Mann gegen Mann

Maybe we can contribute to defusing the word 'gay' a bit and relativise the negative touch.This ambiguity is achieved through artificial elements consisting of complex but open-ended linguistic images and allusions, for example: Ich nehm mein Schicksal in die Hand/Mein Verlangen ist bemannt ("I take my fate into my own hands/My desire is manned") or In meiner Kette fehlt kein Glied/Wenn die Lust von hinten zieht ("In my chain no link is missing/When lust pulls from behind").

Negative views of homosexuality are also presented in three two-liners: Mein Geschlecht schimpft mich Verräter/Ich bin der Alptraum aller Väter ("My gender calls me traitor/I am the nightmare of all fathers").

[...] There are widely varying degrees of concreteness and diffuseness on the one hand and of affirmation and rejection on the other.The music video, directed by Jonas Åkerlund, premiered on MTV Germany on 2 February 2006.

The video alternates between the band playing and scenes of a writhing group of naked, muscular, oiled men on the same dark stage.

Lindemann becomes a kind of winged demon, with the hands and arms of naked men reaching up towards him and worshipping him; the song's tempo changes back to its frenzied pace.