Winterblut literally translates to "winter blood". It's a striking compound word that immediately evokes a sense of coldness, danger, and perhaps a supernatural element.
In the song, the singer uses "Mein Winterblut wird dich erfrieren" (My winter blood will freeze you) to warn a loved one away. It personifies her cold, destructive nature, suggesting an inherent, almost magical chill that she cannot control and that will harm anyone who gets too close. This unique and evocative imagery makes it a memorable word.
Imagine a fairytale frozen in time: “Sieben Mal” paints the picture of a heroine trapped in her own wintery curse. She feels “aus Eis” (made of ice), haunted by a shattered mirror and a prophecy that says her cold spell will last seven years and seven regrets. Every line is a plea for her loved one to run before her "winter blood" turns them to frost. The lyrics swirl with icy imagery—white February skies, biting north winds, broken glass—creating a dramatic scene where love and danger dance side by side.
Yet beneath the frost lies a spark of hope. The singer believes that after surviving those seven cycles of suffering, her heart can thaw and spring can finally begin. It is a gothic love story about protecting someone from your own darkness, wrestling with guilt, and clinging to the promise that even the longest winter eventually ends.
Eisblume was a pop-rock band from Berlin built around singer Sotiria "Ria" Schenk. Formed in late 2007, the group spent its first year opening shows for Ich + Ich before its own breakthrough arrived in January 2009.
That breakthrough was "Eisblumen," a gothic-tinged cover of a Subway to Sally song that sent Eisblume into Germany's Top 5 and anchored their debut album, Unter dem Eis, released that March. A second album, Ewig, followed in 2012, led by the single "FĂĽr immer," before the band split in 2013. Schenk kept making music on her own, releasing the solo album Hallo Leben in 2018.