| Scott Walker – The Cockfighter Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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@[BonzaiBill:43826] The intro is indeed about a man having a nightmare. In an interview, Scott explained: "It's about an internal struggle, attack-and-defence struggle within a man. It starts with a nightmare, a man having a nightmare. And there are a lot of erotic images as well…" On the booklet / cover inlay, where all the lyrics are printed, there is only a blank square for the intro section. But the words are something like: No, no! Not my heart! Not the wrist! Not my heart! Gone somewhere in there I see the hairline [of] everyone Waking down Aroo! There's brushing along […?] My legs […?] All sperms, God's son Clickety, click Clickety, click |
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| Scott Walker – Cue Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| @[Bearded:43694] The explanation that the first line could be a reference to the Seoul virus (SEOV) and Sudan virus (SUDV, a strain of the Ebola virus) makes even more sense if you consider the second line: 'both start with an S'. In several interviews, Scott Walker said that a friend of his has a large library, and that he (Walker) enjoys spending his time there, browsing through the books. It is possible that he came across the two viruses right there, in some kind of medical encyclopedia. | |
| The Walker Brothers – Nite Flights [Album Version] Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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[content warning: violence] I always thought that Nite Flights might refer to the so-called death flights, a method of killing political activists and opposition members in Central and South America during the civil wars and military dictatorships of that era, namely Colombia (1948-1958), Mexico (1971), Guatemala (1975), Chile (1976), and Argentina (1977-1978). It is possible that Scott Walker - who was interested in South America at that time (cf. 'The Electrician' on the same album) - came across newspaper reports about the death flights during the making of the album, which was recorded in early 1978. The lyrics mention people being tricked/trapped ('glass traps open and close on night flights') and falling from planes ('only one promise / only one way to fall') as well as beatings and torture ('the raw meat fist you choke', 'broken necks'). |
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| The Walker Brothers – Nite Flights Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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[content warning: violence] I always thought that Nite Flights might refer to the so-called death flights, a method of killing political activists and opposition members in Central and South America during the civil wars and military dictatorships of that era, namely Colombia (1948-1958), Mexico (1971), Guatemala (1975), Chile (1976), and Argentina (1977-1978). It is possible that Scott Walker - who was interested in South America at that time (cf. 'The Electrician' on the same album) - came across newspaper reports about the death flights during the making of the album, which was recorded in early 1978. The lyrics mention people being tricked/trapped ('glass traps open and close on night flights') and falling from planes ('only one promise / only one way to fall') as well as beatings and torture ('the raw meat fist you choke', 'broken necks'). |
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