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Think of England Lyrics
In the grip of a winter came, love and greed
Insane with faith, I took the driving front seat
In the lowlight comfort of Berlin streets
The calm from emptiness duetted with my body heat
I was alone at the front line
The message I was told was to try and find
The joy of a lifetime
I just can't think of England
I can't see the picture
I’m still running from the fire, the fire
I just can't think of England
I can't see the picture
I'm still running from the fire, the fire, the fire
In the twilight hours of nervous rest
I bought the beast before believing the threats
In a foreign field I cut all regrets
But the poisoned stories just repeat themselves in fucked-up mess
I was alone for the first time
The message I was told was to try and find
The joy of a lifetime
I just can't think of England
I can't see the picture
I'm still running from the fire, the fire
I just can't think of England
I can't see the picture
I'm still running from the fire, the fire
I just can't think of England
Can't see the picture
(Aaaahh…)
Can't see the picture
(Aaaahh…)
Can't see the picture
Insane with faith, I took the driving front seat
In the lowlight comfort of Berlin streets
The calm from emptiness duetted with my body heat
The message I was told was to try and find
The joy of a lifetime
I can't see the picture
I’m still running from the fire, the fire
I can't see the picture
I'm still running from the fire, the fire, the fire
I bought the beast before believing the threats
In a foreign field I cut all regrets
But the poisoned stories just repeat themselves in fucked-up mess
The message I was told was to try and find
The joy of a lifetime
I can't see the picture
I'm still running from the fire, the fire
I can't see the picture
I'm still running from the fire, the fire
Can't see the picture
(Aaaahh…)
Can't see the picture
(Aaaahh…)
Can't see the picture
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Chris has said himself in several interviews that Think Of England is him re-obsessing over how he felt in england before moving to berlin. How depressed and suffocated he was. Also, 'Think Of England' is a reference to a saying from the Tudor times, when Queens and upper class women were told to 'lie back and think of england' when having sex with their husband King (who they do not love). AMAZING SONG anyhow :)
a comment on the lyrics; I read that someone heard "triumph at the joy of a lifetime" instead of "try and find" I'm not sure which is the correct option there because it's difficult to hear.
Love the song, lyrically it is a lot more straight forward than many of the previous songs.
yeah, blacknbluetan, you're right. I saw IAMX live recently and they played this song and it was clearly "triumph at/and the joy of a lifetime" instead of "try and find" !
this is an amazing song, I'm sure the new album will be fantastic!
Hi! I found out that: it's 'I bought the peace', not beast And 'the boys in stories' rather than poisoned stories.
I love this song. I think it's about a shell-shocked soldier, who has seen so much and given up his past 'cut all regrets' in the battlefield, that he just can't imagine returning to a normal life, he can't 'think of england'. Even in the quietness of Berlin, now war is over, he can't stop 'running from the fire' as the images of war or 'poisoned stories' just repeat themselves in his mind.
I love this song. I think it's about a shell-shocked soldier, who has seen so much and given up his past 'cut all regrets' in the battlefield, that he just can't imagine returning to a normal life, he can't 'think of england'. Even in the quietness of Berlin, now war is over, he can't stop 'running from the fire' as the images of war or 'poisoned stories' just repeat themselves in his mind.
It's a beautiful song though, it's quite despairing but the melody to it also makes it sound really peaceful in the verses.
It's a beautiful song though, it's quite despairing but the melody to it also makes it sound really peaceful in the verses.
Also, I think the line...
Also, I think the line you mention 'to try and find the joy of a lifetime' is actually 'a triumph and the joy of a lifetime'. This would make sense because, at least in my interpretation of the song, the soldier definitely wouldn't understand how war could be the 'joy of a lifetime' and would remember having to deliver that message.
yer blacknbluetan even on the cd it sounds like "triumph at the joy of a lifetime
cant wait till the new album!!
This is a great running song