Afghamistam Lyrics
along that yellow line
you'll find the life on the outside
you'll get there in half the time
if you take a seat on the shotgun side
it's waitin' there to get rid of us all
when the big one comes better pray the car don't stall
the pass will close if the clouds start rollin' in
can't take the thought of bein' stuck again
Actually, this song was supposedly about Dave Knudson spending more time with Minus the Bear, in it's initial stages, then with Botch.
Dave K has said in many interviews, and repeated on several occasions, that by the time of We Are the Romans +, Botch would spend about a month on a song. The songwriting process was very long and demanding, not to mention - if you haven't noticed, Dave K voiced a lot of displeasure with the hardcore community (as did the band in its entirety). When websites, sad to see those days ago, still mattered...there was a famous line that hung on the top banner of your web browser for Botch's site.
That quote read something like, our band is like Jesus...dead so yours can live.
A lot of that was about Dave K moving away from Botch and focusing on Minus the Bear while the rest of the band began to implode.
Later, with the final release of a letdown DVD, the band disbanded in 2002 after about 10 year.
Apparently after Roy, Dave V (singer) is in another heavy band called Narrows on Bannon's DeathWish records.
Funny, all of us hardcore kids (back when that genre wasn't xcorex) always find ourselves bashing the genre but coming back for more...
except Dave K, he can actually play his instrument.
ha.
yeah, in my mind i can see this as the background music for a scene in a film as the world falls apart on itself in slow motion, with all existence flickering out at the last second. absolutely terrifying.
this song is about mount rainier erupting and the ensuing carnage that it causes. its his journey from the west side to billings montana, where it is safe from ash and shit. thats where the tahoma reference comes in. "better pray the car dont stall," "tahoma calls," "the pass will close if the [ash] clouds start rolling in," and Im assuming that 'being stuck again' is in reference to when st helens erupted and he was probably three or four and stuck in tacoma.
you gotta love botch and their craziness. my favorite part is the directions out of seattle to safety in billings.
Armageddon anyone?
one of the sickest songs by botch ever. totally unlike their style.
fuck! i love the piano part. freakin brilliant!
i don't get the tahoma bit. everything else makes sense.
Tahoma is the Puyallup name for Mt. Rainier, the volcano near Tacoma. Help much?
The 'M' in the songs on this EP stands for 'Military' as all of these countries have American Military presence.
after snowdens secret's explanation, for some reason i would really like to see mt. rainier; sitting there looking up at it listening to this would be pretty fucking intense