This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
You can only hold your breath so long
Staring down the length of your lifeline alone
You've put a price on your neck
Loading the last of your ammo
This streak of deceit ends now
I've got five names in the grave
You've got every reason to be alarmed
When you see the fire in my eyes
You'll know that it's the napalm
Strike!
This is every man for himself
There's no cowards way out
This is every man for himself
This is every man for himself
There's no time to waste
The next time you take a second to blink
You'll wake up to sky and 30 rounds in the face
There's no time to breath
Every passing second is seconds closer to you bleeding
I've got to clear my head
This is a match to the death
No turning back when
It is every man for himself
Your numbers up
I've got the blood of eleven on my hands
Time to sit back
And watch the dogs tear apart the flesh of every man
Staring down the length of your lifeline alone
You've put a price on your neck
Loading the last of your ammo
This streak of deceit ends now
I've got five names in the grave
You've got every reason to be alarmed
When you see the fire in my eyes
You'll know that it's the napalm
Strike!
This is every man for himself
There's no cowards way out
This is every man for himself
This is every man for himself
There's no time to waste
The next time you take a second to blink
You'll wake up to sky and 30 rounds in the face
There's no time to breath
Every passing second is seconds closer to you bleeding
I've got to clear my head
This is a match to the death
No turning back when
It is every man for himself
Your numbers up
I've got the blood of eleven on my hands
Time to sit back
And watch the dogs tear apart the flesh of every man
Lyrics submitted by davidEAcost
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Haha this song is has lyrics about Black Ops:
Your numbers up I've got the blood of eleven on my hands Time to sit back And watch the dogs tear apart the flesh of every man
This refers to the the attack dogs you get, when you have an 11 killstreak on Black Ops:) Quite awesome :D
Oh - And also: <br /> <br /> I've got five names in the grave<br /> You've got every reason to be alarmed<br /> When you see the fire in my eyes<br /> You'll know that it's the napalm<br /> Strike!<br /> <br /> This refers to the 5 killstreak you get on Black Ops which is the Napalm strike xD