I Come With Knives

Last updated
"I Come With Knives"
Single by IAMX
from the album The Unified Field
Released8 February 2013 (2013-02-08)
Recorded2012
Genre Indietronica, art rock
Label 61seconds
Songwriter(s) Chris Corner
Producer(s) Chris Corner
IAMX singles chronology
"The Unified Field / Quiet the Mind"
(2011)
"I Come With Knives"
(2013)
"Come Home"
(2013)

"I Come With Knives" is the second release taken from the fifth IAMX studio album The Unified Field . On 8 February 2013, it made its world premiere on Berlin-based radio station Flux FM. [1] The video was premiered on 1 March.

Contents

Music video

The video, shot in Joshua Tree, California, shows Chris in dark clothes running around the barren landscape as live band members Janine Gezang and Sammi Doll dance about.

Lyrics

The German samples:

Kinder und Sterne küssen und verlieren sich

Greifen leise meine Hand und führen mich

Die Traumgötter brachten mich in eine Landschaft

Schmetterlinge flatterten durch meine Seele

In der Mitternacht

translate as follows:

Children and stars are kissing and losing themselves (or: each other)
Quietly taking my hand and leading me
The gods of dreams brought me to a landscape
Butterflies fly through my soul
At midnight

Related Research Articles

Tocotronic

Tocotronic is a German rock band founded in 1993. Similar to Blumfeld or Die Sterne they are considered a part of the Hamburger Schule movement. They are influential for bands such as Wir sind Helden.

Cascada German electronic dance music group

Cascada is a German dance music act founded in 2004 by singer Natalie Horler and DJs/producers DJ Manian and DJ Yanou. They are best known for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", "Evacuate the Dancefloor", and "Miracle". Cascada represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden with "Glorious". While being one of the most successful acts of the dance music genre itself, Cascada was named the 3rd most successful German act of the 21st century.

Gala (singer) Italian singer

Gala is an Italian pop singer and songwriter. Her debut album Come into My Life included the multiplatinum singles "Freed from Desire", "Let a Boy Cry" and "Come into My Life" which reached the Top 3 in music charts across Europe, South America, Russia and the Middle East. Gala has sold over six million records worldwide.

IAMX Chris Corner solo project

IAMX is the solo musical project of Chris Corner of the band Sneaker Pimps. Founded in 2004 in London, it is an independent music project which also focuses on and experiments with visual art. Musically, IAMX spans multiple genres from electronic rock and dance music to burlesque-influenced songs and emotional ballads. Corner's striking and wide-ranging voice, and his way of programming sounds and beats, make up the obvious characteristic of the IAMX sound.

Wind of Change (Scorpions song) 1991 single by Scorpions

"Wind of Change" is a song by West German rock band Scorpions, recorded for their eleventh studio album, Crazy World (1990). The power ballad was composed and written by the band's lead singer Klaus Meine and produced by Keith Olsen and the band. The lyrics were composed by Meine following the band's visit to the Soviet Union at the height of perestroika, when the enmity between the communist and capitalist blocs subsided concurrently with the promulgation of large-scale socioeconomic reforms in the Soviet Union.

"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" is the most common English title of a piece of music derived from a chorale setting from the cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1723. The same music on different stanzas of a chorale closes both parts of the cantata.

Killerpilze German pop rock band

The Killerpilze is a German pop rock/pop punk band from Dillingen an der Donau, Germany. Since gaining success in the German charts, Killerpilze have played in France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany. Recently the band has also scheduled a show in Russia alongside another German band called "Panik".

<i>Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen</i>, BWV 56 Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach

Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, is a church cantata which Johann Sebastian Bach composed for the 19th Sunday after Trinity. It was first performed in Leipzig on 27 October 1726, and is part of Bach's third cantata cycle. The composition is indicated as solo cantata while it requires only a single vocal soloist, in this case a bass. Bach rarely used the word cantata to refer to a composition: the autograph score of BWV 56 is one of a few cases where he did.

Reyhan Şahin Musical artist

Reyhan Şahin, also known as Lady "Bitch" Ray, is a Turkish rapper, linguist and former radio host of Turkish ethnicity.

Prometheus (Goethe)

"Prometheus" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in which the character of the mythic Prometheus addresses God in misotheist accusation and defiance. The poem was written between 1772 and 1774 and first published in 1789 after an anonymous and unauthorised publication in 1785 by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. It is an important work of the Sturm und Drang movement.

Ganymed (Goethe)

"Ganymed" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in which the character of the mythic youth Ganymede is seduced by God through the beauty of Spring.

Kira (German singer)

Janine Scholz, better known by her simple stage name Kira, is a former German singer-songwriter who was born in Wuppertal on October 20, 1978.

Maren Kroymann German actress and singer

Maren Kroymann is a German actress and singer.

I Like It Loud

"I Like It Loud" is a song by Marc Acardipane Presents Marshall Masters Feat. The Ultimate MC, released in 1997.

<i>Ich und meine Maske</i> 2008 studio album by Sido

Ich und meine Maske is the third solo album by German rapper Sido. It was released on 30 May 2008 on his label Aggro Berlin. The style is, according to Sido, a mix between his two last albums, Maske and Ich.

Escape to the Stars 2007 single by Cinema Bizarre

"Escape To The Stars" is a glam rock song and the second single by German band Cinema Bizarre, from their debut album Final Attraction. This song features samples from synthpop band Depeche Mode's "Everything Counts".

<i>Volatile Times</i> 2011 studio album by IAMX

Volatile Times is the fourth studio album from IAMX. It was released on 18 March 2011 and the tracks on the album keep alive the cabaret-esque and dark electronic sound that Chris Corner has become known for. The track "Volatile Times" was featured on season 1 episode 5 of How to Get Away with Murder, both the US and instrumental versions of "I Salute You Christopher" on episode 11, as well as the US version of "Music People" on episode 14.

Marakesh (band)

Marakesh are a rock band from Kyiv, Ukraine, formed in 2006. Their music is influenced by 90s alternative rock, combining rock with electronica and charismatic vocals. Marakesh’s song Jdat appeared in the Grand Theft Auto IV video-game soundtrack, resulting in hundreds of thousands official views of its music video on YouTube. The band is currently based in Berlin.

Sevyn Streeter American singer and songwriter from Florida

Amber Denise "Sevyn" Streeter is an American singer and songwriter, best known for being a member of the girl groups TG4 and RichGirl where she was known as Se7en. She signed to Atlantic Records and released her debut single "I Like It" in 2012.

<i>Live Life Living</i> 2014 studio album by Example

Live Life Living is the fifth studio album by English recording artist Example. It was released on 7 July 2014 through Epic Records. It entered the UK Albums Chart at number eight.

References

  1. @IAMX (8 February 2013). "New IAMX song 'I Come With Knives' has just been premiered on Berlin radio FluxFM. Video to be released on March 1st!" (Tweet) via Twitter.