Chemicals Lyrics

Lyric discussion by anek61 

Cover art for Chemicals lyrics by Notwist, The

It took me a couple of years to figure this out, but now it is safe to say: This song is about the internet.

funny thing, that's what my dad says as well!

@anek61 why?

@gravedadzero Well, for one, I think it is the sample of a dial-up modem from the nineties that gives it away. Not surprisingly, Martin (keyboards) has the computer-as-human metaphor in a lot of his solo work as Console (e.g. 14 Zero Zero, Homeless Ghost). The internet addiction can be a shortcut for the lovelessness script that The Notwist explore over and over again.