Einsturzende Neubauten-Total eclipse of the Sun

Einstürzende Neubauten : Collapsing New Buildings from West Berlin, formed in 1980 One of their “trademarks“ is the use of custom-built instruments, predominantly made out of scrap metal and building tools, and noises, in addition to standard musical instruments. Lyrics The beauty, tender glow extinguished the sky dull from a breeze ghostly the dawn without its red uncanny, stranged to our nature the light like lead ripped in the dark a tiny sichle as small as cut by a surgical knife the suns last spark melts away not unlike a dying wick now stands disc on disc and crushes my heart All I really, really, really want to see is a total eclipse of the sun ’Ah’ says everyone just as the birds are silent with surprise All I really, really, really want to see is a total eclipse of the sun
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