Pocket watch springs are far more powerful than you think. In the old days, you had to a trained specialist to fix and make clocks. A pocket watch spring is wound so tightly, it could easily be manipulated into becoming something quite dangerous.
I love the story behind this. The brilliance lies in the tongue in cheek message, because from all perspectives it looks like the clockwork machine wound the spring too tight, but only Mr. McArthur knows it was his apprentice, because a machine wouldn't accidentally rig a watch to explode at 6 on the dot, only deliberation and spite could be so spot on. But he'll never be able to prove it wasn't his new machine that did it, and he'll know it it was his apprentice till the day he dies in a gutter! I really want to make a steampunk persona on this guy... if only I werent so sure it's been done already. Wouldn't that be awkward to have 2 tinkerers in a room who both did the same thing to their bosses who were exactly the same. Multiple universes FTW! Just kidding, I'm still leaning towards a clockwork gunsmith.
I love this song so much but just while reading your comment I realised that this murder is close to be a perfect crime. xD It's just close to it because, you know: - There are too many time-frames anybody that knew about the unlocked window could have done it. - The fact that the murder took place at a certain time indicates that a skilled person must have done it. - The apprentice has a motivation to murder. I'm sure there may be more indicators and evidences that the apprentice must have done the crime but as (s)he is (nearly) as suspicious as the clockmaker (according to these hints) this crime cannot be perfect. At least the apprentice really did it with a lot of style.^^
Cretaal The only dismeaner I have with this story is the fact that someone else had to die for it. While the crime was targeted at mcArthur, the chap got the hard shock (although he wouldn't have to clean up after himself, thats one lucky thing)
AyakaruJuuhachi Yeah, I'm not saying our "protagonist" isn't a cowardly swine. I can respect that he "did not balk at the depth of his crime", at least he knows he's a filthy street rat. I can respect that this is a story of petty revenge and not some heroic deed or just desserts. It's merely the story of a boy who was pushed to the point of sociopathic murder. For what good it's worth, I'm sure someone blows his head off with a blunderbuss somewhere down the line. Those kinds of people tend to make a lot of enemies with their shady methods.
Oh lord not the Doctor's Wife. That would be competing against The Fault In Our Stars xD...a man trying to revive his wife, only to make her more and more robotic, and become just a lifeless being.
CaptainDeathdealer But the Fault in our Stars is a bit different. A teenager who falls in love with a boy, only to tragically lose him to cancer seems quite different no? I do not see the similarities myself.
+Bleumoon Selene Both have tragedies. *SPOILER ALERT* You see, as the man begins to slowly die off, as he's becoming more and more unable to live, the Doctor's Wife is succumbed to a disease which is slowly eating away her life, making her slowly die. The difference is that the doctor is using things to keep her alive, only to pretty much have her turn into a husk, while the girl just tries to have as much time as she can with him in the end. Each character loves one another deeply, so it fits fairly well. It'd just be tragic to see the wife though.
I want the picture in the video as a dynamic background with the cogs spinning and the clockwork keeping time. I just think it would look pretty sweet.
Is it really dark as hell? Is it just me or does this song, in fact, contain dark humor but isn't that dark at all? (Maybe I've seen too much already...) Also: If you use the common image of hell then it would be gloomy, but dark. You know, there are a lot of flames and so.
Sung this with my best friend in the middle of the city, waiting for a bus in the rain at night. Never have I felt classier or more suited to be waiting for a city bus in the rain.
Yeah. Now that I've listened to the lyrics again, it makes more sense this way. Plus, if the apprentice at the beginning says McArthur is looking for him, it must mean that the clockmaker's alive ;) thank you
wonderful lyrics...i can picture everything...i like the way he enjoys what he's doing and dosn't regret anything...in a very dark way...it's slightly humorous...very slightly
I kept playing this song in my headphones when I made a clock and-cog inspired featherpen, it's my true masterpiece so far and I sold it just 11 minutes after I uploaded it to my facebook-page, "Vileria"! Thank you for the inspiration!
