| State Radio – Black Cab Motorcade Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I actually interpret this song to be about "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland. State Radio's songs often include refrences to catholosism like in "Good Graces" and their dissatisfaction with the catholic church's actions. The "south side" is refering to Derry in the south side of Northern Ireland in which 13 innocent catholic protesters were killed on Bloody Sunday byu British paratroopers. "all curled around his knees" is refering to the IRA's tactic of kneecapping in which a person is shot through the kneecaps as a form of punishmet. The part about teachers and curfew really aren't refering to children, but to the treatment of the catholics by their opressors. the teacher is not meant to literally be a teacher, it's supposed to be like a british soldier saying when are you going to learn your lesson not to fight back? All of the parts about setting an empty place and forgetting your cross, is refering to the common feeling amoung this generation that this war is obeing fought over petty differences and it's a plea to the older generations to forget their differences, and stop continuing a fued just out of princinple. and actually, Black Cabs are a common sight in Northern Ireland. | |
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.