here we go
they’re back again
look alive , warn your friends
we are warm and we are safe
enjoy it while you can before
things change
we have got to take cover,
brother
we have got to take cover,
brother
lie down in a field if you can
look at the night sky
oh, where does it end?
sometimes it hurts when you
care about me
but it’s going to hurt more when
they take you away from me
we have go to take cover, brother
we have got to take cover, brother
here we go again
oh midnight knocks!
oh explosions!
maybe it’s all made up in our heads
this happens to me when i’m bored
or depressed
here is the best part of the song
where i admit that i might be wrong
because if they are good and if
they are right
then they’ll have their rapture one
of these nights
but if they are wrong...
they’re back again
look alive , warn your friends
we are warm and we are safe
enjoy it while you can before
things change
brother
we have got to take cover,
brother
look at the night sky
oh, where does it end?
sometimes it hurts when you
care about me
but it’s going to hurt more when
they take you away from me
we have go to take cover, brother
we have got to take cover, brother
oh midnight knocks!
oh explosions!
maybe it’s all made up in our heads
this happens to me when i’m bored
or depressed
where i admit that i might be wrong
because if they are good and if
they are right
then they’ll have their rapture one
of these nights
but if they are wrong...
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This is my current favourite song. That intro, the rhytm! It knocks you out! Well, I think the song questions the possibility of forbidden love and its consequences : brother can have a reference to any object of affection not part of society's norms, such as a homosexual love. Their love bring great joym, but also sorrow and uncertainty. The singer cannot decide whether to love that which exists totally objectively or whether she yearns for both. The singer is confused whether it is real or just fantasy (made up in our heads...) The song ends with the possibility of the continuation of emotion... just always, despite what others think. He/She realises that their love means more than ostracization or hatred. And "night sky, where does it end?" can refer to their relationship, people's hatred, their uncertainty, or a single act or emotion. Anyway, please respond guys!
It's about bigotry and persecution by fundamentalist christians. She begins by warning that just because the current political situation is fairly tolerant, that doesn't mean it'll stay that way forever. She forsees being on the run and struggling against an intolerant state. The "Brother" part is interesting. It could, as others have suggested, be a deliberately non-sexual/romantic term meaning "brother in arms", e.g. her allies in this political struggle, or it could be a reference to "big brother", e.g. the oppressive state which is persecuting her. "Midnight knocks!" brings to mind secret police, knocking on people's doors in the middle of the night and making them "disappear", and "explosions!" as people resist them.
She then admits that maybe this is all just a bleak fantasy that occupies her more pessimistic moments. She says that perhaps instead the Christians are right and the "Rapture" will occur. This is a reference to the belief amongst some Christians that at some point God will take up all the truly faithful into Heaven, leaving only non-Christians left on the Earth. However, if it doesn't happen, she fears that her dark daydream will come true...
JonR, I agree with you mostly. When I first heard the song I thought of the rapture that you explain in your second paragraph; however, I found no meaning in the song that correlated with bigotry or persecution. I do know that christians believe there will be some who aren't christians when the rapture occurs but will become christians afterwards and those "left behind" will be persecuted as their beliefs will upset the popular government. My thoughts coincide with yours, but for an opposite outcome, I thought rather, it was about the political state currently and how it...
JonR, I agree with you mostly. When I first heard the song I thought of the rapture that you explain in your second paragraph; however, I found no meaning in the song that correlated with bigotry or persecution. I do know that christians believe there will be some who aren't christians when the rapture occurs but will become christians afterwards and those "left behind" will be persecuted as their beliefs will upset the popular government. My thoughts coincide with yours, but for an opposite outcome, I thought rather, it was about the political state currently and how it is mainly tolerant but according to christian belief it won't stay that way. Here, as you, I believe "Brother" refers to the government and also think it refers to those left on earth, after the rapture. The "midnight knocks" and "explosions" refer to the new government tactics that many will experience here on earth if they don't adhere to the new government rule. but only the songwriter knows truly, eh? great song...
I adore this song. ..So much.
me too!
shit I cant believe the organ is on here.
me neither! I LOVE them. brother is one of my favourites, I don`t understand the meaning but the song is amazing!
this song is so good.
but oh, I think it's "No midnight knocks/ or explosions"
(at least that's what it sounds like to me)
I heard this song on the L Word a year ago and I love it so much
Acrisius is right. This song is about a soldier.
here we go into the fight they’re back again the enemy look alive, watch out or actually look like you're alive, so people can help you
brother could refer to a brother at arms, a fellow soldier, or a real brother. Taking cover is done when you're in danger i.e. under fire
lie down in a field if you can they're on a field op look at the night sky searching for planes oh, where does it end? sometimes it hurts when you care about me saying he shouldn't care about the narrator because... but it’s going to hurt more when they take you away from me they're going to die.
I think that's enough evidence. Although the beauty of songs is that they can be interpreted in any way. I quite like the idea of a forbidden love.