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Rioting - the unbeatable high
Adrenalin shoots your nerves to the sky
Everyone knows this town is gonna blow
And it's all gonna blow right now...
Now you can smash all the windows that you want
All you need are some friends and a rock
Throwing a brick never felt so damn good
Smash some more glass
Scream with a laugh
And wallow with the crowd
Watch them kicking peoples' ass
But you get to the place
Where the real slavedrivers live
It's walled off by the riot squad
Aiming guns right at your head
So you turn right around
And play right into their hands
And set your own neighbourhood
Burning to the ground instead
(chorus)
Riot - the unbeatable high
Riot - shoots your nerves to the sky
Riot - playing into their hands
Tomorrow you're homeless
Tonight it's a blast
Get your kicks in quick
They're callin' the National Guard
Now could be your only chance
To torch a police car
Climb the roof, kick the siren in
And jump and yelp for joy
Quickly - dive back in the crowd
Slip away, now don't get caught
Let's loot the spiffy Hi-Fi Store
Grab as much as you can hold
Pray your arms won't fall off
Here comes the owner with a gun
(chorus)
The barricades spring up from nowhere
Cops in helmets line the lines
Shotguns prod into your bellies
The trigger fingers want an excuse
Now
The raging mob has lost its nerve
There's more of us but who goes first
No one dares to cross the line
The cops know that they've won
It's all over but not quite
The pigs have just begun to fight
They club your heads, kick your teeth
Police can riot all they please
(chorus)
Tomorrow you're homeless
Tonight it's a blast.
It's about how even when people try to revolt, they end up hurting themselves instead of the people their anger is actually aimed at.
I love how he sings this song. Kind of like an excited and slightly confused 10-year-old.
holy shit that's funny...
holy shit that's funny...
the thrill of rioting! yyeah.. i've never did anyhting resembling that before but this song gives me a good picture. anyway, i don't really want to go in-depth on this song but the riot is a people, and people are wholly imperfect. eventhough the riot may be for a good reason it's always corrupted in some way........ not to mention cops and the people who control them who beat the shit out of anyone who revolts, and gets away with it.
ShanghaiTheBastards wrote: I love how he sings this song. Kind of like an excited and slightly confused 10-year-old.
But doesn't Jello ALWAYS kinda sound like an excited and slightly confused 10-year-old?? :) Don't get me wrong, I'm not cutting him down in any way. I have tremendous respect for Jello. As to the meaning of this song, I think it's about the mob mentality during a riot, how it takes over and people don't think about the consequences of their actions. "Tomorrow you're homeless. Tonight it's a blast."
aww..... i wanna riot.....
Keep on writing meaningless, moronic posts and the riot will come to you buddy don't worry. :P
Keep on writing meaningless, moronic posts and the riot will come to you buddy don't worry. :P
"Shotguns prod into your bellies The trigger fingers want an excuse"
Biafra's one concern during the DK days was that the general public tends to hurt themselves through authority without furthering their cause.
During the 80's riots were more common and involved punk rock shows.
I'm always reminded of the LA Riots when I hear this song. What the people were rioting over (racial equality) was a great cause, but all they got out of rioting was their neighborhoods in ruins.
In some ways, this song reminds me of an angry child -- so pissed off, but instead of finding a proactive way to change the way things they are, the kid ends up trashing their room or breaking their own toys. In the end, all that's left are your things/life/etc. ruined, and the establishment (whomever it may be) can point at your actions and say, "See? These people are animals. We NEED to control them." In the end, most rioting just hurts the rioters and actually makes the establishment stronger.