Forming Lyrics

Lyric discussion by libertarianleft 

Cover art for Forming lyrics by Germs, The

the last line of the 4th verse should be "Deprivation- we are suns"

its an illusion to kings and emperors referring to themselves as the "light." This is in special reference to the shah of iran and louis xiv of france. one of the shah's titles was "the light of the aryans", and louis referred to himself as "the sun king."

during the time the song was written the shah was an american puppet and there were increasingly widespread protests and acts of civil disobedience against him being violently suppressed by the shah's secret police. darby was very sympathetic with the anti-shah movement because he saw it as a democratic people's movement. he died before it became what it did.

Darby was a tragic genius, no one can honestly deny his talent when it stairs at you in the face.

@libertarianleft oh man ... i see a double sence in chorus ! Darby was gay, or bisexual so :

Rip them down Hold them up = clothings Tell me that i'm your gun Pull my trigger I'm biger than ... (his dick growing)

Maybe i'm wrong, but i think it's a interesting theory