The Clockwork Quartet - Closer

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  • Опубліковано 17 гру 2024

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  • @shadowhauntjoker8501
    @shadowhauntjoker8501 3 роки тому +49

    They committed the crime of the century:
    Drop 3 epic songs and vanished, leaving us wanting more

  • @elliep8774
    @elliep8774 3 роки тому +81

    Every once in a while, I come back to these songs and remember just how in love I was with the stories they told. I was fourteen/fifteen then, and I'm twenty-one now, still absolutely enamored :')

    • @MrReich1918
      @MrReich1918 3 роки тому +1

      Ha, 16 now and i've just found them

    • @elliep8774
      @elliep8774 3 роки тому

      @@MrReich1918 Never a bad time to find something you enjoy :))

    • @MrReich1918
      @MrReich1918 3 роки тому

      @@elliep8774 too true

    • @diesockedeslebens6599
      @diesockedeslebens6599 Рік тому +2

      @@MrReich1918 the Beauty of good art. The circle Repeats

    • @tikimillie
      @tikimillie Місяць тому

      Omg same

  • @Shindai
    @Shindai 4 роки тому +121

    Three songs uploaded 7 years ago, and vanished like morning mist. Such potential, I do hope they're at least still doing their thing, wherever they are.

    • @tonisimpson9229
      @tonisimpson9229 2 місяці тому +2

      I wish these songs were on Amazon music and Spotify at least, so I could add them to my playlist and maybe they'd get some benefit from it.

  • @zpardus
    @zpardus 8 років тому +120

    This is a great science song.
    First, wonder at the world.
    Second, realize the methods you're handed from earlier scientists are not good enough, so invent new tools to keep pushing forward.
    Third, resolve to perfect those tools.
    Fourth, a bit of despair as you realize there'll always be more questions and you can never answer everything.
    And finally, resolve to accept the data and results you get, even if they offend you or contradict what you were told as a child. In other words "I will not hide my eyes. I will never look away."

  • @Lunamine
    @Lunamine 3 роки тому +91

    Nine years already since we last heard from these talented folks.
    It feels kind of melancholic and nostalgic.

  • @Bombasticboogaloo
    @Bombasticboogaloo 9 років тому +163

    I hope these guys come back, this is one band I'd love to donate to, my gosh.

  • @alexandralethenyey620
    @alexandralethenyey620 12 років тому +33

    Out of their three pieces of music, The Watchmaker's Apprentice is still my favourite, but this is spectacular in itself.

  • @EmperorAmbrose
    @EmperorAmbrose 8 років тому +44

    I do hope that these amazing people come back

  • @lonelykittycat
    @lonelykittycat Рік тому +10

    I feel so lucky that I know of these artists. Only three songs froma decade ago and less than 500 thousands views.
    Hopefully they are well 🙏🏽

  • @plaguedoctor03
    @plaguedoctor03 2 роки тому +10

    Droped three bangers and left

  • @MoMo-hm8ei
    @MoMo-hm8ei 5 років тому +43

    Wish these guys would make a comeback. Still my favorite steampunk band of all time. Absolutely underrated and the songs still give me chills.
    Actually vividly remember this song releasing while I was in middle school. I was so fucking excited to see a new song had released and was not disappointed.

  • @eveandromeda
    @eveandromeda 9 років тому +78

    God damn it, I just found these guys today, and they only have three songs. ;-; Why cant awesome stuff like this get funded...

    • @idathorbjrn4110
      @idathorbjrn4110 6 років тому +3

      And look at this: www.clockworkquartet.com/

  • @Jet-lx8uh
    @Jet-lx8uh 8 років тому +60

    Imagine being this scientist in the steampunk world of machinists and alchemists. He is trying to discover the answers to the largest and smallest things in existence through the unaccepted practice of scientific method. Eventually being shunned out of society, cast out to the sticks, and made as a fool, and all the while, he passionately tries to find the scientific answers, if not for the world, then for the sake of at least his knowledge.
    Its more of a drive to insanity through the wrath and eyes of society than true insanity here, which then sheds a new light on the other two characters in the mad trio.

    • @eccoeco3454
      @eccoeco3454 4 роки тому

      Cool but how can there be alchemists ( rudimentary chemists) and most importantly machinists (mechanics and engineers I suppose) without at least a beginning of scientific method?

