I made this second lyric page for this song because the other one was incorrect.
The lyrics to this song are a speech that was delivered by Jim Jones of the Jonestown Massacre in Guyana in 1978 some time before the mass suicide. They all drank poisoned Kool-Aid (which is the origin of the saying "drinking the Kool-Aid")
The lyric "Let them hear it in the night" refers to those who Jones claimed would surround the Jonestown compound in order to capture Jones due to human right issues and murders, notably of the US Congressman Leo Ryan.
More info about this specific speech can be found here: bit.ly/ixC15P
Also, for what it's worth, the definitive book about the whole Jonestown incident came out in 1982 and is entitled, "Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People". The name of this Odawas album is "Raven and the White Night". In addition, in the documentary about Jonestown (titled "Jonestown" and released by PBS), Jim Jones says, in reference to dying, the phrase "getting to another plane", which is the title of a song on this album. I'm sure there are other connections between this album and Jonestown (I believe Jones' voice is also heard on "The Maddening of Raven" [there's the word "Raven" again]). Truly a wonderfully chilling and haunting album.
I made this second lyric page for this song because the other one was incorrect.
The lyrics to this song are a speech that was delivered by Jim Jones of the Jonestown Massacre in Guyana in 1978 some time before the mass suicide. They all drank poisoned Kool-Aid (which is the origin of the saying "drinking the Kool-Aid")
The lyric "Let them hear it in the night" refers to those who Jones claimed would surround the Jonestown compound in order to capture Jones due to human right issues and murders, notably of the US Congressman Leo Ryan.
More info about this specific speech can be found here: bit.ly/ixC15P
Also, for what it's worth, the definitive book about the whole Jonestown incident came out in 1982 and is entitled, "Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People". The name of this Odawas album is "Raven and the White Night". In addition, in the documentary about Jonestown (titled "Jonestown" and released by PBS), Jim Jones says, in reference to dying, the phrase "getting to another plane", which is the title of a song on this album. I'm sure there are other connections between this album and Jonestown (I believe Jones' voice is also heard on "The Maddening of Raven" [there's the word "Raven" again]). Truly a wonderfully chilling and haunting album.