We're all living in America
America is wunderbar
We're all living in America
Amerika, Amerika

Wenn getanzt wird, will ich führen
Auch wenn ihr euch alleine dreht
Lässt euch ein wenig kontrollieren
Ich zeige euch wie´s richtig geht
Wir bilden einen lieben Reigen
Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen,
Musik kommt aus dem Weißen Haus,
Und vor Paris steht Mickey Maus

We're all living in America
America is wunderbar
We're all living in America
Amerika, Amerika

Ich kenne Schritte, die sehr nützen,
Und werde euch vor Fehltritt schützen,
Und wer nicht tanzen will am Schluss,
Weiß noch nicht das er Tanzen muss!
Wir bilden einen lieben Reigen,
Ich werde Euch die Richtung zeigen,
Nach Afrika kommt Santa Claus,
Und vor Paris steht Mickey Maus

We're all living in America
America is wunderbar
We're all living in America
Amerika, Amerika
We're all living in America
Coca-Cola, Wonderbra
We're all living in America
Amerika, Amerika

This is not a love song
This is not a love song
I don´t sing my mother tongue
No, this is not a love song

We're all living in America
America is wunderbar
We're all living in America
Amerika, Amerika
We're all living in America
Coca-Cola, sometimes war
We're all living in America
Amerika, Amerika



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Track duration: 03:53

"Amerika" as written by Oliver Riedel, Doktor Christian Lorenz, Christoph Doom Schneider, Richard Z. Kruspe, Paul Landers, Till Lindemann

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:Half the song is about the American government dictating how things will be to other countries.
    The other half is about Cocacolonization, which is the importing of American goods to compete with local goods OR the importation of American "values" to foreign countries. Coke created the Santa we all know but other countries had their version of Santa but have long been lost to the Coke version.
    Flag sde034on October 27, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Ill admit that our government is fucked up and our leaders are trigger happy when it comes to us being able to put a few rounds into some country but when we do have a legit reason its usually one damn good one. Look at Iraq and Afgan. we got Bin Laden, it took us 10 years but we still took the most wanted terrorist out of the equation. We all no Bush got his military advisors to lie about WMD's in the middle east because he was so pissed off, we all know he was a vegetable. And its not always about us getting involved in other countries problems, But their are many other (secret) reasons the U.S. Gets involved with them so don't the Germans can't say we get involved with other countries problems; because they don't know half the story.
    Flagged SSGTWINDon June 28, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I like this song... I am an American and I cannot control what I was born into... I agree with this song because I really do not agree with anything the U.S. government has been doing since I was old enough to understand it. All American's do is try to get people to be like us and that is not the way this world is supposed to be. In my opinion us American's need to let other countries and the people in those countries alone unless they need our help and ASK for help... So, I really like this song...
    Flagged systemfreek2012on April 26, 2012   Link
  • 0
    My Opinion:btw
    Und Vor Paris steht Mickey Maus

    is in no way positiv
    also it reverse to eurodysney near paris
    the sentence is one you would use for an army
    "mickey ante portas"
    understand?
    Flag maueraffeon April 06, 2012   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:Maybe it would be helpfull to notice the timing of distribution when after 9/11 the german gouvernment sworn "uneingeschränkte solidarität"(unlimited solidarity) to amerika and as a price for that has been driven into their first allover war (after ww2)in afghanistan and openly embarrassed by gwbjr for not doing a 2 (irak)as well.

    Despite we have more american soldiers in germany than our own, warfare isn't realy popular anymore (although we've been good at it) and america is viewed as the power who's trying to force us to it.
    I think thats more of the point, the fear of cultural or economical influence is'nt that far spread in europe or germany or especially the berlin/potsdam sqatersceane where rammstein has its roots
    Flag maueraffeon April 06, 2012   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:this song's not just anti-americunts..
    it's mainly a song about the lost culture of most countries caught in the globalization process and how easy they're getting "americanized".. also, it seems to mock usa's history (or the lack of it) by calling calling the moon landing an hoax e.g....
    Flag chilinomoreon April 05, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I love in America and am therefore unaware of much influence being forced upon other regions of the world by our country. If anyone can fill me in on some things Rammstein might be talking about, or anything that you have experienced I would greatly appreciate it and would not be offend. In fact, id like to apologize for it and would like you to know that i am not a part of it, nor do i believe it should be accepted.
    Flag KyleGisteon February 29, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:The comments on here, just like the song, contain a wide array of generalizations about Americans. Some of you people make it seem like we all have the same opinions and we all act the same. American people are very different. Yeah, some people are arrogant and stupid, but does that mean all of us are? No, because if you believe that then you are a bigot.

    Also, what does the average American citizen have to do with corporations extending their influence globally AT ALL? What about the lawyer, or the doctor, or the college student? Do we control the agenda of corporations? I don't think so. The only people who do that are the people who actually run those corporations, which make up how much of our population? Like .0001%?

    As far as the government goes, it's the same thing as a corporation. A MINUTE portion of the population has governmental power. Yeah we elect them, but in the end we can't control what decisions they make as a governing body. We can only say once every 2 or 4 years that we don't approve of what they did and elect new people to represent us. How do individual citizens change foreign policy of government? Ideally we elect people who can change it, but it doesn't always work out that way.

    People from other countries who think all Americans are obnoxious, fat, take-everything-for-granted people are just hiding behind stereotypes. The bottom line is that, as an American citizen, I have no problems with any other country at all. I will respect your culture whether you be African, European, or or Asian as long as you respec
    Flag TheSouthBronxon December 12, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:We're all living in China wouldn't sound that cool right? :D
    Flag ThisIsWhyYouLefton October 19, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I'm pretty sure Wonderbra means Wonderbread XD
    Flagged Netheroon September 11, 2011   Link

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