    • @eccoeco3454
      @eccoeco3454 4 роки тому

      @@anthonyconde7604 Leonardo da Vinci used to say that Knowledge is the daughter of Practice, the idea that from extensive experimentation and observation of occurrences one can develop a general theory by virtue of logic and proof started to develop in classicity and renaissance (also we must consider that not even the middle ages were as dark and senseless as commonly portrayed, just to do an example the medieval clergy were great scholars even if with different priorities, Alcuin of York was able to deduct, analyzing the many sources of corrupted Latin in his times, what would come to be scholastic Latin with is a pretty correct representation of late Imperial Latin )

  • @ChessAlbaneze
    @ChessAlbaneze 11 років тому +117

    These guys are so operatic. It might be interesting for them to string together a story between all these characters and make an opera.

    • @JesterNlove
      @JesterNlove 11 років тому +2

      That is so neat! I was JUST saying the same thing to a friend. It would make for a crazy cool musical.

    • @Baxocj
      @Baxocj 10 років тому +2

      Jester .N. Love watch... they ARE making an opera.... there ganna suprise us, thats why they havent been making any other songs

    • @niesamowiterayson4594
      @niesamowiterayson4594 10 років тому +3

      They're also making a graphic novel. I'm pretty sure.

    • @Madnessofmusic
      @Madnessofmusic 10 років тому +3

      A young boy starts life like any other, when older he studies clockwork until taken as apprentice by an old man who wrongs him, he later gets a wife who falls ill, and during trying to cure her, he has to try and unravel the mysteries of life look closer at the meanings of life.

    • @TheWrenikAdventure
      @TheWrenikAdventure 10 років тому +1

      Aleksandar Katic not too be like that but all the songs are not conected whit one person...
      as the novel states that the doctor is a roll in it. so I woud be verry supriesd if it was the case. ^^

  • @Some_Call_Me_Pietro
    @Some_Call_Me_Pietro 6 років тому +10

    INTRO:
    Am I the only one? No others dare to seek
    Answers within the world, signs showing what this world means
    I ground a set of lenses and trained them on the stars
    I quantified the evening skies, examined every part
    I analysed the glory of a thousand cosmic shapes
    And watched the glory fade
    I searched across the face of God
    And found just empty space
    Look clo - ser, look clo - ser
    And surely you'll find your goal
    You'll surely find the way
    I built my new laboratory to shelter from the world
    I turned my gaze from moons and suns to particles of dirt
    But soon surmised my lenses weren't sufficient to display
    The truths I sorely craved
    I ground more glass, aligned the parts
    And recommenced the chase
    Look clo - ser, look clo - ser
    And one day the world will know
    The world will know your name
    I'm sure I'm getting nearer, I haven't slept in days
    The answers are in front of me, but hidden from my gaze
    My lenses won't illuminate the questions that I face
    Some truths won't be betrayed
    While I fight to reach the light
    The silent dark pervades
    Look clo - ser, look clo - ser
    I'll never hide my eyes
    I'll never look away

  • @micahfisher6125
    @micahfisher6125 8 років тому +10

    I think it's safe to say that this was one of the best bands of the last decade.

  • @Kosmonomicon
    @Kosmonomicon 11 років тому +7

    Finally! If you guys knew how much I adored The Doctor's Wife and The Watchmaker's Apprentice! So happy to see something new from you!

