"Krieg" (''War'') is a song by

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. It's the third single and the fifth track from the album ''

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''. The song's themes are commercialism, character of big city people, supply and demand and dominating disposition to

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. The song is sung in the perspective of a man from a big city, who decides to go shopping during a discount, however the demand is higher than supply, which leads to a fight for the products. In the second verse, the man is driving in his new car and a man behind him drives anxiously, flashes lights and honks the horn, probably trying to get past, to which the protagonist replies that he might not have many emotions (maybe three), but anger and wrath are two of them, so again a fight ensues.

Music video

The video is set in

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and features FURT playing only on a

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on a window display of an

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shop. The plot revolves around two

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s, of whose the second shown sets up a place right next to the first one and they start competing in a comical manner, which eventually leads to a weird

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-fight between them, until the "intruder" squirts the protagonist with a

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. The protagonist seemingly quits and leaves to get a

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, but soon returns and squirts the other with

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and

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, which makes the intruder chase the protagonist.

Track listing

#"Krieg" #"Ein-Personen-Aufstand" (''One person revolt'') #"Krieg (in New York)" (Video) #"Krieg (auf der Bühne)" (Video) (''On the stage'') {{authority control 2009 singles Songs written by Farin Urlaub Farin Urlaub Racing Team songs 2008 songs