräunt ist war ihr Haar
Hervor weissen, leg dich auch hin
Wir scheißen eben nicht mit dem
Das Schützenfest, niemals mehr gesehen
Wir machen Liebe
Im Schweinetrog
Meine Hosen platzen
Auf mein Dudelschwanz
Sie dachte ich war ein Dandy und
Ihre wade waren wie Eisbein
Oh Mädchen, tage bloss hin
Hervor weissen, leg dich auch hin
Wir scheißen eben nicht mit dem
Das Schützenfest, niemals mehr gesehen
Oh Klingel ja ja hund hund weg
Hund weg, arschloch hund weg
Sie machte aus meinem Herz, eine weisse Wurst
Sie tanzt ute-ut und Schuheplattler
Achselhöhle war frisch und duften wie
Sommermorgen, Sommermorgen
Super
Oh Mädchen, tat mir ans
Superlochwel ihren BH
Wochenende, Scheiße aber nicht mit der
Das Schützenfest niemals mehr gesehen
Niemals mehr gesehen
The lyrics to Faith No More's song Das Schutzenfest are rather cryptic, yet indicative of a wild and debaucherous time at a festival or fair. The first line speaks of meeting up for an open shooting festival, and the singer describes a woman who looks like "Heino's sister." Heino is a German folk singer, so the reference suggests that the woman is dressed in traditional Bavarian clothing. The next lines, "Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuß, Schwarzgebräunt ist war ihr Haar," translate to "dark brown is the hazel, her hair is blackened." These lines seem to emphasize the singer's fascination with the woman's physical appearance.
The tone of the song takes a strange turn in the next verse, as the singer describes making love with the woman in a pig's trough, causing his pants to burst open. He then talks about the woman thinking he was a "dandy," or a man who is overly concerned with his appearance, and compares her legs to pork hocks. The chorus repeats the idea that they will never again attend the shooting festival, and the song ends with a series of nonsensical phrases.
Overall, the lyrics to Das Schutzenfest seem to be a surreal and exaggerated depiction of a wild night of drinking and debauchery, set against the backdrop of a traditional festival. The song's themes of excess and sexual liberation fit in well with Faith No More's broader sonic and conceptual approach, which often explored the darker and more taboo aspects of human experience.
Line by Line Meaning
Wir trafen dann
We met then
Zum offen Schützenfest
At the open shooting festival
Für mich sieht sie aus
To me, she looks like
Wie Heinos Schwester
Heino's sister
Schwarzbraun ist die Haselnuß,
Hazel is black and brown,
Schwarzgebräunt ist war ihr Haar
Blackened by the sun was her hair
Oh mein Bayerisches Mädchen, tage bloss hin
Oh my Bavarian girl, just stay there
Hervor weissen, leg dich auch hin
Stand out, lie down too
Wir scheißen eben nicht mit dem
We just don't shit with that
Das Schützenfest, niemals mehr gesehen
The shooting festival, never seen again
Wir machen Liebe
We make love
Im Schweinetrog
In the pig trough
Meine Hosen platzen
My pants are bursting
Auf mein Dudelschwanz
On my pipe
Sie dachte ich war ein Dandy und
She thought I was a dandy and
Ihre wade waren wie Eisbein
Her calves were like ham hocks
Oh Mädchen, tage bloss hin
Oh girl, just stay there
Hervor weissen, leg dich auch hin
Stand out, lie down too
Wir scheißen eben nicht mit dem
We just don't shit with that
Das Schützenfest, niemals mehr gesehen
The shooting festival, never seen again
Oh Klingel ja ja hund hund weg
Oh bell yes yes dog dog go away
Hund weg, arschloch hund weg
Dog go, asshole dog go
Sie machte aus meinem Herz, eine weisse Wurst
She turned my heart into a white sausage
Sie tanzt ute-ut und Schuheplattler
She dances oom-pah and shoe-platter
Achselhöhle war frisch und duften wie
Armpit was fresh and smelling like
Sommermorgen, Sommermorgen
Summer morning, summer morning
Oh Mädchen, tat mir ans
Oh girl, touched me
Superlochwel ihren BH
Super hole her bra
Wochenende, Scheiße aber nicht mit der
Weekend, shit but not with her
Das Schützenfest niemals mehr gesehen
The shooting festival never seen again
Niemals mehr gesehen
Never seen again
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BIG THRILLING MUSIC
Written by: BILL GOULD, JAMES BLANCO MARTIN, MICHAEL ALLEN PATTON, MICHAEL ANDREW BORDIN, RODDY CHRISTOPHER BOTTUM
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