I couldn't agree more, my friend. You most certainly shouldn't push them when they're rather mad either, but once the common folk come to realize this it will be much too late, isn't it grand watching the insects scatter and cower?
And you expect the words to line up in beautiful tick tock eighth notes, very mechanical and precise, but the murderer-- the singer-- frustrates you, keeps it real and human and passionate.
Plot twist: The man who died from the watch was reincarnated and became Tony the clock (DHMIS 2) He became a clock and the reason he is so obsessed with time is because of how perfect the watch that killed him was planned
It's not a blade on the watch, guys, it's a bomb. Springs wound tight and carefully laid gears? He rigged it so at "6 on the dot," it would blow. And, of course, kill the wearer. Brilliant.
well, there's a few, like type is put in instead of kind and baulk instead of balk, but overall it's pretty good. better than a lot of the other ones on here.
No yeah, that's what I meant by exploding xD Because that's what I was thinking when he said the springs were wound in tight. So at 6 he had the springs like... "explode" from the pocket watch killing the boy instantly. >3>
i think it didnt explode. i believe when he says "there's a remarkable strength in those tightly bound strings" he means that he rigged it to have a string pop out and slam into the heart.
The apprentice kills a customer with one of the clocks he made. The spring POPPED out from the watch, and shot into the customer's heart, thus killing him.
Yeah the way he killed the young man was brutal. He rigged the clock to explode I believe at 6 on the dot, and since the pocket watch is held in the breast pocket it killed the man instantly. And Mr. McArthur was to blame since he uses machines to make his clocks.
The apprentice modified one of the watches, which mr. mc.arthurs sold to a young man. The watch killed this man (i also think by some kind of explosion near the heart), which made mr. mc.arthur stand under suspicion to have murdered the man.
gengaluf if a watch or clock's mainspring is wound too tightly then it can explode, if you put a lot of pressure on the spring and suddenly release it all at once then the device will in essence explode depending on how tightly the spring in the movement is wound.
BionicleFreek99 To be honest, the watch doesn't even have to explode. Just be sabotaged to release a spring when it's not supposed to. Like he says, 'a gentleman's pocket watch is kept right by his heart'. Even a tiny spring can be fatal if flung with enough force, and is already close enough to something vital such as the heart. And springs in a pocket watch are very tightly wound, and the metal in a watch does tend to be...well, sharp. Part of why so many pieces of clocks are made with plastic these days, I think. Those old things are dangerous even without a murder plot behind it.
Wait...people thought it WASN'T a bomb? But...he said "a messy and permanent stop" at "six on the dot" -- that kind of implies a time-bomb. How the hell would a blade be set do that? *shakes head*
Well he's not a burglar certainly not... that would be the worst crime on earth... murderer that's so much better, nobody will hate you for that, no murderers are everywhere, it's completely normal... I'm a murderer, you're a murderer we are all murderers so what the hell.. (for those who don't get it, it's supposed to be irony)
Pocket watch springs are far more powerful than you think. In the old days, you had to a trained specialist to fix and make clocks. A pocket watch spring is wound so tightly, it could easily be manipulated into becoming something quite dangerous.
So his invention helped him to take revenge, didn't leave anything linking him to the crime, AND keeps perfect time as well.
Just like clockwork.
Oh yes. Clockworks are super helpful in matters of revenge.
I love the story behind this. The brilliance lies in the tongue in cheek message, because from all perspectives it looks like the clockwork machine wound the spring too tight, but only Mr. McArthur knows it was his apprentice, because a machine wouldn't accidentally rig a watch to explode at 6 on the dot, only deliberation and spite could be so spot on. But he'll never be able to prove it wasn't his new machine that did it, and he'll know it it was his apprentice till the day he dies in a gutter!
I really want to make a steampunk persona on this guy... if only I werent so sure it's been done already. Wouldn't that be awkward to have 2 tinkerers in a room who both did the same thing to their bosses who were exactly the same. Multiple universes FTW! Just kidding, I'm still leaning towards a clockwork gunsmith.
