Lacrimosa is a duo led by German-born Tilo Wolff, the main composer, and Fi… Read Full Bio ↴Lacrimosa is a duo led by German-born Tilo Wolff, the main composer, and Finnish Anne Nurmi, currently based in Switzerland and founded in 1990. Lacrimosa was at the beginning a solo project of Tilo Wolff and his musical genre originally was neue deutsche todeskunst (New German Death Art). Between Satura and Inferno, when Anne Nurmi (ex-Two Witches) joined a group, their music style has shifted much more towards hard rock/(neo)progressive rock with gothic influences. Their musical style mixes heavy metal and gothic rock sounds along with violin, trumpet and more classical instruments, although their musical development throughout the years has also led to changes in instrumentation. Lacrimosa's lyrics are written almost exclusively in German, although since the 1995 album Inferno every album has featured one or two songs in English, generally written by Anne Nurmi. Finnish has also appeared in brief spoken intros to two songs (Schakal on Inferno and The Turning Point on Elodia) and on a bonus track in a limited edition release of Fassade. Their lyrics are mainly about loneliness, sadness, darkness, despair and love.
All albums were released through Wolff's own label Hall of Sermon.

Their official site is www.lacrimosa.ch.

Sacrifice
Lacrimosa Lyrics

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Ich - ich war schon einmal hier
Ihr - schient fern zerbrechlich mir
Hier - bist du allein mit mir
Wir - verbrennen lebend wir

Seht - ich war schon einmal hier
Dieser Stein - markiert die Glut
Hier - verbrannten lebend wir

So flieht
Flieht aus den Adern mir

Doch bin ich nicht blind

Nur ein wenig verbrannt
Ich warte auf dich...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Lacrimosa's song Sacrifice speak about a past experience where the singer was in a similar situation before with someone else who seemed fragile and distant. It seems like the current scenario is highly emotionally charged and intense, and the two are alone together, perhaps preparing to face some kind of battle or ordeal. The words 'Wir- verbrennen lebend wir' suggest that they are about to face something that will test them to their very limit, something that will cause them intense pain and suffering.

The next verse repeats the idea that the singer has been here before, and the 'Stein' or stone represents the fire that consumed them in the past. The line 'So flieht, Flieht aus den Adern mir' seems to indicate a desire to escape the pain and the memories that are associated with it. However, the singer is not blind to what is happening, and although they may be burned, they are not completely destroyed. The final line 'Ich warte auf dich' suggests that the singer is willing to wait for the other person, perhaps to face the challenge with them, or perhaps to face it alone.

Overall, the lyrics convey a sense of unresolved emotional turmoil and pain, and the idea that the past can never truly be escaped but must be faced and overcome in order to move forward.

Line by Line Meaning

Ich - ich war schon einmal hier
I have been in this situation before.

Ihr - schient fern zerbrechlich mir
You appeared to be fragile and distant to me.

Hier - bist du allein mit mir
You are alone with me in this place.

Wir - verbrennen lebend wir
We are burning alive.

Seht - ich war schon einmal hier
Look, I have been here before.

Dieser Stein - markiert die Glut
This stone marks the fire.

Hier - verbrannten lebend wir
Here, we burned alive.

So flieht
So run away.

Flieht aus den Adern mir
Escape from my veins.

Doch bin ich nicht blind
But I am not blind.

Nur ein wenig verbrannt
Just a little burned.