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The Pandys Are Coming Lyrics
There was a rhyme that wasn't a rhyme
In a time that wasn't a time
There was a place that wasn't a place
There was a race that wasn't a race
But I lived in a city no-one knew
Thousands of people, indecisions
Chained in by sorrow everyone
Started to wonder how it all begun
Waiting for leaders to lead them to pens
Queues went for miles and millions to come
Fall of because write us a few
Friend kept complaining and joined the queue!
Still was a place that wasn't a place
Still a race that wasn't a race
Had to find it, it wasn't 'round here
Such a thought - a simple idea
Long hall and benches, flesh on the spit
Music was playing, wine to drink
Women of scarlet, faces of flame
Laughter and argue, ever the same
In a time that wasn't a time
There was a place that wasn't a place
There was a race that wasn't a race
Thousands of people, indecisions
Chained in by sorrow everyone
Started to wonder how it all begun
Waiting for leaders to lead them to pens
Queues went for miles and millions to come
Fall of because write us a few
Friend kept complaining and joined the queue!
Still a race that wasn't a race
Had to find it, it wasn't 'round here
Such a thought - a simple idea
Long hall and benches, flesh on the spit
Music was playing, wine to drink
Women of scarlet, faces of flame
Laughter and argue, ever the same
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There are two typical interpretations of the word 'pandys', as far as I know. First, umm.. cops. Especially in Britain. I think it was a reference made during the colonies times, where officers in India were wearing white uniforms and had darker skins which made them look like panda bears. But the "police are coming" makes very little sense. It also might be short for Pandora. Opening the Pandora box made all hell break loose. Thus "the pandys are coming" suggests the end is near. Suits well to Jaz's apocalyptic visions.
Actually, 'Pandy' is Jaz Coleman's mothers maiden name. It means 'pandit' which is a Hindu Brahmin scholar. I do believe it does have something to do with the British occupancy in India (before the uprising?) perhaps. Here's Jaz's commentary on the song:
"The title The Pandys Are Coming was derived from a song the army of the British Empire sang in India when the 'Pandit' tribe of Hindus invoked 'Kali' before hurtling towards the British to embrace destruction. It represented a totalitarian state of mind representing my own and I also saw no reason why I should not exploit the family name of my Brahmin heritage. The emphasis again was on myself."