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Run, Pig, Run Lyrics
When I was young
we used to play the game of hide & seek
someone go hide, I count to ten
You probably never played,
Instead you talk a game of sheep
A skill you almost do perfect
Run, Pig, Run
Here, I, Come
I am no saint & make no claims
To being in the right
Its just for now, I am wrong-less
You probably wondering
With what to do, this has with you
I wanna play the game you missed
Run, Pig, Run
Here, I , Come
There is no safe place
There is no safe place
There is no safe place to hide
we used to play the game of hide & seek
someone go hide, I count to ten
You probably never played,
Instead you talk a game of sheep
A skill you almost do perfect
Here, I, Come
To being in the right
Its just for now, I am wrong-less
You probably wondering
With what to do, this has with you
I wanna play the game you missed
Run, Pig, Run
Here, I , Come
There is no safe place
There is no safe place
There is no safe place to hide
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He's saying he's going to get someone. (The screws/pigs)
This is a straight forward song, but you can consider it a conclusion to the conflicts earlier in the album. Some of the other songs at the beginning talk a lot about being different and being judged for that and variations thereof.
In this song it's telling that Hommes refers to the other as playing a sheep game, (probably Simon says) indicating that they are one of the conformists/screws that ruin the world. 'Pig' is a common insult aimed at authority and society figures.
So now he's coming to get them in revenge. (Possibly also this song is directly related to the River in the road) Hes not claiming to be perfect, but he's better. (Less-wrong) The game references is simply Hommes being cheeky.
He's having fun. The innocent angle implied by the children's games reminds me of the Someone's in the Wolf, where a similar sounding song, (which also referenced an animal like this one) uses a children's story for atmosphere.
the best song on Era Vulgaris
excellent song! one of the best on Era i think.
great song, especially as a closing song.
Seems to me that he is getting back at some authority figure for what he believes is a past injustice, as someone mentioned above.
Great song. Love the sound of it. :)
Good Song, good fucking album
I'm Liking this i really am....bulby is cool
I love the dirty guitar sound in it, just like in turnin' on the screw
Man i love QOTSA, they bleed sex into rock....YAY \m/
Forgotten way is a tool. And I mean that in the harshest way.
I find it funny that the two songs he seems to positively review are Static-X and LIMP BIZKIT.
Really. Are you serious? Are you FUCKING SERIOUS? YOU WHITE TRASH PIECE OF RETARD?
Dude I am definately with you! forgotten way! Get some taste man!
Dude I am definately with you! forgotten way! Get some taste man!
lol "white trash piece of retard"
lol "white trash piece of retard"
the guitar line followed by the "responce" guitar line (the main riff) in this song is simple but inspired, which only the best muscians can do.
and i was going to defend Forgotten way because i like a few static-x songs, but by judging rage against the machine by their most popular song which you probably heard only once, didn't understand how to listen to it, so just said "fuck them" because you dont like music unless its predigested for your enjoyment. The last thing we need is someone making music about negativity instead of trying to get something postive out of misfortune.
stop listening to my music, please.
I think this song is about someone who is totally fucked. For example playing the game of hide and seek is like relearning and making sense of why we learned certain games while growing up. And it is from the point of view of the seekers "There is no safe place There is no safe place to hide " gives a sense of being completely fucked