Rendition, rendition, blame it on the coalition
All the emeralds that are missing, I wish we still had Jack Lemon
Rendition, rendition I never knew the sky was a prison
It's a long hard revolution, good God I feel like a liberal
[Chorus]
For tomorrow I will beg, steal and borrow
And at the moment I'm jumping at sorrow
I wish I knew what I did wrong
Can anybody hear the screaming of us? The screaming of us
In the long hard revolution
Rendition, rendition, blame it on the coalition
The CIA will stay invisible, good God I sound like a liberal
Rendition, rendition I never knew the sky was a prison
It's a long hard revolution, good God I feel like a liberal
[Chorus x2]
All the emeralds that are missing, I wish we still had Jack Lemon
Rendition, rendition I never knew the sky was a prison
It's a long hard revolution, good God I feel like a liberal
[Chorus]
For tomorrow I will beg, steal and borrow
And at the moment I'm jumping at sorrow
I wish I knew what I did wrong
Can anybody hear the screaming of us? The screaming of us
In the long hard revolution
Rendition, rendition, blame it on the coalition
The CIA will stay invisible, good God I sound like a liberal
Rendition, rendition I never knew the sky was a prison
It's a long hard revolution, good God I feel like a liberal
[Chorus x2]
Add your thoughts
Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.
Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!
Anyway, the song's pretty much about the idea that places are "invented" by the CIA or whatever, where law doesn't seem to exist, places that are "above the law", like Guantanamo Bay for instance.
I really love this song, it's really remenicant of the Generation Terrorists stuff
But actually what I wanted to point out is the guitar at 2:17 - is it my imagination or does it sound uncannily similar to the guitar at 2:56 in 'Slash and Burn'? It would sort of make sense because MSP said they wanted to pay their dues to their hardcore, the ones who were there at the beginning (and 'Slash and Burn' is the first track on their first album, for anyone that doesn't know).
Or maybe I'm reading too much into it, that's always a possibility!
imdb.com/title/tt0084335/