I love this song so much but just while reading your comment I realised that this murder is close to be a perfect crime. xD
It's just close to it because, you know:
- There are too many time-frames anybody that knew about the unlocked window could have done it.
- The fact that the murder took place at a certain time indicates that a skilled person must have done it.
- The apprentice has a motivation to murder.
I'm sure there may be more indicators and evidences that the apprentice must have done the crime but as (s)he is (nearly) as suspicious as the clockmaker (according to these hints) this crime cannot be perfect.
At least the apprentice really did it with a lot of style.^^
Cretaal The only dismeaner I have with this story is the fact that someone else had to die for it. While the crime was targeted at mcArthur, the chap got the hard shock (although he wouldn't have to clean up after himself, thats one lucky thing)
AyakaruJuuhachi Yeah, I'm not saying our "protagonist" isn't a cowardly swine. I can respect that he "did not balk at the depth of his crime", at least he knows he's a filthy street rat. I can respect that this is a story of petty revenge and not some heroic deed or just desserts. It's merely the story of a boy who was pushed to the point of sociopathic murder. For what good it's worth, I'm sure someone blows his head off with a blunderbuss somewhere down the line. Those kinds of people tend to make a lot of enemies with their shady methods.
Cretaal Also, those kinds of people tend to get in leading positions in companies or the politics.
ChaosNe0 Only when they are smart enough to profit from their crimes. He's smart, but he wasn't efficient enough to get that far ahead.
Few songs have encapsulated my anger and resentment at most of my acquaintances like this song, and absolutely none have done it as elegantly.
This is so deliciously wicked, can just hear the apprentice truly relishing his revenge..
Come on, Tim Burton. Make us a movie. This or The Doctor's Wife will do.
Oh lord not the Doctor's Wife. That would be competing against The Fault In Our Stars xD...a man trying to revive his wife, only to make her more and more robotic, and become just a lifeless being.
CaptainDeathdealer But the Fault in our Stars is a bit different. A teenager who falls in love with a boy, only to tragically lose him to cancer seems quite different no? I do not see the similarities myself.
Bleumoon Selene I see the similarities.
Besides, The Doctor's Wife was already done in movie form. Hi, Batman And Robin!
+Bleumoon Selene
Both have tragedies. *SPOILER ALERT*
You see, as the man begins to slowly die off, as he's becoming more and more unable to live, the Doctor's Wife is succumbed to a disease which is slowly eating away her life, making her slowly die. The difference is that the doctor is using things to keep her alive, only to pretty much have her turn into a husk, while the girl just tries to have as much time as she can with him in the end. Each character loves one another deeply, so it fits fairly well. It'd just be tragic to see the wife though.
Two short stories. One for each.
I want the picture in the video as a dynamic background with the cogs spinning and the clockwork keeping time. I just think it would look pretty sweet.
I would have liked the background to be in a higher quality (at least). xD
Wow this song is dark as hell but i love it
Is it really dark as hell? Is it just me or does this song, in fact, contain dark humor but isn't that dark at all? (Maybe I've seen too much already...)
Also: If you use the common image of hell then it would be gloomy, but dark. You know, there are a lot of flames and so.
Ok I agree.^^
Look at it this way: it's so dark it goes full circle and becomes brilliant!
DAAAAMN that was a glorious tale of revenge and death. Is it wrong that I want more?
Sung this with my best friend in the middle of the city, waiting for a bus in the rain at night. Never have I felt classier or more suited to be waiting for a city bus in the rain.
Yeah. Now that I've listened to the lyrics again, it makes more sense this way. Plus, if the apprentice at the beginning says McArthur is looking for him, it must mean that the clockmaker's alive ;) thank you
wonderful lyrics...i can picture everything...i like the way he enjoys what he's doing and dosn't regret anything...in a very dark way...it's slightly humorous...very slightly
Please come back...
