The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
I'm having my cabinet
Schedule a debate
The world will be our witness
Judged in eyes of hate
I challenge the gods
To stand their ground
Taste my word sword
In your filthy mouth
Impeach God
Now
If we unite
We'll take them down
We'll use our strength
We'll use our skill
We will revolt
And we will kill
I've gathered my congregates
Here to kill your cause
The worst of you is venomous
We'll die to crush your laws
I've raised the capital
To take you down
Final word is your negation
Legacy renown
Impeach God
Now
If we unite
We'll take them down
We'll use our strength
We'll use our skill
We will revolt
And we will kill
Impeach God!
We'll cause a storm
We will unite
We'll crush the houses
Tonight
The times come for a dark mutation
A closed whispered
Conversation
A planet's worth of blinded trusters
Born of blackened cosmic clusters
We can't support your industry
Aborted evil ministry
Don't you know there's blood on your hands
It's time we take our final stand
Deport the hatred
Revoke the patrons
A black gestation
The dead donation
Refuse creation
Deny divination
A soul castration
For the dying nation
We will stand up and fight
Anarchy's ruling tonight
Forcing the book to the flame
The paper so earthly defamed
Verdict will rule in our strength
Your prince we will now desecrate
The polls are showing your downfall
We're taking it back
We're taking it back
We are the GODS
We are the GODS
Schedule a debate
The world will be our witness
Judged in eyes of hate
I challenge the gods
To stand their ground
Taste my word sword
In your filthy mouth
Impeach God
Now
If we unite
We'll take them down
We'll use our strength
We'll use our skill
We will revolt
And we will kill
I've gathered my congregates
Here to kill your cause
The worst of you is venomous
We'll die to crush your laws
I've raised the capital
To take you down
Final word is your negation
Legacy renown
Impeach God
Now
If we unite
We'll take them down
We'll use our strength
We'll use our skill
We will revolt
And we will kill
Impeach God!
We'll cause a storm
We will unite
We'll crush the houses
Tonight
The times come for a dark mutation
A closed whispered
Conversation
A planet's worth of blinded trusters
Born of blackened cosmic clusters
We can't support your industry
Aborted evil ministry
Don't you know there's blood on your hands
It's time we take our final stand
Deport the hatred
Revoke the patrons
A black gestation
The dead donation
Refuse creation
Deny divination
A soul castration
For the dying nation
We will stand up and fight
Anarchy's ruling tonight
Forcing the book to the flame
The paper so earthly defamed
Verdict will rule in our strength
Your prince we will now desecrate
The polls are showing your downfall
We're taking it back
We're taking it back
We are the GODS
We are the GODS
Lyrics submitted by Joerogers91, edited by Garruken
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I think when they are talking about the gods they are not referring to the classical deities, but what currently people consider gods to be blindly believed in, you know, the media, medical and psychologist associations, the political parties, the great corporations, they are pointing out the general corruption and lies along with the inconsistent arguments they say to the people in order to keep the power and the status quo.
Well, of course we all know that this is truth, you simply have to read a newspaper and will find from time to time wrong information, or information who has no real practical value but is on the frontpage just bcs it sells, and we better dont start talking about political parties and corporation cough watergate cough cough Exon Valdez cough
Although of course as shown in this episode, is not that all the people who whine about these problems got the "skills" to do a better job. as Nathan said "I dont even care".
Get over it, its pulling the piss out of metal bands. Its not for real.
I'm having my cabinet Schedule a debate The world will be our witness Judged in eyes of hate
I challenge the gods To stand their ground Taste my word sword In your filthy mouth
Impeach God Now If we unite We'll take them down
We'll use our strength We'll use our skill We will revolt And we will kill
I've gathered my congregates Here to kill your cause The worst of you is venomous We'll die to crush your laws
I've raised the capital To take you down Final word is your negation Legacy renown
Impeach God Now If we unite We'll take them down We'll use our strength We'll use our skill We will revolt And we will kill
Impeach God! We'll cause a storm We will unite We'll crush the houses Tonight
The times come for a dark mutation A closed whispered Conversation A planet's worth of blinded trusters Born of blackened cosmic clusters
We can't support your industry Aborted evil ministry Don't you know there's blood on your hands It's time we take our final stand
Deport the hatred Revoke the patrons A black gestation The dead donation Refuse creation Deny divination A soul castration For the dying nation
We will stand up and fight Anarchy's ruling tonight Forcing the book to the flame The paper so earthly defamed Verdict will rule in our strength Your prince we will now desecrate The polls are showing your downfall We're taking it back We're taking it back We are the GODS We are the GODS
full lyrics instead of these half assed ones.
Really? Nobody has anything to say about impeaching god?
Good.
IMPEACH THE FUCKER!!!!
The song is simply about instigating a revolution against a political system.
Great examples being the French Revolution, American Revolution, Bolshevik Revolution, rise of Nazism, March on Rome.
Ok this song is extremely sacreligious.. fuck this song..
d00dmanbro..<br /> It's a GODDAMN cartoon metal band! None of their songs are serious. Get the fuck over yourself. And if you don't like it, then don't fucking listen. You brainless fuck.
okey... then... FUCK YOU
Then don't listen. And fuck you and fuck your god. Metal has been about pissing on God and pseudo satanism since it's beginning. Death and Black metal especially are known for blasphemous and sacrilegious statements. If this song offends you, don't tread too deep into the genre because you might just find yourself waking up in Hell.