# Herzeleid

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herzeleid/146480>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 3, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herzeleid/146480 "2003-01-03T20:24:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gjorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@Gjorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gjorp)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herzeleid/146480/1 "2003-01-03T20:24:51Z")

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I just bought the Rammstein album Herzeleid and I saw something that confused me.

For some of the songs, the lyrics were written in French. But, what really confused me was that the songs were still sung in German. And, the last song, the lyrics were written in both German and French, but only the German version of the lyrics were sung.

So, what’s the special relationship between Rammstein and the French?

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**Author:** ![Realhoops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Realhoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Realhoops)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herzeleid/146480/2 "2003-01-03T22:09:09Z")

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Well, I’m not a Rammstein fan or anything, but I found the following on [a Rammstein Fan Site’s FAQ](http://www.herzeleid.com/en/faq/herzeleid#2):

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> Why are parts of the lyrics of the Herzeleid booklet in French?
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> The story goes that they did not think “Heirate mich” would go over very well, and by printing the lyrics to it in French then less people would care. They didn’t want that one song to stand out so much so they put the songs before (“Das alte Leid”) and after (“Herzeleid”) in French as well. Whether or not this is true, I don’t know, but it sounds probable.