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All day
Hiding from the sun
Waiting for the golden one
Waiting for your fame
After the parade has gone
Outside was a happy place
Every face had a smile like the golden face
For a second
Your knuckles white as your fingers curl
The shot that was heard around the world
For a second
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds of your time to take his life
Seconds
Seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
For a second
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
For a second
It took seconds of your time to take his life
Seconds of your time to take his life
For a second
For a second
For a second
Hiding from the sun
Waiting for the golden one
Waiting for your fame
After the parade has gone
Every face had a smile like the golden face
For a second
Your knuckles white as your fingers curl
The shot that was heard around the world
For a second
It took seconds
It took seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
Seconds
Seconds
It took seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
It took seconds
It took seconds of your time to take his life
It took seconds
Seconds of your time to take his life
For a second
For a second
For a second
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Submitted by
doctorzero On Jul 04, 2006
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Of course, having assumed it was MLK, it could be Kennedy:
the "parade" is the cars going past and if you take the official stance to be true, Kennedy's assasin was in a high building which always seems pretty dark (ie "hiding from the sun") on TV documentaries!
The "outside" would here be the people who had come out to greet Kennedy in Dallas Texas and obviously they would be happy if they were JFK supporters! And like MLK the "for a second" is referring to how quickly things turned to dismay that he had been murdered.
The shot was definately "heard around the world," being heavily covered in the media for days.
The only thing I could link to Lennon was the "waiting for your fame" which is pretty self-explanatory really!
"waiting for your fame" I believe is referring Lee Harvey Oswald.
"waiting for your fame" I believe is referring Lee Harvey Oswald.
When I saw this played live in concert, at one point on huge video displays, the projected 1963. I don't dispute the John Lennon comment, but wonder if they are making this song a bit more generic about assasination in general (Kennedy in 1963 etc).
Cool song about the assassination of JFK. Sound very basic but it works.
The song is about the assassination of JFK. This is well attested. No mystery about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dare_(album)#.22Seconds.22
Surely it's about the shooting of Martin Luterh King Jr - the line
"After the parade has gone"
surely referrs to the rally he addressed the day before (March 3rd 1968)
furthermore,
"Outside Was a happy place Every face had a smile like the golden face For a second"
The "happy place" could be referring to the fact that the Civil Rights acts had been passed if you take "outside" to mean the African-Americans in the Civil Rights struggle. Then "for a second," of course is longer in real life, but for the purpose of the song, but obviously when MLK was murdered, this would have upset many people, regardless of the happiess that must have been felt after the Civil Rights Acts were passed.
When played live the song is often accompanied by background slides of John F Kennedy.
When played live the song is often accompanied by background slides of John F Kennedy.
Great song...as already stated its about the assassination of JFK. I prefer this darker sound to the poppier songs they made.
ALL ABOUT THE DEATH OF JOHN LENNON.