Rammstein | Rosenrot (2005)
"Rosenrot" ("Rose-red") is a song by German band Rammstein. It was released on 16 December 2005, as the second single from the band's album of the same name.
2005-12-16 19:00:00 - Rammstein
The song was highly anticipated by fans of Rammstein, as it was first hailed in February 2004 to be the first single from the band's fourth studio album, Reise, Reise (the song "Mein Teil" took the honour instead).
The lyrics tell of a man who is asked by his lover to retrieve a rose from a mountain, and falls to his death.
The lyrics contain elements from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem "Heidenröslein" (while his poem "Erlkönig" similarly inspired the Reise, Reise track, "Dalai Lama"), and the story "Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot," from the Brothers Grimm. Till also seldom uses his trademark curling of 'R's in the song.
The song features riffs used previously in "Stein um Stein".