After live-appearances together with Scream Silence and Whispers in the Shadow the Band released their dark wave/postpunk-like debut-album "Stigma 3.am" in 2000, which found regardful attention by the audience and the press.
In 2001 Drummer Nestor de Valley joined the Band and the result of the more stronger and the more intensive sound was the very dark and nihilistic album "Thalassemia". It followed concerts with Clan of Xymox, The Crüxshadows and Ikon.
After some changes in the line-up (the Band´s long time friend and live-keyboarder Sven Wolff became permanent member of the GOLDEN APES) the Band released "Helianthos and the War", their third studio-album. It was a balancing act between the experimental facings of the bands origins and the dark melancholy of their later work and it convinced even the last sceptics.
This combination of earcatching melodies, an atmosphere, which oscillates between the singer´s dark melancholic voice, powerful guitars and elegising soundscapes and the complex, surreal lyrics became soon the trademark of the band, then with their fourth album "Structures [The Inner Scars]" (2004) they consolidated their reputation to be one of the most innovative and interesting German Goth-Rock Bands, proved by several sampler contributions and live-appearances at well-known festivals, most important the Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig/Germany.
In early 2007 the GOLDEN APES are going to release their new album, which will be called "The Geometry of Tempest".
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Liberation
Golden Apes Lyrics
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I guess the dreams of the blind men and their visions are causing tides in my veins...
And through the marching hearts I steal away...
What a stupid love I found...
And through the marching hearts I steal away...
What a stupid love I found...
I'm deviating from the love they urge...
I foil my coronation...
I'm separating what no hand shoud merge...
I feel the heat of the dead men and their hunger's causing pest inside me...
I smell the lust of the strange men and their passion's causing marks on my tongue...
And through the choking skin I steal away...
What a stupid love I crammed...
And through the choking skin I steal away...
What a stupid love I crammed...
The lyrics of Golden Apes' song "Liberation" are filled with powerful and kinaesthetic metaphors that portray the conflict between the singer's desire for freedom and their experiences of oppression. The opening lines, "I hear the sound of the dumb men and their sighing's causing cramps in my flesh..." suggest that the singer is surrounded by people who are complacent and unthinking, perhaps following dominant ideologies or institutions without questioning them. This is further emphasized by the line "I guess the dreams of the blind men and their visions are causing tides in my veins...", which hints at the singer's own yearning for change and for a different kind of future.
The repetition of the phrase "What a stupid love I found..." seems to suggest that the singer is questioning their own desires and motivations. It could also be interpreted as a poignant reminder of the complexity of relationships and human emotions. The second stanza further illustrates this tension between desire and oppression, with lines like "I gasp for liberation / I'm deviating from the love they urge..." This sense of rebellion and resistance is further emphasized by the line "I'm separating what no hand should merge...". The final two lines of the song, "And through the choking skin I steal away... / What a stupid love I crammed...", end the song on a bittersweet note - while the singer acknowledges the pain and struggle of breaking free, there is also a sense of hope and determination to continue on this path of liberation.
Line by Line Meaning
I hear the sound of the dumb men and their sighing's causing cramps in my flesh...
The complaints of foolish people are physically affecting me.
I guess the dreams of the blind men and their visions are causing tides in my veins...
The aspirations of those who are unaware of reality are stirring something deep within me.
And through the marching hearts I steal away...
I escape from the conformity of the masses.
What a stupid love I found...
This love I have discovered is foolish and misguided.
I gasp for liberation...
I yearn for freedom and independence.
I'm deviating from the love they urge...
I am refusing to comply with the love that is mandated by others.
I foil my coronation...
I am preventing myself from being crowned as something I don't want to be.
I'm separating what no hand shoud merge...
I am dividing things that should not be joined together.
I feel the heat of the dead men and their hunger's causing pest inside me...
The passionate desires of those who are no longer alive are affecting me negatively.
I smell the lust of the strange men and their passion's causing marks on my tongue...
The sensual desires of unfamiliar men are leaving a bad taste in my mouth.
And through the choking skin I steal away...
I escape from the suffocating influence of others.
What a stupid love I crammed...
This love I have taken in is foolish and misguided.
Contributed by Jordyn V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.