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** "Kingdom": "If there's a kingdom beyond it all, is there a God who loves '''you so'''?"[[labelnote:explanation]]The true line is "loves us all", but the enunciation causes it to sound like "you so". "Us all" is meant to refer to all of humanity, while "you so" refers to the listener.[[/labelnote]]
** "Use You": "I'm '''staring''' at my cuticles."[[labelnote:explanation]]The true line is "tearing". "Staring" implies to merely be staring at one's cuticles (part of the nails) for no particular reason. "Tearing", however, implies a self-destructive insanity, as if to physically tear at one's cuticles out of blind desperation and uncertainty.[[/labelnote]]
** "Kingdom": "If there's a kingdom beyond it all, is there a God who loves '''you so'''?"[[labelnote:explanation]]The true line is "loves us all", but the enunciation causes it to sound like "you so". "Us all" is meant to refer to all of humanity, while "you so" refers to the listener.[[/labelnote]]
** "Use You": "I'm '''staring''' at my cuticles."[[labelnote:explanation]]The true line is "tearing". "Staring" implies to merely be staring at one's cuticles (part of the nails) for no particular reason. "Tearing", however, implies a self-destructive insanity, as if to physically tear at one's cuticles out of blind desperation and uncertainty.[[/labelnote]]
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* BrutalHonesty: Of Dave himself, being an indie release when he felt the most in-tune with himself. Each song on ''Hourglass'' is notable not just for ''what'' is stated by the narrator, but ''how'' it's stated too, that being with an overwhelming sense of internal honesty, with there being songs about religion, lust, and death without any lyrical or musical filter.
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Dave had previously collaborated with Andrew and Christian on ''Playing the Angel'' with "Suffer Well", "I Want It All" and "Nothing's Impossible", serving as co-writers, and in the following album, ''Sounds of the Universe'', they also co-write "Hole to Feed", "Come Back", and "Miles Away/The Truth Is".
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* HotterAndSexier: Somehow manages to be a mashup of this and DarkerAndEdgier, but Dave clearly did not hold back on trying to make ''Hourglass'' sound as smooth and intimate as possible. It even rivals Depeche Mode other albums in how far it goes, especially with "Deeper and Deeper", which is the most straightforward Dave has arguably ever been about lust in his career.
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* HotterAndSexier: Somehow manages to be a mashup of this and DarkerAndEdgier, but Dave clearly did not hold back on trying to make ''Hourglass'' sound as smooth and intimate as possible. It even rivals Depeche Mode Mode's other albums in how far it goes, especially with "Deeper and Deeper", which is the most straightforward Dave has arguably ever been about lust in his career.
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* HotterAndSexier: Somehow manages to be a mashup of this and DarkerAndEdgier, but Dave clearly did not hold back on trying to make ''Hourglass'' sound as smooth and intimate as possible. It even rivals Depeche Mode other albums in how far it goes, especially with "Deeper and Deeper", which is the most straightforward Dave has arguably ever been about lust in his career.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The album as a whole is notable for its darker style, overwhelming with despair and sadness, as well as some degree of loathing in the sound. There's a lot of distortion, but also a lot of energy in the sound. The album particularly stands out amongst other Depeche Mode-related works due to its distinctive darkness.
* DeadlyEuphemism: The chorus of "Down", the last song, refers to the narrator presumably dying of old age, alone in the snow of winter, as evidenced by mentions of "feeling old" in the pre-chorus, and "ending up on the ground by morning".
* DeadlyEuphemism: The chorus of "Down", the last song, refers to the narrator presumably dying of old age, alone in the snow of winter, as evidenced by mentions of "feeling old" in the pre-chorus, and "ending up on the ground by morning".
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The album as a whole is notable for its darker style, overwhelming with despair and sadness, as well as some degree of loathing in the sound. There's a lot of distortion, but also a lot of energy in the sound. The album particularly stands out amongst other Depeche Mode-related works due to its distinctive darkness.
* DeadlyEuphemism: The chorus of "Down", the last song, refers to the narrator presumably dying of old age, alone in the snow of winter, as evidenced by mentions of "feeling old" in the pre-chorus, and "ending up on the ground by morning".
* DeadlyEuphemism: The chorus of "Down", the last song, refers to the narrator presumably dying of old age, alone in the snow of winter, as evidenced by mentions of "feeling old" in the pre-chorus, and "ending up on the ground by morning".
