We know a place where no planes go
We know a place where no ships go

(Hey) No cars go
(Hey) No cars go
Where we know

We know a place no spaceships go
We know a place where no subs go

(Hey) No cars go
(Hey) No cars go
Where we know

(Hey)
(Hey)
(Go, go)

(Hey) Us kids know
(Hey) No cars go
Where we know

Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream
Between the click of the light and the start of the dream

I don't want any pushing, and I don't want any shoving
We're gonna do this in an orderly manner
Women and children
Women and children
Women and children, let's go
Old folks, let's go
Babies needing cribs, let's go


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    rockkiall/ryan has an interesting idea, but it doesn't hold up in the context of the album (Neon Bible, that is, I don't have the EP). The album as a whole is highly critical of religion, especially Christianity. On "Antichrist Television Blues", the narrator refers to himself as a "good Christian man" but seems bewildered as to why his religion doesn't help him find meaning in a cookie-cutter, corporate lifestyle. During "Intervention", the lyrics speak bitterly of someone "working for the church while [their] family dies". Someone else mentioned that the band said that the song was intended to be a teenagers description of a utopia. I would imagine (and perhaps it's just my own bias showing) that in this utopia the narrator would be free of religion, which he sees as just as demoralizing and inhibiting as the rest of the trappings of American culture (cars/ships/airplanes).

    TheTANKon August 09, 2007   Link

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