Entertainment Lyrics - Singles - Voices

(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