Rifles

I judge all other songs based on this one. If a band can't make a song on par with this they generally ain't good...

One of their finest (but most cryptic lyrically) songs. I can't agree with the Stone Roses comparisons though as a big Stone Roses fan — The Stone Roses were never this dark and much more "accessible". This is brilliantly moody and atmospheric… maybe a better comparison would be the Verve's early stuff? Seems slightly Gravity Grave-esque to me.

Anyway, I digress… I don't actually know what the lyrics mean.

Never the Stone Roses, they were never this moody. Much more The Jesus and Mary Chain or Wish period The Cure.

Also, I think these are the lyrics:

I see the rifles coming over the hill And if you shout maybe they'd stop and won't kill But if you think like me You'll be as dead as he is

I see the lion crawling over your bed And if you stay he'll make you walk in your mind To what you're gonna be It never lets you be

I see no colour in your eyes I see no images I know I see no colour in your eyes And no reflections, no purple sky

I don't mind you taking away And I won't give to you the fires of hate So I will never see What you've done to me

I see no colour in your eyes I see no images I know I see no colour in your eyes And no reflections, no awful skies

Now You come alive With the world at your side

Now You come alive With the world at your side

I see the rifles coming over the hill And if you shout maybe they'd stop and won't kill But if you think like me You'll be as dead as he is today

I see no colour in your eyes I see no images I know I see no colour in your eyes And no reflections, no purple sky

Now You come alive With the world at your side

Now You come alive With the world at your side

my favorite BRMC song.. i love it.

This song is so mmody and dark it could've been a stone roses song

It does sound really Stone Roses. Good call.

I love the dark, mouth-covering-mic sound of brmc. Very sexy and dark and messy.

I absolutely love this song. At about 5:00 when the solo stops dead and it breaks back into that hypnotic, watery riff and peter starts singing "i see the rifles coming over the hill..." in his moody voice, shivers run down my spine.

maybe its me, but i always here "sure feels like..." instead of "she feels like..." but meh. this is spinetingly amazing stuff. i dont think theres any band like BRMC for grabbing your attention and holding you by the jugular. or something.

I think the lyrics are wrong. I hear:

I see the colour in your eyes I see the images I own I see more colour in your eyes Than the reflections from/of earth or sky

Killer song

he's talking about his perfect girl