Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Black man, white man, rip the system
Black man, white man, rip the system
I will pray and pray
That your country undergoes recovery
Use the power
Taste the best, have your salvation
Now is the time
Get on the right side
{Security forces may have killed thousands of people
In crushing the anti-government rallies
Fascists and terrorists are responsible for the violence}
Escape your own life
Of bondage and sin
Now is the time
Get on the right side
You'll be godlike
You'll be godlike
{And I know that we were right to do what we did
And if you ask am I happy
Absolutely not, absolutely not}
Raise your head
From the ashes, from the fire
Now is the time
Get on the right side
You'll be godlike
You'll be godlike
You'll be godlike
Und so werde ich beten und abermals beten
Auf dass euer land eine genesung erfahren wird
Und ihr eure macht nutzen werdet
Gluckseligkeit zu sehen und das heil zu ernten
Now is the time
Get on the right side
Godlike
You'll be godlike
Black man, white man, rip the system
I will pray and pray
That your country undergoes recovery
Use the power
Taste the best, have your salvation
Now is the time
Get on the right side
{Security forces may have killed thousands of people
In crushing the anti-government rallies
Fascists and terrorists are responsible for the violence}
Escape your own life
Of bondage and sin
Now is the time
Get on the right side
You'll be godlike
You'll be godlike
{And I know that we were right to do what we did
And if you ask am I happy
Absolutely not, absolutely not}
Raise your head
From the ashes, from the fire
Now is the time
Get on the right side
You'll be godlike
You'll be godlike
You'll be godlike
Und so werde ich beten und abermals beten
Auf dass euer land eine genesung erfahren wird
Und ihr eure macht nutzen werdet
Gluckseligkeit zu sehen und das heil zu ernten
Now is the time
Get on the right side
Godlike
You'll be godlike
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Anyone notice ths Slayer sample ?
During times of war or pretty much any crisis a country undergoes the right wing generally has "Godlike" power.
Seems to be a rather ironical commentary on the state of governments in general.
This song couldbe about TheThird Reich and what it id to Germany? Or just about ay war-torn country.
Does anybody know what the "Security forces may have killed thousands of people in crushing anti-government rallies" is referring to?(it's not in lyrics,, but I've heard it in the song)
Just thought I'd point out there is no "left" in the song- at least that's what the lyrics on the main KMFDM website says.