After the release of their first album 48/49 (1996) Steffi left the band and was replaced by Thomas Götz.
Ali left the band after they released their second album Launched (1999) and so Torsten Scholz became the new bass player.
Their first album was released on "XNO", an Indie label from berlin. "Launched" and Living Targets (2002), were both released on "Epitaph". Since their fourth album Smacksmash (2004) they are signed by the major label "Warner". In 2006 they released their first DVD, "B-Seite", and their new album ".limbo messiah" was released in March 2007.
Furhtermore, they released a Demo CD in 1995, the very rare 7'' vinyl "Knaack EP" (1997) and the limited "Wohnzimmer EP" (2002).
While their first two albums were influenced by punk rock, the roots of the later records lie within the rock/alternative genre
With the release of their song "Let Me In" from the album "Living Targets" they became famous in the national and international rock scene. With their album "Smacksmash" and it's singles "Hand in Hand", "I don't care as long as you sing" and "Hello Joe" but also with their new album-tracks, "Cut off the top", "Jane became insane" and "She was great" they entered the german charts and got their national breakthrough.
Drummer Thomas Götz is also involved in a project, called "NinaMarie", with "Torben" from the german Punk Band "Turbostaat"
Their sixth album entitled " Boombox" released January 28th 2011 and it's three singles, "Milk & Honey", Cheap Comments", and "Automatic". Their self titled album Beatsteaks released 2014 and three years laters YOURS was published.
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1997: 48/49
2000: Launched
2002: Living Targets
2004: Smack Smash
2007: Limbo Messiah
2011: Boombox
2014: Beatsteaks
2017: YOURS
You Walk
Beatsteaks Lyrics
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These lyrics from Beatsteaks's song "You Walk" depict a person who is left behind by someone they loved dearly. The singer is in a room where their beloved is no longer present. They feel the emptiness of the room, and it reflects their own emotional emptiness. The singer questions why their loved one has left them alone and tries to figure out what went wrong. The lyrics indicate that the singer still holds onto the love they shared and cannot comprehend how everything fell apart. They feel helpless and trapped in a black hole, unable to move forward.
The repetition of the phrase, "you walk away and I'm in this big black hole, I'm feeling helpless all the time," emphasizes the singer's feelings of abandonment and helplessness. The use of the phrase, "big black hole," creates a visual representation of the singer's emotional state. The singer feels stuck and unable to escape the despair they are in.
These lyrics also indicate that the singer is trying to rationalize why their loved one left them. They ask for reasons but seem unable to understand the answer. They are struggling to accept that they have lost the love they once shared.
Overall, "You Walk" is a powerful song that enables the listener to empathize with the singer's feelings of abandonment and helplessness.
Line by Line Meaning
This room, this face, I'm alone in this goddamn place.
I am stuck in this space all by myself, feeling pretty miserable with no one to turn to.
You're gone, I'm here, who's moving forward, who's feeling guilty?
You have left me behind, while I’m stuck here figuring out how to move on, I wonder if you feel any remorse for leaving me behind.
Where is all the love we had? Where is all the love we cared?
I cannot understand where all the love we shared went to; I feel like we used to care so much for each other, but now that love is nowhere to be found.
So I'm supposed to say is simple - you walk away and I'm in this big black hole, I'm feeling helpless all the time you walk away and I'm in this big black hole, I'm feeling helpless all the time
The simplest way to put it is that when you left, I was left in complete darkness, and I feel helpless every moment of every day since that happened.
I'm broke, I'm empty, your smell is still in this room.
I am mentally and emotionally broken, feeling empty and lost, but reminders of you still linger in this space, reminding me of what I lost.
I'm the little monster, waiting for reasons, for reasons why do you leave me here alone? Why do you leave me here alone?
I feel like a small and insignificant creature waiting for an explanation, trying to understand why you abandoned me in this dark place and chose to leave me to figure it out on my own.
You walk away and I'm in this black hole, I'm feeling helpless all the time you walk away and I'm in this big black hole, I'm feeling helpless all the time.
Once again, I emphasize that you walking away from me brought me to a place of complete darkness and despair where I feel completely helpless and alone every single moment of every day.
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