Something For Kate

Best Weapon

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From a walk to a run
By the time they’re done there is only rust
And the official language of fucked up and static
And before he speaks
His machines all agree lets wind them up and march them out
History repeated and read out loud

This could be our best weapon now
Said, hey don’t look now

Stripes and suits pushing the numbers through
They treat them like they don’t exist
And they count them up like they’re matchsticks
And they don’t recognise until spoken in a headline
They’re just more words
They’re just more words that I can’t wait to unlearn
I can’t wait

This could be our best weapon now
Better keep your head down

Said, this could be our best weapon now
Said, hey don’t look now
Our best weapon now

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chocol8_k8 On Apr 13, 2004

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Déjà Vu

Pinstripe (acoustic)

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2004-04-13 11:36:03

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by see_prune

21y ago

something for kate's lyrics are awesome, and i think this is their best. i think this song is about war, and the ignorance of bureaucrats and world leaders. the line with 'wind them up' refers to the helpless soldiers, that are treated as if they don't exist, and they don't mean anything until they make the news in the paper. it's sad. i think 'history repeated' means that we never learn from war. this is a good song, but my fave sfk songs are 'three dimensions' and 'deja vu'

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by Dressed2Depress

20y ago

"wind them up and march them out" the image paul dempsey was tryin to capture in this line is that of wind up toy soldiers

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by Champski

17y ago

Paul said once that he wrote this song to/about George W. Bush.

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by Wingusdingus

12y ago

Paul Dempsey said at the official fiction tour (sad yes I remember from back then) that this song "is about language". Makes sense.

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