camera
let me recreate the world for you
there is no beginning and no end
the camera is gonna be your best friend
let me show you what i can do
people turn into objects and in the end
the camera is gonna be your best friend
i'll take a picture of the world...
you become the camera becomes you
celebrate a new pseudo-event
the camera is gonna be your best friend
the more it tells the less you know
it takes so long to comprehend
the camera is gonna be your best friend
camera obscura
look at me
i'm the message
in sound and vision
here and now
listen to me
i'm the message
in sound and vision
here and now
in sound and vision...
schau mich an
ich bin die botschaft
in bild und ton
hier und jetzt
hör mich zu
ich bin die botschaft
in bild und ton
hier und jetzt
in bild und ton...
stars ain't what they used to be
they are average people like you and me
celebrities, celebrities
we want 15 minutes of fame
it's like a new religion in a paranoid world
all you need is another it girl
celebrities, celebrities
all kinds of things are given for free
just as long as they call you celebrity
celebrities, celebrities
and what's your claim to fame?
the image of the world we see
turns into another reality
can you feel it
do you believe it
hello, hello electronic apeman
don't let go
you've got to learn to become human
go man go
we expect the future to be like a wave
we think it's gonna carry us away
we wake up right now in the electronic dawn
and the future happens to us
while we're doing other things
there is a big black rectangle
looming against the brightening sky
an as we reach out to touch it
we just don't know and wonder why
we've had a good time
easy living like on a summerday
we got along fine
even though we haven't had a lot to say
it's been alright
but much to my regret
i know that if i remain by your side
i might as well be dead
so glad we made it
time will never change it
but finally i have to get on with my life
life is a game
that one plays according to the rules
forget my name
maybe it will help you feeling cool
i have to move out
got to carry on
don't you know that only time will tell
if i'm right or wrong
i feel a rush in my blood
while i listen to the sound of music
who you are and what you want to be
doesn't matter much to me
cyberspace
is the place
for a game
on a wire frame
put on your data glove
and enter the scene
on the other side
of the screen
matrix of logic
across the colourless void
cyberspace
ist das medium
für die reise
in ein elektro-universum
zieh den datenhandschuh an
und begib dich dann
auf das koordinatenfeld
in einer künstlichen welt
instant coffee/commercial break
marmelade/roller blades
spiderman/traffic jam
frozen pie/x-ray eyes
communication/meditation
photographs/rubber glove
copyrights/satellites
technology/democracy
we are all connected anyway
comic strips/potato chips
remote control/super bowl
b.b. king/anything
electric chair/concrete hair
dj culture/back to nature
tv stars/hotel bars
tax bracket/straitjacket
plastic bag/internet
blue, green, yellow, red
my new life in my head
the day the world turned ultraviolet
labels i've got to get
neighbours i've never met
the day the world turned ultraviolet
ultraviolet...
insulted by commercials
which say that cars add to sex-appeal
or that banks help you with your life
i have to return some videotapes...
every second you can see
twenty-four pictures of reality