Time For Heroes Lyrics

Lyric discussion by will_holman 

Cover art for Time For Heroes lyrics by Libertines, The

Bill Bones is Pete's nickname for Carl.

The song is about London, and the difference between the positive forces at work on May Day and the negatives of your everyday baseball cap-wearing idiot.

The "stylish kids in the riot" are, I think, the upper class young scallywags who joined in the May Day riots a few years back. (I remember one kid from Eton or Harrow who was expelled after he was shown putting in the windows at McDonald's!)

Interesting interview with Pete about the May Day riots here: http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php4?article_id=2937