| Clutch – Bottoms Up, Socrates Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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metathought is right. This is more or less about the trial of Socrates. I don't think it's about any kind of statement on religion or helping anyone so much as it's a story about Socrates. The chorus line "hemlock straight up goes down easy" is a direct reference to how Socrates was killed, by drinking a poison hemlock potion. Purely speculative, but "islands in the abyss" could be a reference to Atlantis. Plato was Socrates's student, Atlantis is attributed to Plato. |
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| Clutch – Army of Bono Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Good find. I think when he's restraining his arm it's a homage to Dr. Strangelove, but it still fits. The one thing is that video was posted in 09 and this was recorded in 04 at the latest. | |
| Clutch – Army of Bono Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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This song isn't a commentary on Bono, it's a story just like every other Clutch song. The title is Army of Bono, IE Bono has taken over. In this story, Bono comes on the news (first two lines), while elected officials are fleeing - Bono has secured world order. The chorus signifies why, stigmata is a reference to Bono becoming/claiming to be the messiah. The new armed officials are wearing blue berets (hats which Bono is famous for) thus indicating that new (armed) officials are dressed like Bono. The who you gonna call is rhetorical, the man who brings his hammer down is Bono, who's men now march like notorious dictatorship regimes (look up goose stepping). Bono is the "smoking Irish fly." IE, goose stepping with a smoking Irish fly = military regime lead by Bono. Eventually the world ends, and children pray for another Bono. The flag - indicating the previous pre-world end regime for the children - flys; Bono has lived through the end of the world (cigarettes and love are Bonos hobbys), are intense for the fly (Bono = smoking Irish fly). With me? To recap: Bono takes over, world ends, Bono survives to lead people once more. I can almost guarantee you this song was written as fiction for interest. You guys who think its a commentary on some aspect of his life are way over thinking it, Clutch is a storytelling band and it makes much more sense if you read it that way. |
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