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Fistful Of Steel Lyrics
Huh!
Check it...uggh!
Silence
Something about silence makes me sick
'Cause silence can be violent
Sorta like a slit wrist
If the vibe was suicide
Then you would push da button
But if ya bowin' down
Then let me do the cuttin'
Some speak the sounds
But speak in silent voices
Like radio is silent
Though it fills the air with noises
Its transmissions bring submission
As ya mold to the unreal
And mad boy grips the microphone
Wit' a fistful of steel
Yeah...and mad mad boy grips the microphone
Wit' a fistful of steel
Wit' a fistful of steel
('Cause I know the power of the question)
Wit' a fistful of steel
Wit' a fistful of steel
(And I won't stop 'cause I know the power of the question)
It's time to flow like the fluid in ya veins
If ya will it, I will spill it
And ya out just as quick as ya came
Not a silent one
But a defiant one
Never a normal one
'Cause I'm the bastard son
With the visions of the move
Vocals not to soothe
But to ignite and put in flight
My sense of militance
Groovin', playin' this game called survival
The status, the elite, the enemy, the rival
The silent sheep slippin', riffin', trippin'
Give ya a glimpse of the reality I'm grippin'
Steppin' into the jam and I'm slammin' like Shaquille
Mad boy grips the microphone
Wit' a fistful of steel
Yeah...and mad boy grips the microphone
Wit' a fistful of steel
Wit' a fistful of steel
('Cause I know the power of the question)
Wit' a fistful of steel
Wit' a fistful of steel
(And I won't stop 'cause I know the power of the question)
Ahh shit
And I won't stop 'cause I know the power of the question
And if the vibe was suicide
Then you would push da button
But if ya bowin' down
Then let me do the cuttin`
Yeah!
Come on!
A .44 full of bullets
Face full of pale
Eyes full of empty
A stare full of nails
The roulette ball rolls alone on the wheel
A mind full of fire
And a fistful of steel
And if the vibe was suicide
Then you would push da button
But if ya bowin' down
Then let me do the cuttin'
Yeah! Wit' a fistful of steel!
Come on!
Uggh!
Wit' a fistful of steel!
Uggh!
Check it...uggh!
Silence
Something about silence makes me sick
'Cause silence can be violent
Sorta like a slit wrist
Then you would push da button
But if ya bowin' down
Then let me do the cuttin'
But speak in silent voices
Like radio is silent
Though it fills the air with noises
Its transmissions bring submission
As ya mold to the unreal
And mad boy grips the microphone
Wit' a fistful of steel
Yeah...and mad mad boy grips the microphone
Wit' a fistful of steel
('Cause I know the power of the question)
Wit' a fistful of steel
Wit' a fistful of steel
(And I won't stop 'cause I know the power of the question)
If ya will it, I will spill it
And ya out just as quick as ya came
Not a silent one
But a defiant one
Never a normal one
'Cause I'm the bastard son
With the visions of the move
Vocals not to soothe
But to ignite and put in flight
My sense of militance
Groovin', playin' this game called survival
The status, the elite, the enemy, the rival
The silent sheep slippin', riffin', trippin'
Give ya a glimpse of the reality I'm grippin'
Steppin' into the jam and I'm slammin' like Shaquille
Mad boy grips the microphone
Wit' a fistful of steel
Yeah...and mad boy grips the microphone
Wit' a fistful of steel
('Cause I know the power of the question)
Wit' a fistful of steel
Wit' a fistful of steel
(And I won't stop 'cause I know the power of the question)
Then you would push da button
But if ya bowin' down
Then let me do the cuttin`
Come on!
Face full of pale
Eyes full of empty
A stare full of nails
The roulette ball rolls alone on the wheel
A mind full of fire
And a fistful of steel
Then you would push da button
But if ya bowin' down
Then let me do the cuttin'
Come on!
Uggh!
Wit' a fistful of steel!
Uggh!
Song Info
Submitted by
piesupreme On Mar 06, 2001
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i wish more people knew the 'power fo the question'
I take the line's about silence to mean that Silence is sickening because whilst everything is silent, that means no-one is voicing an opinion. Everyone is conforming to the everyday things that the system presents us with. This may not be correct but that's what I take from it.
"And if the vibe was suicide Then you would push da button But if ya bowin' down Then let me do the cuttin'"
I think that what he is saying here is that if everyone else was committing suicide, then you (the general public) would follow them and "push da button". I feel that in the last two lines Zach is saying how he is not going to follow the crowd just for the sake of following the crowd, "then let me do the cuttin'" - he's saying that he'll do it whether or not other people are doing it or approve of it.
yo, im only 14, i fuckin love rage, i feel what zach says and he got powerful lyrics... the part like 'if the vibe was suicide then u would pussh the button, if u bowin down then let me do the cuttin' i think its showin how america is all one big fashion... we all movie together... and if ur gonna change urself to be part of it, u should be cut down.
RATM is an amazing band, one of the best in the 90's. This song states that corporations like radio stations are being payed to say everything the media tells them to, even though they have a persona as being a doesn't take crap in your face attitude.
There is a part of the song where it mentioned how media transfers messages to the nation to make them submit to the elite and those in power. And silence or the act of submitting is deadly . A very rebellious and anti-establishment song.
And if the vibe was suicide Then you would push da button But if ya bowin' down Then let me do the cuttin' ---anyone got any ideas for these lyrics? and who else thinks the outro solo is sweet?
Fistful of steel? I'm just assuming that is a microphone...and yes Sean7711 all of Tom's solos are sweet by default hehe...sevenfeetdeep I agree with your opinion
Sevenfeetdeep is completely correct. The intro to this is Morello's BEST apart from Wake Up. Rock on! Raise your fist and resist! Etc...
sevenfeetdeep is right. This song is about falling in line and not questioning authority. I believe that the line "the silent sheep" refers to Animal Farm by George Orwell. The sheep were ignorant and followed to pigs rule without question. "cuase' i know the power of a question" refers to the fact that everyone's voice counts and they should not be afraid to use it. So in short don't authority without questioning it.