Great song. I really don't know what it means, but I love the line "Then he hit self-destruct with a battering ram".
The actual lyrics (based on the album's lyric booklet) are:
His photograph was taken in 1980
In New York on a subway train
He emerges days later
The sun in his eyes
And its started all over again
Its spread through the city like a hand-made virus
And catches a glimpse of their lives
The beggars and bankers and fly boys and hookers
All hang on together inside
He's either dead or in serious trouble
He's either dead or in serious trouble
Criminally minded and partially blinded
Surviving on minimum sleep
There's scars down his face
And a stone in the place
Where his heart would previously beat
Travelling even faster in the wake of disaster
And reaching at you from the bleak
Escaping and hiding or simply surviving
Way down in the fluorescent deep
He's either dead or in serious trouble
He's either dead or in serious trouble
His photograph was taken in 1980
In New York on a subway train
Then he hit self-destruct with a battering ram
And it started all over again
He's either dead or in serious trouble
He's either dead or in serious trouble
He's either dead or in serious trouble
He's either dead or in serious trouble
He's either dead or in serious trouble
He's either dead or in serious trouble
Great song. I really don't know what it means, but I love the line "Then he hit self-destruct with a battering ram".
The actual lyrics (based on the album's lyric booklet) are:
His photograph was taken in 1980 In New York on a subway train He emerges days later The sun in his eyes And its started all over again Its spread through the city like a hand-made virus And catches a glimpse of their lives The beggars and bankers and fly boys and hookers All hang on together inside
He's either dead or in serious trouble He's either dead or in serious trouble
Criminally minded and partially blinded Surviving on minimum sleep There's scars down his face And a stone in the place Where his heart would previously beat Travelling even faster in the wake of disaster And reaching at you from the bleak Escaping and hiding or simply surviving Way down in the fluorescent deep
He's either dead or in serious trouble He's either dead or in serious trouble
His photograph was taken in 1980 In New York on a subway train Then he hit self-destruct with a battering ram And it started all over again
He's either dead or in serious trouble He's either dead or in serious trouble He's either dead or in serious trouble He's either dead or in serious trouble He's either dead or in serious trouble He's either dead or in serious trouble