  • @Some_Call_Me_Pietro
    @Some_Call_Me_Pietro 6 років тому +12

    INTRO:
    Dm Bb A7 Dm Bb Am
    Am I the only one? No others dare to seek
    Dm Bb A7 Dm Bb Am Dm
    Answers within the world, signs showing what this world means
    (Accordion solo) Dm C Bb Gm F C/E Dm A x2
    Dm
    VERSE I:
    Dm
    I ground a set of lenses and trained them on the stars
    Edim
    I quantified the evening skies, examined every part
    Bb Gm Eb
    I analysed the glory of a thousand cosmic shapes
    Dm A Dm
    And watched the glory fade
    Eb A Eb A
    I searched across the face of God
    Dm A Dm
    And found just empty space
    CHORUS I:
    Bb Gm C A
    Look clo - ser, look clo - ser
    Gm Dm Am
    And surely you'll find your goal
    Gm A7 Dm
    You'll surely find the way
    VERSE II:
    Dm
    I built my new laboratory to shelter from the world
    Edim
    I turned my gaze from moons and suns to particles of dirt
    Bb Gm Eb
    But soon surmised my lenses weren't sufficient to display
    Dm A7 Dm
    The truths I sorely craved
    Eb A Eb A
    I ground more glass, aligned the parts
    Dm A7 Dm
    And recommenced the chase
    CHORUS II:
    Bb Gm C A
    Look clo - ser, look clo - ser
    Gm Dm A
    And one day the world will know
    Gm A7 Dm
    The world will know your name
    (Accordion solo) Dm C …
    VERSE III:
    Dm
    I'm sure I'm getting nearer, I haven't slept in days
    Edim
    The answers are in front of me, but hidden from my gaze
    Bb Gm Eb
    My lenses won't illuminate the questions that I face
    Dm A7 Dm
    Some truths won't be betrayed
    Eb A Eb A
    While I fight to reach the light
    Dm A7 Dm
    The silent dark pervades
    CHORUS III:
    Bb Gm C A
    Look clo - ser, look clo - ser
    Gm Dm E
    I'll never hide my eyes
    Gm A7 Dm
    I'll never look away
    (Accordion solo slower) Dm C …
    recommended fingering for Edim: 0-x-2-3-3-3

  • @mollymcintoshable
    @mollymcintoshable 8 років тому +16

    I miss these guys, their concept and the comic o their site had such potential.

  • @tmstbsjms
    @tmstbsjms 8 років тому +76

    I had a chat with the creators and they had told me they are not financially stable at the moment so once they are they will continue making the stories they will also make songs also (not confirmed)

    • @tmstbsjms
      @tmstbsjms 8 років тому

      cant deleted chat

    • @sarahpepper6206
      @sarahpepper6206 7 років тому +8

      Barry Bamm convenient

    • @onipot9639
      @onipot9639 7 років тому +2

      I hope they do continue :(

    • @thurvinfrostbeard1838
      @thurvinfrostbeard1838 6 років тому +7

      The last sign of living is 6 years beyond us now. I cant really believe you... i thin there are other factors they didnt continue

    • @plaguedoctor03
      @plaguedoctor03 3 роки тому +1

      @@thurvinfrostbeard1838 8 years foolish at best

  • @Loa4EVER
    @Loa4EVER 11 років тому +7

    Automatically favorite... a masterpiece! Beautiful voices and instruments played, well done keep on good work :).

  • @Baxocj
    @Baxocj 10 років тому +43

    I am an automaton i cannot cry, it is beyond my mechanisms, oh my what is this oil leaking from my eyepiece?

    • @EmperorAmbrose
      @EmperorAmbrose 8 років тому +5

      Vexurath (what is this liquid defecting my eyes, the oil that is dripping, does it mean it's a cry?)

    • @madgodsheogorath3982
      @madgodsheogorath3982 7 років тому +8

      Mister Steampunk Or am I just a boiler with nothing inside?

    • @EmperorAmbrose
      @EmperorAmbrose 7 років тому +2

      Emely Ceron I was told todayay, don't want to hear you sayay,

    • @A_RyanWilson
      @A_RyanWilson 7 років тому +3

      You can't do this, you can't do that

    • @EmperorAmbrose
      @EmperorAmbrose 5 років тому +1

      @@A_RyanWilson Youre not a living thing with feelings...

  • @Royalbrettania
    @Royalbrettania 11 років тому +4

    I elevated you to dear and all the other fine people with a refined and unusual taste in music and probably good taste in general...- why shouldn't we be full of ourselves and think we are special - the whole world keeps wanting to bring everyone down - and we are convinced we must bring ourselves down too - you are special and unique and amazing and not a sheep deal with it - screw the masses !

  • @wolfil8019
    @wolfil8019 4 роки тому +2

    For me, this is the spirit of steampunk at its best, the scientist as a poete maudit ... Striving for a dark infinite to draw him beyond the everyday ...