This song would not leave my head this morning. Thank the clock it's online here.
THIS is why you don't push nerds. We eventually reach an edge, and you don't want us there.
better call the fbi and warn them of a future school shooter
This is so dark why do I love it so much
And what did we learn, children? When you swear to make someone pay for firing you, you have to do it in style.
This is... really... morbid.... I like.
I come back and listen to this at least once a week. One of my favorite songs. Thanks for uploading!
Christ, this is brilliant.
This is a nice song when you're writing a murder in your story. ^^ It really sets the mood and it inspires...
Every time I listen to thus I want to at least make an animatic of it. I think I should buy idk how I'd make it
Bloody marvellous. I am officially a massive fan of the clockwork quartet, and have hastened to repair to the "subscribe" button. :)
A dish best served cold. This is as cold as you can get..
This is how highly intelligent Chaotic Evil works.
These people need to go to NYC and do a concert with Voltaire and Thou Shalt Not, opened by JoCo.
I'd pay anything to see that.
I kept playing this song in my headphones when I made a clock and-cog inspired featherpen, it's my true masterpiece so far and I sold it just 11 minutes after I uploaded it to my facebook-page, "Vileria"! Thank you for the inspiration!
I've fallen in love with this song.
I couldn't agree more, my friend. You most certainly shouldn't push them when they're rather mad either, but once the common folk come to realize this it will be much too late, isn't it grand watching the insects scatter and cower?
this would make a damn good movie! :)
I. Love. This. Song.
why cant i find this on iTunes?
And you expect the words to line up in beautiful tick tock eighth notes, very mechanical and precise, but the murderer-- the singer-- frustrates you, keeps it real and human and passionate.
I'm not sure what I like better. The music or the story. I -do- know that if you put the two together you end up with a masterpiece.
Better sound, thank you!
Plot twist: The man who died from the watch was reincarnated and became Tony the clock (DHMIS 2) He became a clock and the reason he is so obsessed with time is because of how perfect the watch that killed him was planned
Eliana Christiansen lol
It's not a blade on the watch, guys, it's a bomb. Springs wound tight and carefully laid gears? He rigged it so at "6 on the dot," it would blow. And, of course, kill the wearer.
Brilliant.
i was so addicted to this song a while back for a long time. i love love love it. but could never find it on itunes.
I absolutely love this. Brilliant! More! :-)
This makes me soooo happy
that had I been a prune
I'd most definitely felt guilty
..for enjoying such a guilty tune ^.^
Ou my god. The clockwork quartet! You guys are amazing!!!!
It gives me chill for how much beautiful this song is *O*
Very quuirky and funny in a dark way
I love it lol
Fantastic song. I love it.
I am now addicted to this song
Who else still loves this song even though it’s way too old
This makes me scared that I got a watch for Christmas...
Clocks and Crimes?
DC‘s Clock King?
Love this list. THX!
Pocket bombs: Now coming to a wal-mart near you.
So powerful xxx
the waiting must've been murder.
have they done a song in the vein of Old Gentelman Jack t. Ripper?
well, there's a few, like type is put in instead of kind and baulk instead of balk, but overall it's pretty good. better than a lot of the other ones on here.
Now you've got it. >:)
Yeah, Vandals go hand in hand with burglars... The logic is really the best XD
No yeah, that's what I meant by exploding xD Because that's what I was thinking when he said the springs were wound in tight. So at 6 he had the springs like... "explode" from the pocket watch killing the boy instantly. >3>
i really wish i could find this on itunes.
i think it didnt explode. i believe when he says "there's a remarkable strength in those tightly bound strings" he means that he rigged it to have a string pop out and slam into the heart.
I owe all thanks to a friend for recommending this song to me
I can't do anything else while listening to this song. I NEED to see the lyrics.
i find this disturbing only because my last name is McCarther XD not spelled the same, but said the same. its kinda creepy.
