Their most popular sound was comparable to that of Yes, but they also explored other progressive rock styles. Their sound was characterized by sometimes humorous approach to making music, exhibited in both the lyrics and in the chimeric sound of the instruments.
The band made nearly fifteen albums, from general hard rock album to concept albums. Their vocals are mostly in English, although some albums were released with German vocals for the home market and English vocals for export.
Wir Wollen Sterben
Grobschnitt Lyrics
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Es ist erfüllt die Welt mit dem Zeichen des Tieres
So das unsere Zeit vollendet ist
Es ist verseucht das Gewässer und all seine Wesen
Zu versprühen Gift auf alle Lande
Zu beenden jegliches Leben
Es ist verpestet der Vögel Reich
Auf das des Menschen Atem verdorben werde
Und graue Wolken die Erde mit Asche bedecken
Wir wollen sterben
Es sind gerodet und verdorben die Hölzer des Waldes
Zu zerstören der Erde Gleichgewicht
Zu vernichten die Frucht des Landes
Es sind leer geworden die Menschen in ihren Herzen
So daß sie zerfallen an bösartigen Geschwüren
Und sich selbst zerstören
Wir wollen sterben
The song "Wir Wollen Sterben" by Grobschnitt is a bleak anthem to the end of the world. The opening lines urge the listener to take stock of the world around them; it is a place full of the "mark of the beast." The singer declares that their time is up, and this is the end of days. The world is poisoned; its water and creatures are contaminated. Poison is sprayed on the land, ending all life. The skies are dark with smog and ash, and even the birds are sickened. The forest is destroyed, throwing the earth's balance off-kilter and destroying the fruits of the land. The people have become empty, their hearts poisoned, and they are riddled with malignant tumors, effectively self-destructing.
The lyrics paint a picture of a world that is beyond saving, where there is no hope for the future. The only solution for the people in this world is death, and their desire to die becomes a kind of perverse liberation. The song is a dark commentary on humanity's destructive force, and the consequences that come as a result of ignoring the planet's cries for help.
Line by Line Meaning
Blicket euch um und sehet
Look around and see
Es ist erfüllt die Welt mit dem Zeichen des Tieres
The world is filled with the sign of the beast
So das unsere Zeit vollendet ist
Our time is over
Es ist verseucht das Gewässer und all seine Wesen
The water and all its creatures are contaminated
Zu versprühen Gift auf alle Lande
Spraying poison on all the land
Zu beenden jegliches Leben
Ending all life
Wir wollen sterben
We want to die
Es ist verpestet der Vögel Reich
The bird kingdom is polluted
Auf das des Menschen Atem verdorben werde
So that human breath becomes corrupted
Und graue Wolken die Erde mit Asche bedecken
And gray clouds cover the earth with ash
Es sind gerodet und verdorben die Hölzer des Waldes
The woods of the forest are cut and corrupted
Zu zerstören der Erde Gleichgewicht
To destroy the balance of the earth
Zu vernichten die Frucht des Landes
To annihilate the fruit of the land
Es sind leer geworden die Menschen in ihren Herzen
The people have become empty in their hearts
So daß sie zerfallen an bösartigen Geschwüren
So that they decay with malignant tumors
Und sich selbst zerstören
And destroy themselves
Wir wollen sterben
We want to die
Contributed by Emma J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.