RAMMSTEIN - Zwitter
Ich hab ihr einen Kuss gestohlen
sie wollte sich ihn wiederholen
ich hab sie nicht mehr losgelassen
verschmolzen so zu einer Masse
so ist es mir nur allzurecht
ich bin ein schones Zweigeschlecht
zwei Seelen unter meiner Brust
zwei Geschlechter eine Lust
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Ich gehe anders durch den Tag
ich bin der schonste Mensch von allen
ich sehe wunderbare Dinge
die sind mir vorher gar nicht aufgefallen
ich kann mich jeden Tag beglucken
ich kann mir selber Rosen schicken
da ist kein zweiter und kein dritter
eins und eins das ist gleich
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ich bin so verliebt
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Iich bin in mich verliebt
Eins fur mich eins fur dich
gibt es nicht fur mich
eins fur mich eins fur dich
eins und eins das bin ich
Ich bin alleine doch nicht allein
ich kann mit mir zusammen sein
ich kusse fruh mein Spiegelbild
und schlafe abends mit mir ein
wenn die anderen Madchen suchten
konnt ich mich schon selbst befruchten
so bin ich dann auch nicht verzagt
wenn einer zu mir "Fick dich" sagt
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ich bin so verliebt
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Iich bin in mich verliebt
Eins fur mich eins fur dich
gibt es nicht fur mich
eins fur mich eins fur dich
eins und eins das bin ich
Maenad
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Bacchante, by Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-LebrunIn Greek mythology, Maenads were female worshippers of Dionysus, the Greek god of mystery, wine and intoxication, and the Roman god Bacchus. The word literally translates as "raving ones". They were known as wild, insane women who could not be reasoned with. The mysteries of Dionysus inspired the women to ecstatic frenzy; they indulged in copious amounts of violence, bloodletting, sex and self-intoxication and mutilation. They were usually pictured as crowned with vine leaves, clothed in fawnskins and carrying the thyrsus, and dancing with the wild abandonment of complete union with primeval nature.
They also were characterised as entranced women, wandering through the forests and hills.¹ Also, they are described as mad women and nurses of Dionysus, wandering through the mountains. They went into the mountains at night and practised strange rites.² Confer also the descripton in Homer's Illiad, Book VI, beginning at line 130.
" ... he that on a time drave down over the sacred mount of Nysa the nursing mothers of mad Dionysus; and they all let fall to the ground their wands ..."
The Maenads were also known as Bassarids (or Bacchae or Bacchantes) in Roman mythology, after the penchant of the equivalent Roman god, Bacchus, to wear a fox-skin, a bassaris.
The behavior of Maenads in stories is intended to explain and display the intoxicating effects of alcohol. In some cases, the alcohol causes bizarre behavior in people and cannot be justified or explained by any other reason except that of the intoxication.
In Euripides' play, "The Bacchae", Theban Maenads murdered King Pentheus after he banned the worship of Dionysus because the Maenads continued worshipping Dionysus. Dionysus, Pentheus' cousin, himself lured Pentheus to the woods, where the Maenads tore him apart and his corpse was mutilated by his own mother, Agave. Culminating when she tears off his head, believing it to be that of a lion.
A group of Maenads also killed Orpheus.
In Greek Art the frolicking of Maenads and Dionysus is often a theme depicted on Greek kraters, that are used to mix water and wine. These scenes show the Maenads in their frenzy running in the forests often killing any animal they happen to come across.
See also Icarius, Butes, Dryas, and Minyades for other examples of Dionysus inflicting insanity upon women as a curse.