I use this song for one of my test based roleplay character's as his background story >:D
The apprentice kills a customer with one of the clocks he made. The spring POPPED out from the watch, and shot into the customer's heart, thus killing him.
The coolest weirdo ever.
This is a great image, but what is the font type called, I almost want to use it one day
Yeah the way he killed the young man was brutal. He rigged the clock to explode I believe at 6 on the dot, and since the pocket watch is held in the breast pocket it killed the man instantly. And Mr. McArthur was to blame since he uses machines to make his clocks.
Do you think they'll make more? Because if you look under characters, it has the doctor and the fugitive in red while there are 4 others in grey.
oh i thought you meant he planted a "ticking time bomb" in it. AHH!!!! See what i did there ;)
if only you had a top hat
And THAT, my friends, is how you should not respond to being fired.
I think he set up the watch to explode when it hit 6. It doesn't tell us enough to figure out how he did it though.
...They should make a movie... Just based on this song xDD
Ah. Thanks.
100% agreement
Remind me never to employ you :) Or at least never fire you.
This is the second song by these guys I've heard that about. Who's Tim Burton again?
they only have 2 songs, god damn does this make me sad
what has happened to this band ? I found their website and only two songs - anyone know ?
Wait, so, did he rig to watch to explode or sonething else?
The apprentice modified one of the watches, which mr. mc.arthurs sold to a young man. The watch killed this man (i also think by some kind of explosion near the heart), which made mr. mc.arthur stand under suspicion to have murdered the man.
gengaluf if a watch or clock's mainspring is wound too tightly then it can explode, if you put a lot of pressure on the spring and suddenly release it all at once then the device will in essence explode depending on how tightly the spring in the movement is wound.
Oh, thats fascinating! Thanks for sharing :D
BionicleFreek99 think you taught someone how to murder...... But neat fact, never knew either.
BionicleFreek99 To be honest, the watch doesn't even have to explode. Just be sabotaged to release a spring when it's not supposed to. Like he says, 'a gentleman's pocket watch is kept right by his heart'. Even a tiny spring can be fatal if flung with enough force, and is already close enough to something vital such as the heart. And springs in a pocket watch are very tightly wound, and the metal in a watch does tend to be...well, sharp. Part of why so many pieces of clocks are made with plastic these days, I think. Those old things are dangerous even without a murder plot behind it.
Baulk means the same as balk, it's interchangeable.
Fuck, I've just find out that "miser" is an adjective referred to Mr McArthur and it's not the same thing as "misery". O.o
Too bad they only have two songs out. :c
The guy who sings this, yeah, his voice is sexy.
He looks sexy ;D
I'm not sure... in the end, does he kill one of the clock maker's clients? Or does he kill Mr McArthur himself?
MartyM
It's the client. Basically, this apprentice framed McArthur for murder.
I just think he buit a watch that would release a small blade into his heart with great force
At 6 on the dot.
I still don't get how he died (the client), like was the clock so tightly wound it exploded at 6, or send something into his heart? Or what?
It exploded
Both baulk and balk are correct. I usually spell it baulk.
Or for less steps clik the link in the discription. I learned to be obsevant today! Haha, Cheers!
This sounds very akin to The beatles' Lucy in the Sky with diamonds, or is it just me?
@Particep Grata
Anybody got reminded of Ples Tibenoch from this song? :D
5 people were Mr. McArthur.
Who said it wasn't? >;D
some of the lyrics are off
whoever made this did no editing for spelling or listening to the lyrics.
he just booby trapped a pocketwatch
Wait...people thought it WASN'T a bomb? But...he said "a messy and permanent stop" at "six on the dot" -- that kind of implies a time-bomb. How the hell would a blade be set do that? *shakes head*
Well he's not a burglar certainly not... that would be the worst crime on earth... murderer that's so much better, nobody will hate you for that, no murderers are everywhere, it's completely normal... I'm a murderer, you're a murderer we are all murderers so what the hell..
(for those who don't get it, it's supposed to be irony)
Wait... It's not?? xD