This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
The pain, disorder
A cataclysmic dawn
We trusted but something has gone wrong
We bought it
But woke to find it gone
Impact in 5, 4, 3, 2
The place before
The radiation creeps
On cats' feet
We scatter in the streets
She asks me "do you think it's safe to breathe?"
It doesn't look that way to me
We storm the gates
Raise the flags
Just the same old story
We seize the throne, subjugate
We should have burned it to the ground
Whoa
Some might say we've lost our way
But I believe we've not gone far enough
Afraid, we cower
To interests not our own
The power to free or to control
We let it skip through
Our fingers to the bone
Watch as the bodies wash ashore
Whoa
Nobody lives here anymore
We storm the gates
Raise the flags
Just the same old story
We seize the throne, subjugate
We should have burned it to the ground
Whoa
Some might say we've lost our way
But I believe we've not gone far enough
And how long will we fall for this?
And how long will we fall for this?
How long will we fall for this?
And how long will we fall?
And how long will we fall for this?
And how long will we fall for this?
And how long will we fall for this?
How long, how?
We storm the gates
Raise the flags
Just the same old story
We seize the throne, subjugate
We should have burned it to the ground
Whoa
Some might say we've lost our way
But I believe we've not gone far enough
A cataclysmic dawn
We trusted but something has gone wrong
We bought it
But woke to find it gone
Impact in 5, 4, 3, 2
The place before
The radiation creeps
On cats' feet
We scatter in the streets
She asks me "do you think it's safe to breathe?"
It doesn't look that way to me
We storm the gates
Raise the flags
Just the same old story
We seize the throne, subjugate
We should have burned it to the ground
Whoa
Some might say we've lost our way
But I believe we've not gone far enough
Afraid, we cower
To interests not our own
The power to free or to control
We let it skip through
Our fingers to the bone
Watch as the bodies wash ashore
Whoa
Nobody lives here anymore
We storm the gates
Raise the flags
Just the same old story
We seize the throne, subjugate
We should have burned it to the ground
Whoa
Some might say we've lost our way
But I believe we've not gone far enough
And how long will we fall for this?
And how long will we fall for this?
How long will we fall for this?
And how long will we fall?
And how long will we fall for this?
And how long will we fall for this?
And how long will we fall for this?
How long, how?
We storm the gates
Raise the flags
Just the same old story
We seize the throne, subjugate
We should have burned it to the ground
Whoa
Some might say we've lost our way
But I believe we've not gone far enough
Lyrics submitted by WillCreary, edited by rougereader, Tserra, sevasweets
A Gentlemen's Coup Lyrics as written by Joseph Principe Brandon Barnes
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This is the version from the booklet:
The Pain Disorder A cataclysmic draw We trusted But something has gone wrong We bought in Bet woke to find it gone Impact in 5-4-3-2...
Brace For fallout The radiation creeps On cats feet We scatter in the streets She asked me "Do you think its safe to breathe?" It doesn't look that way to me
We stormed the gates And raised new flags But it's just the same old story We seized the throne Subjugate We should have burned it to the ground Some might say we've lost our way But I believe we've not gone far enough
Afraid We cower To interests not our own The power To free or to control We let it slop through Our fingers to the floor Watch as the bodies wash ashore Nobody lives here anymore
We stormed the gates And raised new flags But it's just the same old story We seized the throne Subjugate We should have burned it to the ground Some might say we've lost our way But I believe we've not gone far enough
How long will we fall for this?
It's essentially about a political revolution that hasn't yet turned into a social revolution. The people have grievances, very possibly economic in nature (ie. they're shit poor), and '[seize] the throne', putting a new popular government into power, but it's still the 'same old story' - this government is incapable of transforming the basic social and economic relations that are behind the suffering.
The lyrics then say that the revolution has 'not gone far enough', and that they should have 'burned [the throne] to the ground'. This is saying that they need to turn a minor political revolution into a social revolution, and instead of just capturing the state apparatus, the revolution must smash the state and replace it with a system designed from the ground up to serve the interests of the masses.
The Egyptian Revolution is the perfect example of this. The people revolted due to a combination of severe state repression and horrific economic conditions, as Mubarak's neoliberal reforms gutted working class living standards. So far, however, all we've seen is the power changing hands to a theoretically progressive body, without the core economic grievances being addressed - hence the ongoing protests in Tahrir as I type, and a growing realisation that it's the very way the society is organised that is the ultimate problem.
From the chorus it seems to be about the changes in rule that have gone before ultimately not changing things enough "We storm the gates and raised new flags, but its just the same old story."
The more things change the more the stay the same. "We seized the throne" "We should have burnt it to the ground" Tim is talking about the need to start over. "I believe we've not gone far enough".
A new system. Endgame the title of the album is a way of syaing that the way of this world and the way we live now can't last.
When I listen to this song I imagine a post-apocalyptic world after a nuclear war. Civilization as we know it is gone; no more government, no more elite, no more poor people. Everything is fair. It's the people's world now, and everyone has equal control. They feel they should have burnt down the way of society earlier, so that everyone could live like that without having to go through a nuclear war.