  • @vickym.n.3905
    @vickym.n.3905 7 років тому +11

    Oh please god in heaven, may this group return

  • @PMelol
    @PMelol 11 років тому +4

    This is just a great song about the mindset of scientists, who just have an incredible passion to understand the mysteries of this strange universe we live in, and perhaps find some meaning to it. That really adds to the beauty of this song. See how important lyrics are everybody? :-P

  • @MegaBookWormGirl
    @MegaBookWormGirl 12 років тому +1

    Haunting. Beautiful. Dreamlike. You guys still have it.

  • @Madsteel3
    @Madsteel3 12 років тому +1

    I wholeheartedly concur with you mister/misses, this piece, like the other pieces from this Quartet, is just plain pure brilliant.

  • @HollowDestruction
    @HollowDestruction 10 років тому +22

    Such a mournful song of science

  • @Froh
    @Froh 5 років тому +3

    Am I the only one? No others dare to seek
    Answers within the world, signs showing what this world means
    I ground a set of lenses and trained them on the stars
    I quantified the evening skies, examined every part
    I analysed the glory of a thousand cosmic shapes
    And watched the glory fade
    I searched across the face of God
    And found just empty space
    Look clo - ser, look clo - ser
    And surely you'll find your goal
    You'll surely find the way
    I built my new laboratory to shelter from the world
    I turned my gaze from moons and suns to particles of dirt
    But soon surmised my lenses weren't sufficient to display
    The truths I sorely craved
    I ground more glass, aligned the parts
    And recommenced the chase
    Look clo - ser, look clo - ser
    And one day the world will know
    The world will know your name
    I'm sure I'm getting nearer, I haven't slept in days
    The answers are in front of me, but hidden from my gaze
    My lenses won't illuminate the questions that I face
    Some truths won't be betrayed
    While I fight to reach the light
    The silent dark pervades
    Look closer, look closer
    I'll never hide my eyes
    I'll never look away

    • @mjk3340
      @mjk3340 3 місяці тому

      Thank you for the lyrics!

  • @anachristiansen3473
    @anachristiansen3473 6 років тому +2

    Cmon guys it's time to come back we miss you

  • @almudenaalonso5177
    @almudenaalonso5177 3 роки тому +3

    Beautiful songs, guys. Ojalá más gente os escuchará

  • @MakDemonik
    @MakDemonik 12 років тому +2

    Wow, it finally came out? After Such a long time I suddenly, wthout any special reason, decide to go to their site and now I see that the song just came out yesterday ? Nice!

  • @IGotYumph
    @IGotYumph 12 років тому +2

    Another one! I thought another song would never come, so I literally squealed when I found this. You guys are amazing, I can't get enough of these! :D

  • @LatinaVixen91
    @LatinaVixen91 11 років тому +2

    My God this is too beautiful for words

  • @notoriouswhitemoth
    @notoriouswhitemoth Рік тому +2

    The more we learn, the more we realize we'll never know.

  • @titansoundsmusic
    @titansoundsmusic 9 років тому +4

    aye. Come back. I love you xD lol your music is perfect. :D

  • @MadHatter42
    @MadHatter42 11 років тому +1

    You do speak a truth, my fine fellow. A good part of the fun of Steampunk is the sense of sophistication and grandeur, that we have the rare good taste to enjoy something so classy yet also so dark and wild!

  • @bluethornosix2560
    @bluethornosix2560 10 років тому +34

    What's happened to these guys? They've kind of just disappeared. =( I love their music so much but I just wish there was more.

    • @Horokoth
      @Horokoth 10 років тому +11

      They're on a "break" of sorts, getting organized. They are still a thing.

    • @bluethornosix2560
      @bluethornosix2560 10 років тому +5

      Oh okay thanks. Well, I hope they return soon :)

    • @andreaswalliser1110
      @andreaswalliser1110 10 років тому +3

      Doc Ostego
      Is this still true?

    • @Horokoth
      @Horokoth 10 років тому +4

      Andreas Walliser As of this moment, they have not changed their status of their return or departure. I would assume they are either still getting organized, or are preparing something grand.

    • @Horokoth
      @Horokoth 9 років тому +4

      Unfortunately, the band is on a long-term hiatus; they lack the funding to keep moving forward with their plans due to not being well-known enough. While they hope to spread their wings once more, it's been accepted it'll have to be awhile.
      Currently, some people have considered crowd-funding or kick-starting, but the group seems a bit pessimistic about their lack of being known.

