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Bombers Lyrics
Look up I hear the scream of sirens on the wall
I see a policeman crying in the backseat of a dying Ford
Hotel waiters leave the bedrooms of stars
Who are far too old
And no-one ever told me
That I could be so cold
Bombers fight at zero feet
Bombers fight at zero
I see an old man knocked to the ground
And beaten by the vicar's wife
No-one stops to help they're far too busy
Trying to save their own lives
A tiny girl screams for mother
And wanders out into the street
I saw her going down underneath
A thousand people's running feet
Bombers fight at zero feet
Bombers fight at zero
All the junkies pulling needles from their arms
Hope it lasts all night
And all the soldiers curse the day they joined the army
And prepare to fight
In silent bars, in silent rooms, in silent cars
You hide where you can
And me I know just where you are, you see
I'm a bomber man
Bombers fight at zero feet
Bombers fight at zero
I see a policeman crying in the backseat of a dying Ford
Hotel waiters leave the bedrooms of stars
Who are far too old
And no-one ever told me
That I could be so cold
Bombers fight at zero
And beaten by the vicar's wife
No-one stops to help they're far too busy
Trying to save their own lives
A tiny girl screams for mother
And wanders out into the street
I saw her going down underneath
A thousand people's running feet
Bombers fight at zero
Hope it lasts all night
And all the soldiers curse the day they joined the army
And prepare to fight
In silent bars, in silent rooms, in silent cars
You hide where you can
And me I know just where you are, you see
I'm a bomber man
Bombers fight at zero
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Actually, if I am not mistaken, "Bombers" was to be the name of Gary's band at one point, and this was to be a theme or signature song. The "Bombers" were Garys crew and they fight "at zero feet", meaning on the ground rather than in the air. The rest of it I took to be descriptions of their world at zero feet, the world around them they were "at battle" with.
In my opinion, this song is about the self-destruction period that many people were experimenting at this period. This is the metaphor, maybe the bombers were the ones who were in the streets of London in the scene...
great song ! it's the expressions of a bomber man looking at a city that he just bombed. i love this song.
I hated all the Numan/Bowie comparison back in the day, a load of Music Press crap. But this song is a twist on Bowie's "Five Years" off the Ziggy LP.
I love this song, the music, everything is so cool about it. I guess it's about bombing...
This song makes me feel so cool. I just want to go strutting around town with a boom box blasting this song. =)
It's about bombing and how people react to it. It's also about the devastation it causes. The song can be summed up in one verse:
"A tiny girl screams for mother And wanders out into the street I saw her going down underneath A thousand people's running feet"