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Godspeed You! Black Emperor The Dead Flag Blues Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 7.93/10 [15 votes]Album: f#a# - EP / Original Release Date: 1997-08-14Genre: AlternativeSong Duration: 16 min 27 sec
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
- The Dead Flag Blues Lyrics / with translationsThe car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely
suicides
And a dark wind blows
The government is corrupt
And we're on so many drugs
With the radio on and the curtains drawn
We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
And the machine is bleeding to death
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles
It went like this
The buildings tumbled in on themselves
Mothers clutching babies picked through the rubble and
pulled out their hair
The skyline was beautiful on fire
All twisted metal stretching upwards
Everything washed in a thin orange haze
I said, "Kiss me, you're beautiful..
These are truly the last days"
You grabbed my hand and we fell into it
Like a daydream or a fever
We woke up one morning and fell a little further down
For sure it's the valley of death
I open up my wallet
And it's full of blood
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely
suicides
And a dark wind blows
The government is corrupt
And we're on so many drugs
With the radio on and the curtains drawn
We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
And the machine is bleeding to death
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles
It went like this
The buildings tumbled in on themselves
pulled out their hair
The skyline was beautiful on fire
All twisted metal stretching upwards
Everything washed in a thin orange haze
I said, "Kiss me, you're beautiful..
These are truly the last days"
You grabbed my hand and we fell into it
Like a daydream or a fever
We woke up one morning and fell a little further down
For sure it's the valley of death
I open up my wallet
And it's full of blood
Facts about The Dead Flag Blues
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The Dead Flag Blues is written by Efrim Menuck, Sophie France Trudeau, Norsola Johnson, Roger Tellier-craig, Mauro Pezzente, Thierry Amar, Bruce Cawdron, David John Bryant, Aidan Girt.
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It is first released on August 14, 1997 as part of Godspeed You! Black Emperor's album "f#a# " which includes 3 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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When we dive into the story the lyrics are telling, the work of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, "The Dead Flag Blues" captures the dark side of a society suffering from corruption, destruction, and despair. The lyrics depict a region almost totally destroyed, where the good old days are just a memory, and the present time is just a sad continuation of society's decaying and hopelessness. The dead flag blues lyrics mainly highlight despair, angst, social commentary, anger and solitude. The composition thus portrays the extent of despair and hopelessness, corruption and societal decay, and apocalyptic imagery. The words used convey adult themes, to some extent mentioning violence, drug use and a feeling of despair and hopelessness among the people. The death and destruction imagery combined with such words as 'suicides' and 'the valley of death' imply a level of intensity that children are not prepared for. Thus, it bears the R rating in its entirety.
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The Dead Flag Blues falls under the genre Alternative.
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The Dead Flag Blues is produced by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Ian Ilavsky, Don Wilkie.
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The Dead Flag Blues song length is 16 minutes and 27 seconds.
Who wrote The Dead Flag Blues lyrics?
The Dead Flag Blues is written by Efrim Menuck, Sophie France Trudeau, Norsola Johnson, Roger Tellier-craig, Mauro Pezzente, Thierry Amar, Bruce Cawdron, David John Bryant, Aidan Girt.
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When was The Dead Flag Blues released?
It is first released on August 14, 1997 as part of Godspeed You! Black Emperor's album "f#a# " which includes 3 tracks in total. This song is the opening track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind The Dead Flag Blues lyrics?
When we dive into the story the lyrics are telling, the work of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, "The Dead Flag Blues" captures the dark side of a society suffering from corruption, destruction, and despair. The lyrics depict a region almost totally destroyed, where the good old days are just a memory, and the present time is just a sad continuation of society's decaying and hopelessness. The dead flag blues lyrics mainly highlight despair, angst, social commentary, anger and solitude. The composition thus portrays the extent of despair and hopelessness, corruption and societal decay, and apocalyptic imagery. The words used convey adult themes, to some extent mentioning violence, drug use and a feeling of despair and hopelessness among the people. The death and destruction imagery combined with such words as 'suicides' and 'the valley of death' imply a level of intensity that children are not prepared for. Thus, it bears the R rating in its entirety.
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Which genre is The Dead Flag Blues?
The Dead Flag Blues falls under the genre Alternative.
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Who produced The Dead Flag Blues?
The Dead Flag Blues is produced by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Ian Ilavsky, Don Wilkie.
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How long is the song The Dead Flag Blues?
The Dead Flag Blues song length is 16 minutes and 27 seconds.
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these lyrics are submitted by kaanSongwriter(s): Efrim Menuck, Sophie France Trudeau, Norsola Johnson, Roger Tellier-craig, Mauro Pezzente, Thierry Amar, Bruce Cawdron, David John Bryant, Aidan Girt
Record Label(s): 1996 kranky
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