"Dalai Lama" is song by the German metal band Rammstein which was released in 2004 on the album Reise, Reise. It is an adaptation of Der Erlkönig, a poem written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) in 1782 and subsequently set to music by many composers, including Franz Schubert in 1815. The band apparently considered calling the song "Erlkönig" in homage to Goethe's poem.

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  • "Dalai Lama" is song by the German metal band Rammstein which was released in 2004 on the album Reise, Reise. It is an adaptation of Der Erlkönig, a poem written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) in 1782 and subsequently set to music by many composers, including Franz Schubert in 1815. The band apparently considered calling the song "Erlkönig" in homage to Goethe's poem. "Flugangst" ("fear of flying", or more loosely "flight fright") was also considered as a name before Rammstein settled on "Dalai Lama" in reference to the current Dalai Lama's well-publicised dislike of air travel. Other than this somewhat oblique reference, the song does not have anything to do with Tibetan Buddhism The song updates the storyline of Erlkönig, replacing the poem's travelling man and child on horseback with a man and child on an aircraft, and replacing the Erlkönig himself with the "king of all winds". As in the poem, the travellers are menaced by a mysterious spirit which "invites" the child to join him (though only the child can hear the spirit's invitation). Rammstein's version differs markedly from Goethe's original in describing the fate of the child. In the poem, the child cries out that the Erlkönig is abducting it. The alarmed father cries for help, holding the child in his arms, only to find that his son is dead: Dem Vater grausets, er reitet geschwind, Er hält in Armen das ächzende Kind, Erreicht den Hof mit Mühe und Not; In seinen Armen das Kind war tot. The father shudders, he rides swiftly, He holds in (his) arms the moaning child. He reaches the farmhouse with effort and urgency. In his arms the child was dead. Rammstein replaces this with a typically morbid twist: after running into a storm sent by the "king of all the winds" which threatens all the passengers, the terrified father suffocates the child by holding him too tightly and the child's soul joins its "brothers" in the winds: Der Vater hält das Kind jetzt fest Hat es sehr an sich gepresst Bemerkt nicht dessen Atemnot Doch die Angst kennt kein Erbarmen So der Vater mit den Armen Drückt die Seele aus dem Kind Diese setzt sich auf den Wind The father now holds the child tight and has pressed him close against himself He doesn't notice his difficulty in breathing But fear knows no mercy So the father, with his arms, Squeezes the soul from the child Which sets itself on the wind
  • Dalai Lama je píseň metalové skupiny Rammstein z alba Reise, Reise. Pojednává zpočátku o letu letadla, na jehož palubě kromě jiných sedí muž s dítětem (ein Mann mit Kind). Poté se na scéně objeví Bůh a s ním i zloba, že člověk nebyl stvořen pro létání, ale přesto létá. Proto na něj pošle bouři a jeden blesk zasáhne i ono již zmíněné letadlo. V dekompresi (náhlá změna tlaku vzduchu) je sice otec připoután, ale jeho dítě ne. Nakonec ve třetí minutě písně zazní Angst ist starker als die Liebe - strach je silnější než láska - a otec dítě pustí.
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  • ''Reise, Reise''
    (2004)
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  • "Dalai Lama" is song by the German metal band Rammstein which was released in 2004 on the album Reise, Reise. It is an adaptation of Der Erlkönig, a poem written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) in 1782 and subsequently set to music by many composers, including Franz Schubert in 1815. The band apparently considered calling the song "Erlkönig" in homage to Goethe's poem.
  • Dalai Lama je píseň metalové skupiny Rammstein z alba Reise, Reise. Pojednává zpočátku o letu letadla, na jehož palubě kromě jiných sedí muž s dítětem (ein Mann mit Kind). Poté se na scéně objeví Bůh a s ním i zloba, že člověk nebyl stvořen pro létání, ale přesto létá. Proto na něj pošle bouři a jeden blesk zasáhne i ono již zmíněné letadlo. V dekompresi (náhlá změna tlaku vzduchu) je sice otec připoután, ale jeho dítě ne.
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