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Electric Bloom Lyrics
This is a warning shot, your final call
An empty maw or gurning hearts, hollowed crowns
And all I see is marching bands
Marching bands which never rest in broken stands
Butcherbirds with useless throats
We're not safe of dying kings with plastic knives
It's just another hospital
It's just another, it's just another
Captains made with metal tags
Flags brought down of hollowed crowns
It's everything without a time
It's just a, it's just a
It's just another hospital
It's just another, it's just another
Goodbye all, your marching bands
Laid to rest in broken stands
Butcherbirds will fly away
This is not a warning call nor final shot
All I see is butcherbirds will fly away, electric bloom
An empty maw or gurning hearts, hollowed crowns
And all I see is marching bands
Marching bands which never rest in broken stands
Butcherbirds with useless throats
We're not safe of dying kings with plastic knives
It's just another, it's just another
Flags brought down of hollowed crowns
It's everything without a time
It's just a, it's just a
It's just another, it's just another
Laid to rest in broken stands
Butcherbirds will fly away
This is not a warning call nor final shot
All I see is butcherbirds will fly away, electric bloom
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I think the song is about the music industry (which is like a hospital full of dying kings and captains etc). The butcher-bird metaphor represents most bands around, which are not singing but shouting, but they never hang around for long (they fly away).
So it's a flying morgue
So it's a flying morgue
one of my favourites
This isnt called electiric bloom, on the album its known as The Race For Radio Supremacy!!
Lies! It was going to be called "The Race for Radio Supremacy", but Yannis changed his mind at the last minute. It's on the official forum, here: http://foals.freeforums.org/question-t393-15.html (look at Edwin's post, he's in the band)
And if you don't trust that, look on the official Foals store on their website: http://foals.trinitystreetdirect.com/store/page4.asp?suptype=&t=17&sub_type=15&prod_id=422&col=30
isn't it captain's name with metal tags?
and yeah sounds like "time"
sweet song btw. nice feeling and flow to it.
its 'an empty morgue'
before i read the lyrics here, I thought it was about a riot/protest, judging from the lyrics, perhaps to build a hospital, with the last verse describing everyone clearing or giving up. I guess not now?
Butcher birds are also known for imitating other birds' songs. So, these "butcher bird" bands aren't only squawking empty things, but they are merely imitating the styles of other bands. All the same, and then they fly away.