I am not trashing your opinion but more of stimulating a discussion but do you really think society will function better without governments and without order? If we did live in a post apocalyptic world do you really think that people would live fairly? To me because of capitalism the world will never function properly again. The world wouldn't change it would stay the same, people fighting to have the most of everything because that is what man has become, greedy.
I think that both if you guys are missing a couple greater points. For Zero, its this. We don't have control, how do you expect to have equal control? The world controls us. Not the other way around.<br /> <br /> Indie, if we are so flawed we need government, then the government is going to be so flawed that it will destroy itself (just like we would destroy ourselves without). So we destroy ourselves either way, when the next revolution comes. Government will not be able to solve the problems we face, people thinking differently though just might be able bring us through to the other side, backwards and forwards, backwards to an organizations that have worked for people, and forwards towards new structures which will order those who want to try to live in new ways (ways that might work). We have tried this way of life with government for 5,000 years, it doesn't work, something else is called for. Something that is Beyond Civilization.<br /> <br /> This is I think perhaps the point zer0 is trying to get at.
my bad for the lack of lyrics, i submitted just part of it instead of the whole thing. but i got it all up correctly now.
Here's what I got:
The pain, disorder, a cataclysmic dawn We trusted but something has gone wrong We've fallen, awoke to find it gone Effective five, four, three, two
Peace, before us, the radiation creeps We can't sleep, we're scattered in the streets She asked me, "you think it's safe today?" It doesn't look that way to me
We storm the gates, raise the flags Just the same old story We seize the throne, subjugate We should have burnt it to the ground (Storm the gates, raise the flag!) (Seize the throne, subjugate!) Some might say we've lost our way But I believe we've not gone far enough
Afraid, we cower to interests not our own The power to free or to control We let it slip through our fingers to the floor Watch as the ?? to shore Nobody lives here anymore
We storm the gates, raise the flags Just the same old story We seize the throne, subjugate We should have burnt it to the ground (Storm the gates, raise the flag!) (Seize the throne, subjugate!) Some might say we've lost our way But I believe we've not gone far enough
And how long will we fall for this? How long will we fall for this? How long will we fall for this? How long will we fall?
And how long will we fall for this? How long will we fall for this? How long will we fall for this? How long? How long?
We storm the gates, raise the flags Just the same old story We seize the throne, subjugate We should have burnt it to the ground (Storm the gates, raise the flag!) (Seize the throne, subjugate!) Some might say we've lost our way But I believe we've not gone far enough
Watch as the bodies wash to shore*
Amazing Song.
First let me say: I know A Gentlemen´s Coup is not about this.
"We seize the throne, subjugate We should have burnt it to the ground (Storm the gates, raise the flag!) (Seize the throne, subjugate!) Some might say we've lost our way But I believe we've not gone far enough"
Just think about Egypt and maybe libya. Yeah, the people in Egypt won the civil war, but who knows if the new regime is any better? Maybe they have not gone far enough ?
"Peace, before us, the radiation creeps We can't sleep, we're scattered in the streets She asked me, "you think it's safe today?" It doesn't look that way to me"
Tschernobyl, Japan anyone ? Even now the japanese government isn´t 100 percent honest to his people.
The only thing that gets in the way of this would be the fact that those events happened after the CD was put out...and thus they couldn't have known that these events would happen. Yes, we can apply this song to it, but I'm just pointing out that this wasn't their original intention.
Exactly what I was thinking But its amazing how much this song can apply to Japan and Libya...
the chorus makes me think of ancient warfare, the army storms the gates, conquers, raise the new flag, take over the throne, but there will be so many revolts from the people who used to live there, or the country will want there city bak so more war will follow and it would just be easier to burn the city down. the songs obviously not about ancient war at all, but im a history guy so thats what i think of
You are far from wrong. The history of our civilizations has been one of mostly violent, and rarely peaceful revolutions (and plenty of wholesale slaughter and conquest of ones neighbors). In all of these cases, they don't fix the problems that led to the revolution, they are just symptom relief.<br /> <br /> We can storm the gates of the insert state government, take over, impose our own rule, and create a whole new set of winners and losers to start the process all over again. The system itself (in all its ideological forms) tends towards inequity.<br /> <br /> I hope that you have taken Rise Against's suggestion to read Ishmael. It illuminates some of these ideas much more effectively. You probably have gotten around to a People's History of the United States.
To me I always thought that with this song RA was trying to say something about the Obama presidency, how he ran on the idea of change but really didn't change much it's just" the same old story" the part " How long will we fall for this" seems to be a poke at the idea that the 2 parties are any different and that voting actually changes things. This is all not necessarily my political opinion, but what I think RA is trying to say.
I think this song isn't just about ancient armies or anything, I think it's meant to cover on the broad spectrum how every time people revolt or try to change the system it winds up exactly the same. I mean, the communist revolution in Russia ended with dictators like Stalin. In the Middle East, all we do is just making it worse, turning it into a ticking time bomb. Even Obama's discovered with the NSA thing that you really can't get rid of National Surveillance, we need it for safety. It's all just a hopeless, nihilistic cycle.