Click Click is an electronic music group from Bedfordshire, England that ex… Read Full Bio ↴Click Click is an electronic music group from Bedfordshire, England that explores the boundaries between industrial music, experimental new wave, and dark synthpop, finding their best success in the 80s with a sound like Erasure meets Ministry. Brothers Adrian and Derek E. Smith worked separately in music for years and years before finally collaborating. They formed the first version of Click Click in 1982 and recorded the single "Run Me Down", a ragged piece of alternative rock, that year through Lung Function Records.

Said label released the single, recorded in Quest Studios, in a collectible metallic sleeve. Still, the group struggled, and they soon split up to pursue new directions. The brothers continued as a revamped Click Click a few years later, however, as they worked with the new label of Rorschach Testing Product in 1985. Bringing in musician Jon Morris, they released singles "Sweet Stuff" and "Skripglow", which displayed their mutation into a more darkwave outfit.

Their first studio album, 1986's 'Party Hate', brought them some underground success. The album's cover displayed a mannequin-like figure being strangled and chocked by the chord of the headphones it wore. Evolving more into pure industrial music, their songs served as a dark reaction to the glamorized new wave pop of the era.

The Smith brothers augmented themselves with various floating members, including Pete Hosier (who remained with the band throughout their existence after he joined), as time went on. They signed to the label Play It Again Sam in 1987 to record follow-up albums 'Rorschach Testing' and 'Bent Massive'. Those releases found them exploring more cold and grey musical vibes in many songs compared to the black and nihilistic vibes of some previous ones. The brothers Smith bumped Jon Morris for Graham Stronach in 1987; Graham remained with the band until the end of 1989, when it sadly imploded

Over the next two decades, the group's work received some sporadic releases, including 1997's
'Shadowblack' ‎and 2008's 'Lung Function - The Singles'‎. The brothers Smith revived Click Click to underground acclaim in the mid to late 00s, even playing some live shows from 2009 to 2010. Their latest album was 2011's aptly titled 'Skin And Bones, which found the group sounding as brooding and nightmarish as ever.

Room
Click Click Lyrics

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See the faces at the window
Why don't they go away
In a room that moves like liquid
There is nothing to see
To the floor i drop a pencil
And watch as it decays
And the last i see of the red hb
Is the rubber

Crawl iike fiies
Roll inside
My stomach turns, my head it burns
Time to die

And the carpet breathes like mother
As she gently slipped away
In a room just like the one i'm in
That slowly decays.
And i'm caught up in the corner
On the threadbare black settee
That the vipers try to climb on
When i'm looking away.

Slip and slide
Roll inside
My fingers twitch, my voice will hitch
Time to cry
In this room

Very soon
I will leave my isle on the sea of bile time to die.

Overall Meaning

The song "Room" by Click Click describes a feeling of entrapment and decay in a room that appears to be alive. The lyrics have multiple layers of meaning and it's open to interpretation, but it's mostly seen as an allegory of a person struggling with mental illness or addiction. The first verse describes the singer's feeling of being trapped in a room where nothing seems to make sense or capture their interest. The faces at the window could represent the outside world, but the singer can't connect with it, and they don't understand why it won't go away. They drop a pencil that decays as a metaphor for their own decaying mental state.

The second verse talks about the carpet breathing, which could be seen as a personification of the room or a hallucination caused by the singer's mental state. The settee that the vipers try to climb on could represent the singer's vulnerability or their fear of being attacked by their own weaknesses. The line "time to die" is used twice, in the first and last verse, and it's meant to convey a sense of hopelessness and despair. The chorus talks about crawling and rolling inside, which could represent the chaotic emotions and thoughts that the singer experiences.

Overall, "Room" is a haunting and introspective song that captures the feeling of being trapped in one's own mind. It's a reminder that mental illness is a real and debilitating condition that affects millions of people worldwide. The lyrics are open to interpretation and can be seen as a way of breaking the stigma surrounding mental health issues.

Line by Line Meaning

See the faces at the window
Observing faces peering through the window

Why don't they go away
Questioning why the faces are still present

In a room that moves like liquid
Describing the disorienting nature of the room

There is nothing to see
Expressing boredom and emptiness

To the floor i drop a pencil
Dropping a pencil to observe its movement

And watch as it decays
Watching as the pencil falls apart

And the last i see of the red hb
The final image of the pencil's eraser

Is the rubber
Only the eraser remains

Crawl iike fiies
Feeling small and insignificant

Roll inside
Feeling nauseated and anxious

My stomach turns, my head it burns
Experiencing physical distress