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* DownerEnding: [[MeaningfulName "Down"]], the final song on the album's main songs, takes any sense of the melancholy from the opening song, "Saw Something", and makes it cut even deeper than the aforementioned ever could.
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* RemixAlbum: ''Hourglass Remixes'', released in 2008.
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* PleaseDontLeaveMe: "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom". The song is about the narrator's desperation for their love interest to stay wth them. The chorus' lyrics consist of the phrase "one last kiss, one last time, all too soon."
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* PleaseDontLeaveMe: "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom". The song is about the narrator's desperation for their love interest to stay wth with them. The chorus' lyrics consist of the phrase "one last kiss, one last time, all too soon."
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** "Deeper and Deeper": "I want your love."
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** "Deeper and Deeper": "I want to love you, I want your love."
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** Regarding [[{{BSide}} B-sides]], "Tomorrow" features "One last kiss, one last time, tomorrow will come."
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* MadnessMantra: Besides "Kingdom" and "Miracles", which are arranged differently, each song includes a certain phrase that is repeated almost obsessively by Dave:
** "Saw Something": "I saw something in your eyes, maybe I saw it, I wanted it for myself."
** "Deeper and Deeper": "I want your love."
** "21 Days": "Building a tower of fear by the river, building it up, build it up."
** "Use You": "We have each other, you are my brother, sitting here beside of you, I just want to use you."
** "Insoluble": "I/we [action], you have nothing to fear."
** "Endless": "Now I am still forever, endless, your body is endless."
** "A Little Lie": "Calm down people, it's just a little lie, you know it doesn't mean nothing and I realize you could be right."
** "Down": "Down on the ground..."
** "Saw Something": "I saw something in your eyes, maybe I saw it, I wanted it for myself."
** "Deeper and Deeper": "I want your love."
** "21 Days": "Building a tower of fear by the river, building it up, build it up."
** "Use You": "We have each other, you are my brother, sitting here beside of you, I just want to use you."
** "Insoluble": "I/we [action], you have nothing to fear."
** "Endless": "Now I am still forever, endless, your body is endless."
** "A Little Lie": "Calm down people, it's just a little lie, you know it doesn't mean nothing and I realize you could be right."
** "Down": "Down on the ground..."
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* FeigningIntelligence: "I'm still '''pretending''' I'm '''not''' a fool." Though there are many negatives, the overall meaning is to continually feign intelligence, or, in his words, "pretend one isn't a fool." To make it less confusing, to pretend one ''is'' a fool is ObfuscatingStupidity, which the line doesn't refer to.
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* GutturalGrowler: [[ExaggeratedTrope Dave takes this trope to a great extreme]], making his vocals sound as angry and harsh as possible, with audible growling. Especially prominent in "Kingdom" and "Use You".
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* GutturalGrowler: [[ExaggeratedTrope Dave takes this trope to a great extreme]], making his vocals sound as angry and harsh as possible, with audible growling. Especially prominent in "Kingdom" and "Use You".
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* GutturalGrowler: [[ExaggeratedTrope Dave takes this trope to a great extreme]], making his vocals sound as angry and harsh as possible, with audible growling. Especially prominent in "Kingdom" and "Use You".
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"So in your infinite wisdom, you show me how this life should be."'']]
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* FaceOnTheCover: Dave is depicted on the cover for the album as a whole, though [[ZigZagged his actual face is blocked out by a stain]], as well as the European release for "Kingdom" (which is the same image as the album cover with different text and imagery), and his face is blended into the cover for the single release of "Saw Something".
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* ContinuityCameo: In a [[{{Pan}} right pan shot upwards]] to the house in the music video for "Kingdom", Mr. Feathers from ''Music/{{PlayingTheAngel}}'', the album prior to ''Hourglass'', briefly appears in the window, looking down at the viewer.
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* ContinuityCameo: In a [[{{Pan}} right pan shot upwards]] to the house in the music video for "Kingdom", Mr. Feathers from ''Music/{{PlayingTheAngel}}'', ''Music/PlayingTheAngel'', the album prior to ''Hourglass'', briefly appears in the window, looking down at the viewer.
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* ContinutiyCameo: In a [[{{Pan}} right pan shot upwards]] to the house in the music video for "Kingdom", Mr. Feathers from ''Music/{{PlayingTheAngel}}'', the album prior to ''Hourglass'', briefly appears in the window, looking down at the viewer.