  • @yoloxinxie4715
    @yoloxinxie4715 9 років тому +6

    This band is AMAZING!!!! I don't get why they only made three songs.

  • @dalt220
    @dalt220 11 років тому +3

    These songs really are amazing and definitely equal to Abney Park :D Please continue producing more! Oh, and what an awesome voice the male has *totally jealous*

  • @zakosist
    @zakosist 10 років тому +1

    Great song, and lyrics as well!

  • @IxCANxHAZxCOOKIE
    @IxCANxHAZxCOOKIE 11 років тому +1

    And what have we learned today, my dear scientist? Wikipedia is your friend. ;)
    Really, though, this is a beautiful song, so happy the Quartet hasn't given up!

  • @chaconneviola
    @chaconneviola 11 років тому +1

    Days since discovering this was posted: 5
    Times watched: 30+

  • @GrimmGojira
    @GrimmGojira 11 років тому

    The first time I listened to this song I did not he what it was about, but liked it anyhow. It took a couple of times for me to truly understand what it meant. Wow...just...wow..

  • @harriettenriquez1980
    @harriettenriquez1980 9 років тому +13

    The solution: Electron microscopes!
    ... Wait, those just reveal atoms. Is that truth universal enough for you?

    • @physics_hacker
      @physics_hacker Рік тому

      We still haven't found meaning. We probably never will, it seems the more we look the less meaning we find. That's what I feel this song is about.

  • @Blackstaff425
    @Blackstaff425 11 років тому

    I have been waiting for this for ever and finally just got a email telling me it is out. Shock, surprise and glee!

  • @onipot9639
    @onipot9639 7 років тому

    Come back :( I love this group!

  • @fangorn23
    @fangorn23 6 років тому +12

    The poor guy. He was born in the era when Christians still believed that 'the heavens' were literally the stars and milky way and so became what we know as an astronomer to analyze 'heaven itself'. And he found nothing that really stirred his religious heart. Just points of lights and smears of colors.
    The entire universe before him and he found it inadequate.

  • @kingalex105x7
    @kingalex105x7 4 роки тому

    your songs are beautiful

  • @samuelhumphries169
    @samuelhumphries169 10 років тому +20

    Like a Tim Burton movie

  • @principetnomusic
    @principetnomusic 4 роки тому +7

    Huh. When I first listened to this song, I thought "I searched across the face of God" was "I searched [for] the cross, the face of God".
    I thought the song was about a religious scientist who wanted to find the proof of his religion in scientific truth, but failed to do so.

  • @lamuertajoven6869
    @lamuertajoven6869 8 років тому +11

    His voice reminds me of the phantom of the opera

    • @alyh6424
      @alyh6424 7 років тому +2

      JoAnne Ricaurte tell me about it. this popped into my head and it took me an hour to find because I kept looking at P.O. singers >:(

  • @MegaAngus1
    @MegaAngus1 11 років тому

    thank you i appreciate it

  • @sabrinab1212
    @sabrinab1212 3 роки тому +1

    I love how he pronounces "laboratory".

  • @tinkerbell54011
    @tinkerbell54011 11 років тому

    I am in love

  • @UndeadGhostGirl
    @UndeadGhostGirl 4 роки тому +1

    According to youtube, this band only ever made three songs; this one, doctor's wife, and watchmaker's apprentice.

  • @BeefExotic
    @BeefExotic 9 днів тому

    almost 2025 and still hoping for the comeback

  • @enevy3165
    @enevy3165 5 років тому

    It's been 7 years you guys, where have you been?

  • @lorekeeper685
    @lorekeeper685 5 років тому

    Hope they will come back

  • @Elanus19
    @Elanus19 11 років тому

    Really nice, now do another :P

  • @naplockblubba5369
    @naplockblubba5369 3 роки тому +3

    Ironic how they didn't even make a quartet of songs before stopping

  • @dreamforger7166
    @dreamforger7166 11 років тому +3

    Thinking of C'thulhu mythos mixed with steam punk :D

  • @Darkoakghost136
    @Darkoakghost136 6 років тому

    Guys almost 5 mill subs it's showtime for another song

  • @Charlesmcmeekin
    @Charlesmcmeekin Рік тому +1

    Checking in any progress or other music?

