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Opinions Are On Sale

by microClocks

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1.
Hyperion 05:28
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hyperion has fallen down the gods of past are dead in angry wars they smashed their crown they wore with pride on their head what was the sense in all that doing why fell this world of gods to ruins did fragile humans make them fall all knowing and divine aeons of guidance led to freewill concluded by decline or was it just the fault of time that things like these occur that chaos came back to the world and everything recurs what is the lowdown in this matter does anyone will know it better regardless of which truth we talk no soothing words exist illuminated now we walk against the skies we raise our fist the gift of figment and invention made godly guidance obsolete we even break the fourth dimension machines dictate the new pulse-beat we've lost our innocence with pride and saw no need to turn the tide hyperion has fallen deep the gods of past are smashed the dawn of mankind awake from sleep was the reason why they crashed
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Opinions Are On Sale 03:58
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check your coat! lets go! we gonna make a trip you have to take a stand there are some borders to define is there something worth to know? we gonna grab a scrip you have to take my hand let's watch the symptoms of decline opinions are on sale you have to make a choice it's all beyond the pale you have to raise your voice outrageous injustice and no one can stop this the statements and reasons nothing else but high treasons of mankind shake off that shackle of deadlock and tackle wrong prophets vain leaders collectors mind readers so unkind check your moat! let's go! they gonna skinny dip before we cuff their hands there are some demons to confine don't you see the evil grow? it's gonna reequip it's starting to expand spreading everywhere its sign dominions will derail you neither hear a noise nor oversee the scale of what the world destroys
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Revolution 04:09
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Well! Judgement day has come! Disgrace can’t be denied Truth is up to rise It’s time to turn the tide! Smash the liars’ crown! Put your fist in their face! Hurry! Tear the walls down! Don’t give them a day’s grace! It’s time to start a revolution denouncing all the wrong ideals I’m sure we come to the same conclusion: Revolution! Finally it’s oh so clear Time was on our side Let’s get their heads off the clouds Surely we’re in the right No one can stop us now We finally take what we need No matter what – no matter how At last the world will be freed It’s time to start a revolution I’m sure we’re standing side by side They’ll see us fighting for a final solution Revolution! Shoot that wrong leaders down! Make the fools leave this town! Don’t waste your time nor a frown! Help the leaves turn to brown! Against all odds we will win! To hesitate would be a sin! I really don’t care a pin if you like my Re-vo-lu-tion!
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Is Anybody Out There? (Album Version) 04:37
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is anybody out there? is someone there outside myself? what happens when I close my eyes? is everything I realise in truth? is anybody out there? is someone there outside my head? will I perceive whatever holds the world together in it's inmost folds? I hope that everything I do and everything you want me to is real! imagine what it means to be the only one - just fantasy surrounds you! I pray that all I know is not a simple fiction that anyone of you exists outside my mind! I pray that life is not a mental contradiction that trees are falling in the woods and so they do when no one looks that things behind my back are real and all my fears are no big deal I pray! is anybody out there? is someone there outside my thoughts? the world is real inside our heads in vicious boxes we kill cats and let them resurrect is anybody out there? is someone there outside my mind? how many worlds are needed till the one I know is treated like it should be I look at this - I look at that I try to turn around to head for nothing and everywhere I look around I see the world, I hear the sound of living (is it real?) I pray that all I know is not a simple fiction that anyone of you exists outside my mind! I pray that life is not a mental contradiction that trees are falling in the woods and so they do when no one looks that things behind my back are real and all my fears are no big deal I pray! is all I know and all I see just the echo of my ego? what is there? what is real? does anyone exist to know the reason and where we go? don't you know what I feel?
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Do You...? 04:13
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do you really know about my fears? have you ever seen my innermost? did you ever see my secret tears? will you never dispel these shadows? do you really think the end is near? have you ever tried to turn around? did you always see the truth so clear? there seems not a piece of common ground. look at me! don’t tell me that it’s over! turn around don’t close this door! I never want to hear these lies again! do you really wish to run and hide? have you ever reached out for some more? did you always try to turn the tide? what was your promise standing for? look at me! don’t tell me that it’s over! turn around don’t close this door! I never want to hear these lies again! look at me there was a time we could laugh together I guess these days are passed forever I’ll never see you smile at me – again
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What Happens 04:18
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a face lined from worries a life full of sorries a hand full of stories again and again a childhood neglected not nearly protected too early infected with the wrong ideals we step into light so full of good intentions it all seems so easy it all seems so clear when we arrive there's nothing worth a mention but everything's changing what happens is called life admiring glances wildest romances passing up chances mistake by mistake remorseless - no sorrow no thought of the morrow his eye's on the sparrow you can't hide the stain we step into light so full of good intentions it all seems so easy it all seems so clear when we arrive there's nothing worth a mention but everything's changing what happens is called life
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New World Order 04:36
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synthetic bionic symbiotic electronic artificial simulation the real life imitation so crappy and phony a vicious chip so tony arch liars dumb taker immovable trust in these fakers they’re raising cattle don’t let them think ready for battle just a little wink they’re growing brute conditioned to nod well-trained deaf-mute playing all-knowing and all-seeing god slave trader white-slaver acting up like the big big saver conniving apology aggress with new technology the axis of evil pretends to know God’s will defining new borders airy trust in this new world order they’re raising cattle don’t let them think ready for battle just a little wink they’re growing brute conditioned to nod well-trained deaf-mute playing all-knowing and all-seeing god
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All Eyes On You 04:50
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you are not famous you are not mad your world is simple minded you do not gad about you're not a freak not a terrorist you do not make your profit hand over fist you are a common human with common needs you always try to help with words and deeds you are a prototype of an average human but they suspect you and this is true man! all eyes on you! in the name of justice! all eyes on you! they have the right to do this! all eyes on you! you have to give your freedom! all eyes on you! that they can build their kingdom! they promise you a pack of lies to gather information you'll pay that price you've got to play the game just to be the fooled your rights are so violable the court has ruled and while you struggle with your paranoia inoculated free proforma they always cut your fundamental rights so listen up I'll lift you to new heights! all eyes on you! in the name of justice! all eyes on you! they have the right to do this! all eyes on you! you have to give your freedom! all eyes on you! that they can build their kingdom!
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The Wanderer 07:11
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I am a wanderer between the worlds between the dreams between the thoughts I wander and I'm wondering about the dreams about the thoughts your deepest wishes give me light your hopes do feed me day and night your expectations spin a web with filaments of truth with strings so purely made of imagination I am a wanderer between the worlds between the here between the now I wander and I'm wondering about the here about the now a deep impressive scenery the biggest fun-machinery with colours, lights, with smell and tastes of unknown wild dimensions impressions of a rabbit-hole amazing excuse me when I have to go when I will ask the things to know when I will walk the bottom-line when I will talk about decline I am a wanderer between the stars between the light between the dark I wander and I'm wondering about the light about the dark no one was here – I’m on my own discovering this world unknown your feet do rarely break new ground in your extinct world I wander on a virgin way between the you and me
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The Spirit That Denies 06:37
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I guess I went insane last night got a visit by a rabid brat it whispered some blasphemous rumors my mind is embittered since that Its words till now tinkle in my mind and its voice was so raspy and low It sat on my chest while my uneasy sleep I woke up and saw its eyes-glow and I saw the world crashin’ to nothing pure fear and just lies stayed alive no hope will arise from the ashes just the spirit that always denies I guess I’m insane since that last night the utterly worst night I spent this brat’s ugly antic now haunts me I’m worried to death – let it end now visions and nightmares aggrieve me I‘m running around trying to hide those pictures in mind are amazing strains no shake off and no leaving behind and I see the world crashin‘ to nothing pure fear and just lies stay alive no hope will arise from the ashes just the spirit that always denies ‘cause all that begins leads to nowhere and should rightly to destruction run thus nothing seems much more suspicious than nothing were ever begun thus all that’s called sin and destruction - in a word as evil represent - that’s the world of this brat and its subjects - its very own, real element and I see the world crashin’ to nothing pure fear and just lies stay alive no hope will arise from the ashes just the spirit that always denies

