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Nite Flights Lyrics
There's no hold
The moving has come through
The danger passing you
Turns its face into the heat and runs the tunnels
It's so cold
The dark dug up by dogs
The stiches torn and broke
The raw meat fist you choke
Has hit the bloodlite
Glass traps open and close on
nite flights
Broken necks feather weights press the walls
Be my love, we will be gods on nite flights
With only one promise, only one way to fall
Glass traps open and close on nite flights
Broken necks feather weights press the walls
Be my love, we will be gods on nite flights
With only one promise, only one way to call
On nite flights
Only one way to fall
The moving has come through
The danger passing you
Turns its face into the heat and runs the tunnels
It's so cold
The dark dug up by dogs
The stiches torn and broke
The raw meat fist you choke
Has hit the bloodlite
nite flights
Broken necks feather weights press the walls
Be my love, we will be gods on nite flights
With only one promise, only one way to fall
Broken necks feather weights press the walls
Be my love, we will be gods on nite flights
With only one promise, only one way to call
Only one way to fall
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Submitted by
savingupspend On Nov 24, 2007
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Feels like this brilliant, challenging song, like The Electrician on the same album, is about the Dirty War in Argentina, and in particular there seems to be a reference to the infamous death flights which the fascist junta used to eliminate left-wing opponents. could be wrong, of course, thought The Electrician is about political torture, for sure.
The poetic, nearly surreal descriptions of evil men with their human quarry all alone up in the air, with no escape, and taking glee in their work is so haunting and effective. "The raw meat fist you choke"...."glass traps open and close"...far more frightening and suggestive of the kind of horror inflicted than more straightforward descriptions. Incredible song.