Run! Christian, Run! Lyrics
Waiting to capture that moment
Postponement
Suspension of rational movement
To the forest clearing we'll delve
With guns to our heads, for we know
That heaven awaits us
Run, Christian, run
Still dreaming of that perfect home by the sun
Run, Christian, run
Roaming from all tribulation
Leaving
Leaving behind all damnation
The men will then gather behind
With knives to their throats they'll depart
On the midnight train to Jordan
Run, Christian, run
Wishing for that perfect home by the sun
Come kingdom come
"Bunf had a spate of being logged onto the internet most of the time, and he got heavily into doomsday cult websites, as an observer, not a participator. He printed out quite a lot of essays by these nutters, and I wrote the lyrics from there. And also when we were on tour in America we watched a lot of Christian television shows, the sort where preachers say 'It's not your money, it's God's money, so send in your cheques!'
"Cian had demo'd a repetitive theme with this loop that became the intro and outro, and I added a country rock verse, by which time Bunf had learnt the pedal steel. Bunf found the title and I started singing it on top of Cian's demo. Again we fancied ourselves as a vocal band.
"We approached one of the more interesting websites to do the film. The Ministry Of Truth are a couple called Armand Geddyn and his wife 'Malibu' Barbie Geddyn. It's quite a critical website, critical of organised religion. It's a heavy song, and you need Arma' Geddyn for a heavy song! It's followed by..."
what's everyone think of this song?
It's beautiful. I like the way that that same little sample Cian made plays throughout the whole song (though it gets distorted later on).
Wonderful!
This is my favorite sfa song! The electronics towards the end of the song are brilliantly programmed
The master of time in this track makes me uncontrollably happy.
edit: mastery
god these guys are something else, wish i knew Gaelic 2 :p
They're Welsh, not Irish.
They're Welsh, not Irish.
I totally hear "by your son" or variants thereof either replacing "by the sun" or sung with it.