In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
Fuck the SPG
Get you ya cunts
Come on, the SPG
Blacked out cars, obsessed with pain
Checked addresses, any old thing
Looking for robbers running around
Flushing people, killing ground
The SPG
You can't walk about the streets at night
If you see them, keep out of sight
Running about in the back alleys
Jump in the van and off they speed
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
The SPG
SPG jumping bones
SPG harassing me
Looking for punks in the night
It goes well, arrested me
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
Come on, the SPG
Smash you up good around their street
If they fuckin catch ya they'll knock you off your feet
Have you behind bars by the time you bleed
Mashin' ya and bashin' like swollen meat
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
Fuck the SPG
SPG, malice, corruption
Fuck the SPG
Get you ya cunts
Come on, the SPG
Blacked out cars, obsessed with pain
Checked addresses, any old thing
Looking for robbers running around
Flushing people, killing ground
The SPG
You can't walk about the streets at night
If you see them, keep out of sight
Running about in the back alleys
Jump in the van and off they speed
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
The SPG
SPG jumping bones
SPG harassing me
Looking for punks in the night
It goes well, arrested me
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
Come on, the SPG
Smash you up good around their street
If they fuckin catch ya they'll knock you off your feet
Have you behind bars by the time you bleed
Mashin' ya and bashin' like swollen meat
SPG, violence, destruction
SPG, malice, corruption
Fuck the SPG
Lyrics submitted by skacore_dude, edited by Tricci
S.P.G. Lyrics as written by Glenn Campbell Walter Buchan
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Here's the actual lyrics
SPG Violence destruction SPG Malice corruption
Fuck the SPG
Get you ya cunts Come on! The SPG
Blackened out cars obsessed with pain Checked addresses any old thing Looking for robbers running around Flushing people, killing ground
The SPG
You can't walk about the streets at night If you see them, keep out of sight Running about in the back alleys Jump in tha van and off they speed
SPG Violence destruction SPG Malice corruption
The SPG
SPG jumping bones SPG harassing me Looking for punks in the night It goes well arrested me
SPG Violence destruction SPG Malice corruption
Come on! The SPG
Smash you up good around their street Any fuckin catch ye and they knock you off your feet Have you behind bars by the time you bleed Mashin' ya and bashin' like swollen meat
SPG Violence destruction SPG Malice corruption Fuck the SPG
Here's the actual lyrics
SPG Violence destruction SPG Malice corruption
Fuck the SPG
Get you ya cunts Come on! The SPG
Blackened out cars obsessed with pain Checked addresses any old thing Looking for robbers running around Flushing people, killing ground
The SPG
You can't walk about the streets at night If you see them, keep out of sight Running about in the back alleys Jump in tha van and off they speed
SPG Violence destruction SPG Malice corruption
The SPG
SPG jumping bones SPG harassing me Looking for punks in the night It goes well arrested me
SPG Violence destruction SPG Malice corruption
Come on! The SPG
Smash you up good around their street Any fuckin catch ye and they knock you off your feet Have you behind bars by the time you bleed Mashin' ya and bashin' like swollen meat
SPG Violence destruction SPG Malice corruption Fuck the SPG
S.P.G. = Special Patrol Group
The Exploited wrote the song "S.P.G" in response to the acts of the group at the time, and also in reference to an incident in which singer and author of the song Wattie Buchan was allegedly arrested by the SPG for violence at a demonstration. This incident is widely believed among the punk community to be untrue, as the SPG was unique to the Metropolitan Police and Buchan had spent most of his life to date in Scotland, although it is possible he traveled to London for said demonstration.