Dry Drunk Emperor Lyrics

Lyric discussion by nebulasinbloom 

Cover art for Dry Drunk Emperor lyrics by TV on the Radio

its clearly about bush. im suresome of this could be applied to katrina but i think most of it is specific to iraq. the first two lines seem to refer to the loss of life/innocence in iraq with the image of a baby dying ("under the desert sun").

did you believe the lie they told you, that christ would lead the way and in a matter of days hand us victory?

these lyrics definitely describe bush's attitude going into iraq and how his religous radicalism aided his decision.

atta' boy get em with your gun till mr. mega ton tells us when we've won or what we're gonna leave undone.

here they adress how at this point even if we leave iraq we're just going to be leaving a country we've torn to pieces and ignited civil war upon.

im sure i've offended people with my interpretation. its just what i think.