about

microClocks – the clocks are ticking…

In our society clocks are ticking faster and faster. Insecurity and fear pave ways for manipulation and control. Arbitrariness and exchangeability step into orientation and traditional values. Within this environment of radical change and constant restlessness people resemble a bunch of autumn leaves, randomized by the wind of change, building new structures with every blast, while being at the mercy of their own powerlessness.

On their album “opinions are on sale“ microClocks adopts that restless change, that incessant ticking, which often feels cold, mechanical and industrial, creating an own artistic universe – sometimes apocalyptical and brute, sometimes spherical and dark. Electronic and impellent rhythms build the core of the modern and nevertheless profound electronic rock of the band from North Rhine-Westfalia, Germany. Within them the pulse of our world – a rapidly alternating world, where measures of values degenerate into general tendencies and the necessity of manipulation and heteronomy is established with the help of anxiousness and fear – is beating.

Thereby all this seems to become reality, which would have been come across like a scraggy science fiction movie some years ago. “Is the total loss of private sphere unavoidable? Do we have to buy supposed security by putting every single person under general suspicion?“ microClocks is challenging clearly. “And can we be regarded as paranoid or even suspicious, if we are not willing to accept all this without reservation?“

Already in the course of their debut-EP the band received awards as well as fundings by the land of North Rhine-Westfalia and different radio and TV stations, like 1Live, WDR, SWR, RBB or Deutsche Welle gave attention to the sound of microClocks. For their first, at that time under their own auspices distributed album „stars from diffuse matter“ and for the video of the same title the musicians reap awards at the „German Rock & Pop Prize“ in the categories “Best Album (anglophone)“ and “Best Video“.

With “opinions are on sale“ they are now appealing to the broad public for the first time, beginning with their first single named „is anybody out there?“ at the end of october. A question that sounds banal at first sight, but which is essential for philosophical debates on existence beyond perception since generations nevertheless. What remains, when you subtract yourself from the big equation?“ Everyone of us asked oneselve such abstract questions before“ says the band, referring to further sociopolitical themes of their album – to faked ideals, instable identities or social inequities.

Within the work on the new album producer Massimo Nocito provides assistance again, creating a sound, which is as crystal clear and precisely as the artistic contents of microClocks:

“In times of external determination, manipulation and decline of traditional values clocks are ticking fast and remorseless – time is really running out!”

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released November 18, 2011

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“Will microClocks become as good as Depeche Mode?“

The oh-so independent and impartial “Bild”, Germany’s most famous tabloid paper, entitled an article about microClocks with these words some time ago. Since then, the yellow press has been obsessing about this question more than the band itself. The comparison with the celebrities from Basildon falls short… but still ennobles the band! ... more

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