International Dateline Lyrics

Lyric discussion by yoavcr 

Cover art for International Dateline lyrics by Ladytron

It is about war.\n\nIt is as simple as that.\n\nWoke up to the sound of the screaming? Walls bleeding?\n\nThe author is telling us they just exploded a bomb in the middle of the night.\n\nWeightless, unconscious crossing.\nThey’re running away, escaping war, without their belongings (weightless).\n\nThe international dateline, is the date and place where the war started and it’s International because is all over the news around the world.\n\nI think the next piece actually says\n“Grown tired of the show coast\nAnd the ones that we toast\nThere are already zeroes\nAround here”\n\nReferring to the leaders around the world\nPretending to be doing something for the war\nWhen they in fact are just making a show\nAnd the people experiencing the war can see they in fact are doing so little so they’re like zeroes to them\n\nI think this song can very much be applied to any war, for example to the Russian invasion in Ukraine and the lyrics come to life.

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