Stirb Nicht Vor Mir (Don't Die Before I do)

Rammstein Rosenrot album

Kung meron siguro akong #SpotifyWrapped ito marahil ang nasa numero unong resulta ng pagkailang beses na pakikinig. Ganito ako sa isang kanta lalo nakapag naibigan, paulit-ulit na pinakikinggan. Ang Stirb Nicht Vor Mir na ang ibig sabihin sa Ingles ay Don't Die Before I do ay tugtugin ng isang rock band sa bansang Germany ang bandang heavy metal ang horlo ay kanta ng bandang Rammstein. Popular ang bandang ito simula pa noong 90s at marami silang nailabas na music videos mula sa nostalgia na MTV music videos noon sa Channel 23. Mas nagustuhan ko pa ang kantang ito nung nalaman ko ang kahulugan ng liriko. This is one of those few rock ballads I've heard from this band and it's greatly played well with a collaboration of a girl singer also became famous in the 90s, she is Sharleen Spiteri the vocalist of the band Texas who popularized the one hit wonder, "Say What You Want" released in 1997.

It was a song about a man and a woman who are soulmates but haven't found each other yet. The fact that the male half of the song is in German and the female half is in English might symbolize how the two are "worlds apart. Even though the song portrays the determination to never give up hope in their search, it also illustrates the pain of being without one another as death might come near and the time is shorter for them to meet. They repeatedly ask each other not to die before their search is complete. The song is both melancholy and heartening with a gothic touch. It is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful hauntingly songs I have ever heard.

Rammstein feat Sharleen Spiteri of Texas band - Stirb Nicht Vor Mir (Don't die before I do)

Sabi sa searches may walong bilyong tao sa mundo. Sa sobrang bilang ng tao paano malalaman na nahanap mo na yung taong para sayo? Maaaring nakita mo na siya, pero yumuko ka para magsintas. Puwedeng nakatabi mo pero, pero lumingon ka para tignan yung isang chick na hindi para sayo. Nakasalubong mo na pero humarang yung kamoteng driver ng motor. May mga lucky persons that found their true love ones. There are those people in the fields that continue to search the half of their heart to complete them. Pero ang pinakamasaklap eh yung nasayo na pinakawalan mo pa. Pinakawalan mo kapalit ng panandaliang kasiyahan?

The song also reminds me of the Phantom Opera:

Christine: "In sleep, he sang to me in dreams he came to that voice which calls to me and speaks my name and do I dream again? For now, I find the phantom of the opera is there, inside my mind."

Phantom: "Sing once again with me our strange duet my power over you grows stronger yet and though you turn from me to glance behind the phantom of the opera is there inside your mind."

Soulmate, to find someone whom you will spend the rest of your life with. The song reminds us that life is so short not meeting the person meant for you. Don't die before she/he does.