Lyrics for Links 2 3 4 (english) as interpreted by John M

Links 2 3 4 (english) Lyrics
Can you break hearts
Can hearts be spoken?
Can you torture hearts
Can hearts be stolen?

They want my heart on the right side
But then I look below

It just beats left on the left

Can hearts sing
Can a heart spring
Can hearts be true
Can a heart be made of stone

They want my heart on the right side
But then I look below

It just beats on the left

Left two three four left

Can you question hearts
To carry a kid under them
Can you give it all up
To think with your heart

They want my heart on the right side
But I look below

It just beats in the left breast
As the envier one knew badly

Left two three four left

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shadow8985
04-27-2002

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lol my friend thought this song was about natzis they way that you hear people cheering in the background and the video didn't help that either w/ all the ants over powering the bigger beatle thingies

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Lord Dromar
04-30-2002

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haha, i thought it was some nazi meaning...shows how much i know german

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TheBaron
05-02-2002

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Veryt clever song (agin). The rythm "links, zwo, drei, vier" is actually the cadence shouted by Army drill instructors when teaching cadets in the German army to march. The whole song is a parody on the image portrayed in the media that Rammstein is a right wing band. Considering Rammstein members are all former East Germans it's all very amusing ;-)

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Kookkie
05-29-2002

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Yes, this song is for all Dumbasses that dont have German in school ((unlike we do in the Netherlands)) You shouldn't judge a book by it's cover!!
I love this song, it shows how many people are dumb enough to fall for it's 'trap', thinking Rammstein are a bunch of Nazi psycho's haha.. Well Rammstein isn't a right wing group and will never be a right wing group...

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wolf_rahm
06-10-2002

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I think its very annoying though that some of my "friends" are whining about this very subject. I canīt listen to any german music without being a "nazi"
StUpId

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Megalomaniac
06-21-2002

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"Link 2 3 4" is a german military walk...

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BestrafeMich
07-21-2002

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I was confused about the songs meaning at first then I did realize that they were stating their political views. Although after realizing that I was still left confused cause they're saying that they're not going to conform and they are different, but the army chant again reminds us of uniformity.

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Binsk
07-26-2002

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This song could also be about fighting the power. Such as the government.

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PyD0
09-05-2002

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This song was meant for kids to march to and play along to. rammstein is in no way a group of nazi's (tho my dad begs to differ cuz hes polish)
this song was made for their concert as the main entrance, and yes they did get it from the military, seeing as hwo i think its still mandatory in poland.

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bornonaugust10th
09-29-2002

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actually links means left just so you know its not link it means left and rechts means right incase you need to kno any more directions okay peace out

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Jester89
03-30-2003

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"Left two three four" is a popular marching... thingy, in the German army.

Like we say, "right, left, left, right, left". Like that.

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l0ki86
04-25-2003

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I almost think that the songs, about how two different sides of government "Left Wing-Right Wing" want you to join them. But the whole word heart really throws me off there i think its a metaphor but i can't figure out what for.
And i could see by listening to the song how people would get a Nazi Authoritarian view of Rammstein. But since most people are quick to judge, you can't do anything but laugh at them.

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Half Cab
05-10-2003

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I think the heart isn't really a metaphor at all, check this:

"They want my heart on the right side
But then I look below
It just beats on the left"

Like "they" (the media, public, etc.) want Rammstein to be right wingers to give them something to unite against, a figure of hate, a reason to hate, whatever - but Rammstein are the total opposite. That's where their heart is, not in the right...

I guess all the way through it's almost questioning whether someones true heart/desires/opinions can really be changed or manipulated...

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miceyman
06-20-2003

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to comment on the nazi thing. it can still be about nazis. except. the whole thing is villifying anything to do with the nazi party. and the whole right / left thing. um. nazism is neither rightist nor leftist, and the right doesn't imply evil or hatred. it just means overall less governmental role. i think the authority figure telling the heart to beat on the right is because of how unnatural it is--it's a basic fact that it's on the left. kinda like orwellian 2 + 2 = 5. i see it as maybe making a reference to nazism, but authoritarianism in general, and promptly refuting it. the first verse is questioning how a nation can be corrupted, and in the chorus they're exhibiting their own choice to go against a malicious system. anyway. i might be looking into it too much. after all, rammstein rocks out first, and writes intelligent yrics second.

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freakishfae
06-14-2004

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Can you break hearts
Can hearts be spoken?
Can you torture hearts
Can hearts be stolen?

This reminds me of how only the body can truly be tortured, and I think the heart represents feeling rather than the actual organ... I think these lines are asking that same question.

They want my heart on the right side
But then I look below
It just beats left on the left

This fits into the whole "right" and "left" wing politics thoery rather well... This seems to be what these lines are about.

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dieda
09-18-2004

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as a german, i just wanted to ad, that till also used a popular socialist hymn in this song to define their point of (political) view.
and by the way most of them played in left-winged punkbands of the old ddr (eastern germany) before the founded rammstein

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TheBaron
10-11-2004

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Jaeger - YOU ARE A WANKER (Wichser auf Deutsch)
Your comment are insulting to all that is Rammstein

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Goose511th
11-01-2004

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How do you happen to know that, Jaeger? You just leave a lot of comments hanging in the air..

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reprecussion
12-03-2004

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Jager, prove it.

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heartagramofhim
01-29-2005

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i read in an interview with richard that this song is to proove that they are not nazi's

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skye frusciante
02-21-2005

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the song is about people thinking theyre like these loud stupid nazi bastards, whereas in fact they're not :)
well
maybe they are loud, but that's not the point.
It was fun when the song came out and everyone here was being stupid thinking they were nazis and all of us in my school (german school) knew it was quite the opposite

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demonwings
03-02-2005

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the media thought, that rammstein is a nazi band, and so rammstein wanted to provoke them(with the video) and tell them that that's not true(with the song)

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Alucard Mishima
03-04-2005

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I like how the word "left" applied to both the side your heart is on, and the left foot in the march. And the ant formations were awesome.

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Disposition_987
03-14-2005

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wow, reading about this whole "controversy" just seems to strike another blow to man's credibility to me.... i wasn't aware that being German made you a Nazi!

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Madkal
06-25-2005

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the way i heard it, there was a famous german poem about how the heart beats on the left (ie anti-fascist, pro socialist and so on). rammstein took this poem as the basis for their song, saying their hearts belong on the left, even though people think they are right wing.

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