The moonies are up on a mountain
The lunatics have taken over the asylum
Waiting on the rapture

Singing, "We're here
To keep your prices down
Feed you to the hounds
To the daily mail
Together
Together"

You made a pig's ear, you made a mistake
Paid off security and got through the gate
You got away with it but we lie in wait
Hey, hey-eh-eh-ey
Hey, hey, hey-eh-eh-ey
Hey-hey, hey-eh-eh-ey
Hey, hey, hey-eh-eh

Where's the truth? What's the use?
In hanging around, lost and found
With your head in the sand
Fat chance, no plan
No regard for human life
Keep trying, you've no right
Fast to lose, win or lose
Jumped the queue, you're back again
President for life
Lord of all that flies in the sky
The beasts of the earth
The fish in the sea
Have lost command
Hey, hey-eh-eh-ey
Uh, uh, uh-uh-uh-uh
Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh
Uh, uh, uh-uh-uh-uh, oh


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The Daily Mail Lyrics as written by Edward John O'brien Colin Charles Greenwood

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  • +6
    General Comment

    I picture big business owners caught with their pants down.

    blacktigermusic.comon October 16, 2011   Link
  • +4
    Song Meaning

    oops, the "together, together" should be part of the quote. it's in reference to both the hounds and the daily mail.

    the daily mail is a british tabloid that pretends to be journalism, similar to fox news in the states.

    the song is about the eventual accountability of the insane egotistic sociopaths with power ("lord of all"), like those responsible for the financial crisis, who will justify ("to keep your prices down") any egregious acts ("no regard for human life")

    vexingon December 31, 2011   Link
  • +3
    General Comment

    From the first go, I heard this as a reply to pink floyd's "brain damage" from Dark Side of the Moon. The lunatic is on the grass The lunatic is on the grass Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs Got to keep the loonies on the path The lunatic is in the hall The lunatics are in my hall The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paper boy brings more And if the dam breaks open many years too soon And if there is no room upon the hill And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too I'll see you on the dark side of the moon The lunatic is in my head The lunatic is in my head You raise the blade, you make the change You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane You lock the door And throw away the key There's someone in my head but it's not me. And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear You shout and no one seems to hear And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

    yourgottisttodon February 17, 2012   Link
  • +3
    My Interpretation

    It's about Wall Street, the banks and the corporate greed that provoked the crisis we're currently living and got away with it. Thom participated in the Occupy! movement in London. Brilliant song.

    alitochon April 18, 2012   Link
  • +2
    Lyric Correction

    I'm sure it begins "the moonies are up on the mountain", a reference to the religous sect.

    derykon July 14, 2011   Link
  • +2
    Lyric Correction

    the Moonies are up on their mountain the lunatics have taken over the asylum waiting on the rapture

    singing "we to keep your prices down feed you to the hounds to the Daily Mail" together, together

    you made a pig's ear you made a mistake paid off security and got through the gate you got away with it but we lie in wait hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey

    where's the truth what's the use i'm hanging around lost and found when you're here innocent fat chance no plan no regard for human life keep on trying you've no right fast and loose you will lose jumped the queue go back again president for life lord of all the flies in the sky the beasts of the earth the fish in the sea you've lost command hey hey, hey hey hey uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh uh

    vexingon December 30, 2011   Link
  • +2
    My Interpretation

    The reference about 'hounds' and 'the Daily Mail'... I think it's all about populism and opium to the people... but the people is waking up.

    joseaon August 10, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    In the UK there is an immensely popular tabloid newspaper called the Daily Mail - it also publishes in the US and Australia I believe, but is owned by News International, based in London. It is regularly criticised and sued for aggressive breaches of privacy, innacuracy and lies, although these are also the reason this rag is as popular as it is.\n\nAs well as being a promoter of rumours and pop culture it is also known for pushing racism and bigotry. It legitimises stupidity and ignorance by putting it in print nationally.\n\n"Where\'s the truth what\'s the use"\n\nIn 2005 an investigation began into News Corp International (News of the World and the Daily Mail) which found that journalists had been hacking i to the voicemails of celebrities, members of the Royal Family, and dead and missing children, and family members of dead members of the armed forces, as attempts to get info for news stories. As well as a breach of privacy, it also complicated the police\'s ability to track missing children (messages were listened to and deleted after they had disappeared).\n\n"No regard for human life"\n\nNews Corp journos were proven to have committed this crime and an apology was published in their papers.\n\n"You made a pig\'s ear, you made a mistake"\n\nThe enquiry also investigated bribes paid to police to obtain non-public information.\n\n"Paid off security and got through the gate"\n\nAlthough Rupert Murdoch (majority owner), Rebekah Brooks and her husband (CEO) and dozens of others were required to explain themselves to Parliament, arrested, or had their homes raided, I don\'t know if any of them were ever found guilty of anything. Rebekah Brooks and her husband were even caught hiding evidence (laptops, phones, etc) and I believe they got away with it.\n\n"You got away with it but we lie in wait, eh"\n\nThis song is about a parasitic corporation that will publish anything to incite a strong response from readers, whether it\'s racist, untruthful, or just ignorant. This paper was following the Donald Trump playbook when Trump was still just a reality TV host. They operate with little regard for the law or decency and when necessary they just pay fines and continue doing what they\'ve always done. \n\nIt\'s a song about pure evil operating unchecked and abobe the law with an unnatural disregard for humanity and decency. The Daily Mail.

    Snodon April 22, 2022   Link
  • 0
    General Comment
    • is prices
    gobon July 11, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Song is totally a throwback and still unique.

    antihexeon July 23, 2011   Link

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