Ohne dich


"Ohne dich" is a song by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. It was released on 22 November 2004 as the third single from their fourth studio album, Reise, Reise.

Composition

"Ohne dich" can be seen as expressing mourning over the loss of a loved person. It follows a slow, even romantic ballad style. The central motif is "Without you, I cannot be..., With you, I am alone also...". This song also features how death is not just mourning but a bond between the people that are there at the funeral. It's not all about death, it's about the remembrance of this person and how they brought everyone closer.
The visuals play off what are called Heimatfilms and the reference to the birds no longer singing could refer also to the Wandervogel with a nostalgic feeling of loss of the freedom they embodied, which was manifested with ballads and nature wandering.

Live story

The song debuted live in its beta version in 2000, in a concert just for members of the fan club . After that, it was dropped during the 2001–02 Mutter tour.
It returned to the setlists for the 2004–05 Reise, Reise tour, in which it was played in almost every concert, exceptions being festivals. Usually, sparks would rain over Till Lindemann during the final chorus.
In those of the live shows that Apocalyptica was the support act, they played the cellos in the song. The song wasn't played in the Liebe ist für alle da tour, but it reappeared for the Made In Germany 1995–2011 tour, Download festival 2013 and the European Stadium Tour 2019.

Video

The video was filmed in the Kaun Valley and on the Großglockner in Tyrol, Austria. It shows the band climbing in the mountains when Rammstein's vocalist Till Lindemann falls and gets badly hurt. In the night, while the band sits in the tent Till, with gangrene eating away at his injured leg, longingly watches up on a mountain peak. The music starts again as the band starts to climb the mountain, carrying Till on their shoulders. In the end, they reach the mountain peak, Till takes a look around and dies satisfied.

Track listing

;CD Maxi-Single
  1. Ohne dich – 4:31
  2. Ohne dich Remix by Laibach – 4:09
  3. Ohne dich Remix by Sven Helbig – 4:34
  4. Ohne dich – 5:22
  5. Ohne dich – 5:48
  6. Ohne dich – 4:23
;CD Single
  1. Ohne dich – 4:31
  2. Ohne dich Remix by Laibach – 4:09

    Charts