“Stirb Nicht Vor Mir” (Don’t Die Before I Do) is the 6th track on the 2005 album “Rosenrot” and features the English vocals of Sharleen Spiteri. It’s one of two Rammstein songs so far in which the band has collaborated with another singer (the other song being “Moskau”).

The lyrics tell the story of two soulmates being connected through their dreams, and even though they’re strangers to each other living far apart and don’t even speak the same language, their love transcends all boundaries (both lyrically as the song is written in two languages, and musically, since it’s a blend of pop and metal).

Originally intended to just be a solo ballad sung by Till, the song was first written in the Mutter writing sessions, and a snippet of the demo to the song was published on Rammstein’s YouTube channel, with the full demo version getting leaked on a Russian fan forum years later. The demo’s lyrics take a somewhat more lonely, suicidal approach to the theme, reminiscent of “Ohne Dich”. While the band wasn’t happy with this version of the song, they felt it had potential.

In the Reise, Reise writing sessions, where many songs for Rosenrot were written, they reworked the song to be an all-German duet featuring German singer Bobo whose vocals were featured on “Engel” as well. In the production of “Rosenrot”, the song was finally turned into a bilingual duet and Bobo was replaced by Sharleen Spiteri, although some of Bobo’s backing vocals can still be heard.