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Infidel Lyrics
Heaven fell from the sky tonight
There were virgins in my backyard chasing angels with fire sticks
Heaven fell on herself tonight
And Moses lay in pieces from some 17-year-old bomb
Here we go someone’s knocking at my window
Here we go I didn’t ask for this shit
Here we go someone’s knocking at my window
Here we go I didn’t ask for it ask for it ask for it
Heaven fell from the sky tonight
And the whole damn world invited themselves to my Sunday BBQ
Heaven fell and it’s not all right
And God won’t dare show his face from of the bottom of my swimming pool
Here we go someone’s knocking in my window
Here we go I didn’t ask for this shit
Here we go someone’s knocking at my window
Here we go I didn’t ask for it ask for it ask for it
La lee be la lee
La lee be lo
Here comes the fire trucks open the show
Here in the spotlight which way did they go
Which way did they go
Heaven fell on herself tonight
There were virgins in my backyard chasing angels with fire sticks
Heaven fell on herself tonight
And Moses lay in pieces from some 17-year-old bomb
Here we go I didn’t ask for this shit
Here we go someone’s knocking at my window
Here we go I didn’t ask for it ask for it ask for it
And the whole damn world invited themselves to my Sunday BBQ
And God won’t dare show his face from of the bottom of my swimming pool
Here we go I didn’t ask for this shit
Here we go someone’s knocking at my window
Here we go I didn’t ask for it ask for it ask for it
La lee be lo
Here comes the fire trucks open the show
Here in the spotlight which way did they go
Which way did they go
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I believe this song is about 9/11. There is a well known Islamic prophesy that when a person dies they are met by 71 virgins to live with for eternity. So, it would make sense that the virgins (Islam) are chasing the angels with "fire sticks" (America/Christianity). Also, Moses is destroyed from the attack. The most telling reference of 9/11 that confirmed my beliefs are in the last verse "Here comes the fire trucks open the show" referencing FDNY help on 9/11. Also, the song is called infidel which is a word that means non-believer, which would apply to Christians or Muslims.
Totally Acurate Interpretation, crazyforfive!!!
The whole line "Heaven Fell On Herself Tonight" could mean Heaven (U.S.) fell on herself, as in, the twin towers, part of the U.S. fell on the ground (another part of the U.S.), the only metaphor being the Heaven part, and the rest acompletely literal translation... and even the "Heaven Fell From The Sky Tonight" being basically the same, all the debris falling from the sky, the explosions, etc.
The "Here we go, someone's knocking at my window/here we go I didn't ask for this shit" line could be interpretated as, America coming together, which it did immediately after the attack, but the narrator wants the necessary time to grieve and think about what happened.
But He Can't Everybody's At His House Wearing Their American Flag Pins And Crying And Praying And eating (at his Sunday BBQ)
But He Just Wants To Be Left Alone (I didn't ask for this shit)
I interpreted this song as being about 9/11 too. The title makes it pretty clear along with the reference to fire trucks and "which way did they go" refers to the disbelief that almost nobody missing from the attacks initially would ever be found alive. If you were old enough at the time, there was widespread blood donation across the US and a great deal of hospitals in the NY area were monitored for incoming casualties only to discover that almost everyone in the vicinity during the collapse were obliterated.
I interpreted this song as being about 9/11 too. The title makes it pretty clear along with the reference to fire trucks and "which way did they go" refers to the disbelief that almost nobody missing from the attacks initially would ever be found alive. If you were old enough at the time, there was widespread blood donation across the US and a great deal of hospitals in the NY area were monitored for incoming casualties only to discover that almost everyone in the vicinity during the collapse were obliterated.
The people who happen to have been working at...
The people who happen to have been working at the world trade center didn't ask for the shit situation of being trapped above an inferno 1000 feet in the sky. "I'm nobody" could only refer to the faces of the victims hanging out of windows whose lives were cut short on a regular tuesday in 2001
The 9/11 attacks essentially spotlighted the US and invited the entire world into our diplomacy and how we'd respond to the attacks.
I don't think the 9/11 interpretation is quite accurate. Not everything happens in America. This seems to be more about a suicide bombing in Israel/Palestine. Note the line, "Moses lay in pieces from some 17-year-old bomb." This would suggest a teenage Palestinian suicide bomber, and the reference to Moses also suggests the Holy Land. It seems this could be written from the point of view of an observer living in Jerusalem who just wants to live a normal life, but the violent politics of the place keep getting in the way. Fear of having a "normal" (yet privileged, when considering Palestinian conditions) life violently disrupted is an intense part of the Israeli narrative.