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Melt The Guns Lyrics
programmes of violence as entertainment
brings the disease into your room
we know the germ which is man-made in metal
is really a key to your own tomb
prevention is better than cure
bad apples affecting the pure
you'll gather your senses I'm sure, then agree to
melt the guns melt the guns
melt the guns and never more to fire them
melt the guns melt the guns
melt the guns and never more desire them
children will want them mothers supply them
as long as your killers are heroes.
and all the media will fiddle while Rome burns
acting like modern-time Neros.
prevention is better than cure
bad apples affecting the pure
you'll gather your senses I'm sure then agree to
melt the guns melt the guns
melt the guns and never more to fire them
melt the guns melt the guns
melt the guns and never more to desire them.
I'm speaking to the justice league of America
the U.S of A, hey you, yes you in particular!
when it comes to - the judgement day
and you're stood at the gates with your weaponry
you dare clasp your hands in prayer
and start quoting me’ cos we say....
our father we've managed to contain the epidemic
in one place now
let's hope they shoot themselves instead of others
help to sterilize the race now.
we've trapped the cause of the plague
in the land of the free and the home of the brave
if we listen quietly we can hear them shooting
from grave to grave.
you ought to melt the guns melt the guns
melt the guns and never more to fire them
melt the guns melt the guns
melt the guns and never more desire them.
brings the disease into your room
we know the germ which is man-made in metal
is really a key to your own tomb
prevention is better than cure
bad apples affecting the pure
you'll gather your senses I'm sure, then agree to
melt the guns melt the guns
melt the guns and never more to fire them
melt the guns melt the guns
melt the guns and never more desire them
children will want them mothers supply them
as long as your killers are heroes.
and all the media will fiddle while Rome burns
acting like modern-time Neros.
prevention is better than cure
bad apples affecting the pure
you'll gather your senses I'm sure then agree to
melt the guns melt the guns
melt the guns and never more to fire them
melt the guns melt the guns
melt the guns and never more to desire them.
the U.S of A, hey you, yes you in particular!
when it comes to - the judgement day
and you're stood at the gates with your weaponry
you dare clasp your hands in prayer
and start quoting me’ cos we say....
our father we've managed to contain the epidemic
in one place now
let's hope they shoot themselves instead of others
help to sterilize the race now.
we've trapped the cause of the plague
in the land of the free and the home of the brave
if we listen quietly we can hear them shooting
from grave to grave.
you ought to melt the guns melt the guns
melt the guns and never more to fire them
melt the guns melt the guns
melt the guns and never more desire them.
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I think this song is about gun control.
Yeah, basically - he's saying we should "melt the guns" as the solution. I find this is a rare instance where I don't truly agree with Andy's stance/viewpoint. In my opinion, only approaching this situation from the opposite side of the equation first (which admittedly, is a lot more idealistic) could solve this issue. Guns (like all weapons of course) were designed in the first place because of man's desires to enact violence upon each other or other animals (for various reasons). That is the fundamental problem, so melting guns/weapons would be a short-term fix at best.
This song also raises the debate (which ties in with my previous point) of the issue of media influence being the reason behind 'youths' committing particular violent crimes i.e. shootings; or whether it just acts as the scapegoat for such moral dilemmas. As hinted in my previous argument, I lean more towards the latter, but I think Andy is suggesting he believes in the former having a huge DECIDING influence. As far as I see it - if someone is suggestible to such anti-social (forget whether it's 'right' or 'wrong' for the moment) acts in the first place, no amount of advoidance of their situation to influence, suggestibility or stimuli that will trigger such thoughts within themselves at one certain time or another will ever truly resolve the situation as a whole.
Heh heh - anyway, that's my 2 cents. ;)
Haha. This song is really quite naive, but it's catchy.