The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Übers Meer" by the artist "Till Lindemann"

In his song "Übers Meer" ("Over the Sea"), Till Lindemann depicts the profound pain of losing a loved one, which feels like the incompleteness of one's own existence. The lyrical hero sees the image of his beloved in the clouds, like an unattainable ideal, an eternal reminder of what has been lost.

The sea and the wind become metaphors for ceaseless longing and pain. The wind, chasing the clouds, as if trying to reach his beloved, whispers her name, but she remains out of reach. The phrase "With rain-soaked hands" enhances the feeling of hopelessness and grief.

The repeating verse "They say that broken hearts don't heal, they also say that time heals old wounds" emphasizes the hero's inability to cope with the loss. He rejects conventional wisdom, preferring to live in the eternity of memories, "just looking into eternity," where the image of his beloved remains unchanged.

At the end of the song, the hero himself is drawn "up" into the realm of clouds and shadows, which can symbolize both reunion with his beloved through death and the final loss of himself in the abyss of despair. The motif of the wind whispering the hero's name and holding him with "a thousand hands" creates an oppressive atmosphere of hopelessness.