Entertainment Lyrics

Entertainment lyrics

(M. Spohn, R. Peinelt, A. Torkler)

(from the album "InFormation", 1995)

we live in a world where information comes on 24 hours a day

and no-one' got a chance to escape, no-one can look away

for every theme its own big channel on reality TV

sports and war and so much more - we take part in history

but everything has got its price so it must be commercialized

it must be commercialized - oh yes, it must be commercialized

and now: it's time for a commercial break!

yeah, everything is ultra, everything is supra

it's mega, it's light and better than ever, so buy it now or never

but you should buy it before you ain't got the time anymore

cause when the ultra-time increases speed it may be too late tomorrow

so buy it now and you will never have sorrow

the ultra-time has come but it is more like a bad dream

when history's dirty scenes happen live on the TV screen

emotionless the people stare at people dying in a war

perverted entertainment, even religion's sold like a whore

when the viewers sit next to the pilot in a flying F-15

the bomb that we just dropped was sponsored by candy chocolate cream

the Nielsen rating was almost perfect at eighty-four percent

and the prices of the slots for spots were raised to an unbelievable

extent

newsflash on ENTV, and these are the events:

ENTV purchased broadcasting rights for the war against Cardassia

for this project FS satellite 5 was launched successfully today

two hundred billion dollar sponsoring contracts guarantee best quality

telecast will be on 24 hours a day on ENTV's network 3

I had a frightening dream last night

in holophonic sound and colours like real so bright

they launched a satellite to air the final show of shows

and somewhere in another galaxy

the creatures didn't watch TV, they listened to the radio instead

where the newsman said:

in our neighbour galaxy something happened yesterday

an accident occured but nothing dangerous comes our way

and in our world there are just the leaders of the former big states

on their lonely flight in space in bunkers, radiation-save

cause someone pressed the button

it's the last thing he has done

and now the Mars is number three eclipsing our sun

pictures of some TV scenes in my head

all a proove that this world is going mad

harm, hurt and injury have become triviality

with fascination we see devastation

the bitter truth lies deep inside the mentality of the human race

and we all have lost the good taste of style and grace

noone anymore needs fantasy cause now there is reality-TV

it shows us live from everywhere the entertaining art of brutality