I was wondering if the verses \'I wanna know...if you wanna hear the sound of drums\' and \'don\'t make me wait till the morning come\' conceal a threat and what that could be.
@VanDiemen16 Hi, Van Dieman! The sound of drums, setting the rhythm for soldiers to march by, would (if it had ever happened) have meant that other countries were considering taking military action against the SA government (and of course the whole country). Don't make me wait till the morning comes: morning is a new dawn, a new beginning, and the singer is simply tired of waiting! He wants change, and he wants it immediately. That would certainly have been a threat to the apartheid government, and they were well aware of it and would have taken stern action if it...
@VanDiemen16 Hi, Van Dieman! The sound of drums, setting the rhythm for soldiers to march by, would (if it had ever happened) have meant that other countries were considering taking military action against the SA government (and of course the whole country). Don't make me wait till the morning comes: morning is a new dawn, a new beginning, and the singer is simply tired of waiting! He wants change, and he wants it immediately. That would certainly have been a threat to the apartheid government, and they were well aware of it and would have taken stern action if it had ever happened. Which it didn't: the South African miracle of free and fair elections actually happened, and to this day I don't know what we did to deserve it. A story with a happy ending: OK, no country is perfect, but today's South Africa is very much better.
I was wondering if the verses \'I wanna know...if you wanna hear the sound of drums\' and \'don\'t make me wait till the morning come\' conceal a threat and what that could be.
@VanDiemen16 Hi, Van Dieman! The sound of drums, setting the rhythm for soldiers to march by, would (if it had ever happened) have meant that other countries were considering taking military action against the SA government (and of course the whole country). Don't make me wait till the morning comes: morning is a new dawn, a new beginning, and the singer is simply tired of waiting! He wants change, and he wants it immediately. That would certainly have been a threat to the apartheid government, and they were well aware of it and would have taken stern action if it...
@VanDiemen16 Hi, Van Dieman! The sound of drums, setting the rhythm for soldiers to march by, would (if it had ever happened) have meant that other countries were considering taking military action against the SA government (and of course the whole country). Don't make me wait till the morning comes: morning is a new dawn, a new beginning, and the singer is simply tired of waiting! He wants change, and he wants it immediately. That would certainly have been a threat to the apartheid government, and they were well aware of it and would have taken stern action if it had ever happened. Which it didn't: the South African miracle of free and fair elections actually happened, and to this day I don't know what we did to deserve it. A story with a happy ending: OK, no country is perfect, but today's South Africa is very much better.