Has it been so long
Do you think we know
Do you think we care
Die, for the here and now
Do you remember why
Do you remember how

Face, out
Stick your chest, out
Stomach, in
That's right

Do you really know
Where the harems go
In the desert snow, hail
An oasis dream doesn't really seem
To mean a thing when you're out, cold

So, hands, up
Put your guards, up
Feet, down
Up, down
Forward, march
Left, right
Cold, cold
I feel cold


Lyrics submitted by shadowwiththeeyes

Arabian Disco Lyrics as written by Bill David Gould Bill Gould

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    i just got the best of fnm today and i think this song might be a tutorial on how to dance in an arabian disco.

    I dont know im not even arab, im polish lol

    Lester_91on January 11, 2006   Link
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    influenced my songmeanings.net username hahah

    ArabianDiscoon March 14, 2009   Link
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    My Interpretation

    I really have no idea what Chuck and the boys were singing about, but maybe someone had bad anxiety and depression so they turned to drugs, maybe cocaine? (The desert snow). They're living it up dancing in an Arabian disco, having promiscuous sex like a Harem, hallucinating seeing an oasis in a desert. Later they seem to be getting belligerent, strutting their stuff, getting in fights and then they're helpless, getting incapacitated because of the drugs, out cold, or possibly getting knocked out cold by the other person they're fighting. I could be way off.

    The song Faster Disco is apparently a sequel to this song. The lyrics to that song could be describing the person cleaning up and finding religion? IDK....

    no1careshuiamon May 07, 2018   Link

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