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* ContinutiyCameo: ContinuityCameo: In a [[{{Pan}} right pan shot upwards]] to the house in the music video for "Kingdom", Mr. Feathers from ''Music/{{PlayingTheAngel}}'', the album prior to ''Hourglass'', briefly appears in the window, looking down at the viewer.
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* SurrealMusicVideo: The music video for "Kingdom" is... quite the trip. To sum up what it is, flashing lights in an urban city environment as Dave walks into a "door to heaven" with a light in his mouth. Yep.
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* AxCrazy: Dave, the singer, sounds especially violent in his tone during "Deeper and Deeper" and "Use You". Compared to the other songs on Hourglass, where he sounds either neutral or heartfelt, he is motivated by violent tendencies during the aforementioned songs.
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* AxCrazy: Dave, the singer, sounds especially violent in his tone during "Deeper and Deeper" and "Use You". Compared to the other songs on Hourglass, ''Hourglass'', where he sounds either neutral or heartfelt, he is motivated by violent tendencies during the aforementioned songs.
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* OneWordTitle: "Kingdom", "Miracles", "Insoluble", "Endless", and "Down".
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* AlbumTitleDrop: "Watching the '''hourglass''' on that night" begins the second verse on "Endless".
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* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Miracles", involving absolutely no harsh sounds whatsoever, and Dave singing lightly and carefully. [[ZigZaggedTrope "Insoluble" is not the same, however, due to the extremely haunting sounds]].
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* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Miracles", involving absolutely no harsh sounds whatsoever, and Dave singing lightly and carefully. [[ZigZaggedTrope "Insoluble" is not the same, however, due to the extremely haunting sounds]].sounds]].
* TitleDrop: The title appears at the beginning of the second verse of "Endless", as to reference the time measurement tool itself metaphorically.
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* LoveHurts: "Love Will Leave", pretty much the entire song is about love being a disappointing pursuit full of lies and betrayal.
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* BSide: "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom", and "Love Will Leave (Das Shadow's Rewerk)", the B-side of "Deeper and Deeper".
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* BSide: "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom", and "Love Will Leave (Das Shadow's Rewerk)", the B-side of "Deeper and Deeper"."Saw Something".
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* AxCrazy: "Deeper and Deeper" and "Use You". The latter song arguably embodies this with pride.
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* AxCrazy: Dave, the singer, sounds especially violent in his tone during "Deeper and Deeper" and "Use You". The latter song arguably embodies this with pride.Compared to the other songs on Hourglass, where he sounds either neutral or heartfelt, he is motivated by violent tendencies during the aforementioned songs.
* BSide: "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom", and "Love Will Leave (Das Shadow's Rewerk)", the B-side of "Deeper and Deeper".
* BSide: "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom", and "Love Will Leave (Das Shadow's Rewerk)", the B-side of "Deeper and Deeper".
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* CentralTheme: How to savor the individual aspects of life.
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* DeadlyEuphemism: The chorus of "Down", the last song, refers to the narrator presumably dying of old age, alone in the snow of winter, as evidenced by mentions of "feeling old" in the pre-chorus, and "ending up on the ground by morning".
* CentralTheme:How The album's general theme is how to savor the individual aspects of life.
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* IntercourseWithYou: "Deeper and Deeper". '''[[ExaggeratedTrope Seriously.]]'''
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* IntercourseWithYou: The third song, "Deeper and Deeper". '''[[ExaggeratedTrope Seriously.]]''' Deeper", revolves around Dave's intense lust for someone. He wants this person no matter what it takes, and wants them by his side at all times, in order to do questionable things with them, no matter the partner's desires. This is especially shown in a lyric like "You can't tell me, that you don't want it, you know that I like it when you put up a fight."
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* PleaseDontLeaveMe: "Tomorrow", the B-side of "Kingdom". The song is about the narrator's desperation for their love interest to stay wth them. The chorus' lyrics consist of the phrase "one last kiss, one last time, all too soon."
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* ArcSymbol: [[CaptainObvious Hourglass]].
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* PhraseSaladLyrics: By WordOfGod. In particular...
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* AlternativeDance: All the songs on the album are high-energy, electronic dance songs, with a dirty, raw, intrusive AlternativeRock twist. [[LighterAndSofter "Miracles" and "Insoluble"]] not accounted for.
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* AlternativeDance: All the songs on the album are high-energy, electronic dance songs, with a dirty, raw, intrusive AlternativeRock twist.twist, [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] and PlayedForHorror regarding the sound. [[LighterAndSofter "Miracles" and "Insoluble"]] not accounted for.
