European Superstate

Jaz Coleman: That was a jam that we did in the studio. Youth's dad was there and he said 'this is great!' He started dancing with a glass of white wine and a cigarette in his hand. It ran very quickly from this. If you look at the song 'Europe' on our fifth album [Night Time 1985_] — Geordie's a passionate admirer of Rifkind and the European Dream, and we're all supporters of the European Ideal, I know Big Paul is and Geordie is passionately, so it's just a continuation of our convictions. The origins of the European Union are Jan Huss from Prague in the 1600s. His original idea is worth studying because it's based on the arts, it's based on spirituality. At that time Prague was a bastion of hermeticism and Rosicrucianism and alchemy against the Roman Catholic church, so it's worth looking at our roots there, and that's what we did with this track. It's quite prophetic when you look at the second verse — "why are the proud descendents of Plato paying off more debts accommodating NATO?" It's what we call the triple-headed head-dress of the jester — the 'Shin', as we call it — which is a prophetic current that runs through Killing Joke lyrics when they are accurate transmissions.

If you listen VERY closely, there are two lines being sung in the background during the bridge. Each line spans two utterances of "Old Europe," and are sung in what sounds like falsetto, probably by Jaz. No one seems to have these lines in their lyrics. Bonus points in Heaven to whoever tracks those lines down and gets them added here. ????????

"Why are the proud descendants of Plato Paying off more debts accommodating NATO?"

Because they want to have six-hour work days and retire at 55. They're welcome to do that if they can make it work without taking money from other countries where they work 40 hours a week and retire in their 60s.