Killer In The Home Lyrics
I leave most things unspoken
but deep inside Geronimo is tearing me apart
I've seen him in the streets
and I've seen him in the pictures
killer in the home
killer in the home
from going through the motions
take my head out of its sling
free the warrior
I'll fight him in my dreams
and I'll fight him till he kills me
killer in the home
killer in the home
and give you a bandaid
they gut you in half with a gun
and give you a bandaid
killer in the home
killer
is the home
This song has the greates lyric ever written in it they cut you in half with a gun and give you a bandaid
They rip out your soul and give you a bandaid to fix it. make it all better
What makes this song so great is the arrangement of the music to the lyrics and the effects of the music supporting the tension in the words. The percussion sets the tone, a militaristic drum beat at points, then a rolling drum line. The arrangement of the harmonies and the phrasing of the lyrics, "But deep inside Geronimo is tearing me apart" It begs a comma after Geronimo - think about who Geronimo was and the usage of his name by Army paratroopers etc. It is the battle of becoming who we are to be - best line: "Now's the time I must digress From going through the motions Take my head out of its sling." Yeah - get our heads out of the slings, healed and strong - free our warrior inside us!
For those who don't recognize the music, the guitar on this track is a 100% copy of Rumble by Link Wray, a seminal instrumental of the 1950s.
Ants' guitarist Marco Pirroni cited Wray as a major influence. Wray himself is half Shawnee, so I wonder if the reference to Geronimo is connected to that.