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Nite Flights Lyrics
There's no hold
The moving '
Has come through
The danger
Brushin you
Turns its face
Into the heat
And runs
The tunnels
Its so cold
The dark
Dug up
By dogs
The stitches
Torn and broke
The raw meat fist
You choke
Has hit
The bloodlight
Glass traps
Open and close
On night flights
Broken necks
Feather weights
Press the walls
Be my love
We will be GODS
On night flights
With
Only one promise
Only one way
To fall
The moving '
Has come through
The danger
Brushin you
Turns its face
Into the heat
And runs
The tunnels
Its so cold
The dark
Dug up
By dogs
The stitches
Torn and broke
The raw meat fist
You choke
Has hit
The bloodlight
Glass traps
Open and close
On night flights
Broken necks
Feather weights
Press the walls
Be my love
We will be GODS
On night flights
With
Only one promise
Only one way
To fall
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Submitted by
songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012
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[content warning: violence]
I always thought that Nite Flights might refer to the so-called death flights, a method of killing political activists and opposition members in Central and South America during the civil wars and military dictatorships of that era, namely Colombia (1948-1958), Mexico (1971), Guatemala (1975), Chile (1976), and Argentina (1977-1978).
It is possible that Scott Walker - who was interested in South America at that time (cf. 'The Electrician' on the same album) - came across newspaper reports about the death flights during the making of the album, which was recorded in early 1978.
The lyrics mention people being tricked/trapped ('glass traps open and close on night flights') and falling from planes ('only one promise / only one way to fall') as well as beatings and torture ('the raw meat fist you choke', 'broken necks').