    • @habitsrabbit
      @habitsrabbit 11 місяців тому +2

      No. Both the comic and band itself is done, unfortunately. Have been for years

  •  6 років тому +2

    this is so god I'm angry they stopped producing haha

  • @Tuilelen
    @Tuilelen 11 років тому

    me too

  • @BlackSoda696
    @BlackSoda696 11 років тому

    if you mean the black lines and words; i think is is some astronomical stuff, if you look closer you can read the word taurus in combination with the song text i gues its a part of a zodiac circle

  • @jioplip
    @jioplip 11 років тому

    Are you kidding? Or just a potential super-villain? Because if it's the latter, I promise to not stand in the way of your world domination.

  • @AtmoStk
    @AtmoStk 6 років тому +1

    Great work [my exclamation key is busted]

  • @willowslove7231
    @willowslove7231 3 роки тому

    ❤❤❤❤📯❤❤❤📯😍😘👋🏼

  • @83244genesis
    @83244genesis 11 років тому +2

    You are no Harrison Bergeron, and the ignorance of others (even willfull ignorance), does not detract from the worth of the masses. Any good thing in today's world is powered by people, fostered by community, cooperation, and collaboration. To dismiss people as sheep is to believe that we as a species are not capable of better, which is something I can't accept. If I see something worthwhile, then it is worth being shared. Your elitism doesn't help artists, or encourage greatness; it's selfish.

  • @cpasquale089
    @cpasquale089 4 роки тому

    Found myself linking this song in response to election results.

  • @MisterDonPatch
    @MisterDonPatch 11 років тому +3

    I wouldn't really classify this as Dieselpunk. Dieselpunk has more of a powerful, mechanical feel to it.

  • @Royalbrettania
    @Royalbrettania 11 років тому

    but I think you are better than other people regardless of how much you protest - its meant as a compliment

  • @valboekhout4951
    @valboekhout4951 11 років тому

    afry time i start this song he sounds like jack skeliton

  • @MegaAngus1
    @MegaAngus1 11 років тому

    so is it steam punk or diesel punk

  • @gload_
    @gload_ 6 років тому

    BONJOUR SUPER VIDEO [MA TOUCHE MAJ EST CASSE]

    • @gload_
      @gload_ 2 роки тому

      was i f-ing dumb

    • @dylanm.3692
      @dylanm.3692 2 роки тому

      @@gload_ Lmfao, I've had moments like these more than I'd like to admit.

  • @Royalbrettania
    @Royalbrettania 11 років тому

    does one really need a reason ?

  • @VanessaRafaelly
    @VanessaRafaelly 10 років тому

  • @kevianherpston2196
    @kevianherpston2196 11 років тому +2

    ...and I'm a potato.

  • @brickct123
    @brickct123 11 років тому

    Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat the fuck is that reflected on the glass?

  • @chaconneviola
    @chaconneviola 11 років тому

    Huh?

  • @Royalbrettania
    @Royalbrettania 11 років тому

    its not "kind of" an elitist view it is absolutely categorically unequivocally an elitist view - ) and I think most people are sheep and have no taste nor understanding and little brains - I don't give a hoot about them nor the music industry as a whole - I support these gem like bands I buy their albums if they have or just songs !

  • @oliverpleats6086
    @oliverpleats6086 11 років тому +1

    Sorry I just have to comment for reasons.

  • @Royalbrettania
    @Royalbrettania 11 років тому

    I respectfully disagree - this is extraordinary music the musical equivalent to Haute Couture ! it is not for the masses it is not for the plebs and the riff raffs I do not want them finding it....I am glad that a you and I belong to some sort of small elitist group who appreciate this for the maniacal genius that it is.....if the riff raff find it they will bring trolls and idiots -

  • @antonychames3327
    @antonychames3327 6 років тому

    Anyone else hearing Steward from Family guy here? :P

  • @SoulofSummer
    @SoulofSummer 12 років тому

    Yup. But instead, people like Niki Manaj (or however you spell her damn name) get a crap ton of views for being shit...