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This track is incredible. Great to see The Herd getting political again. Here's what I've managed to figure out...
---"The King is Dead"---
We dance like new years eve, we
We dance from sheer relief, whoa oh
Everything must change
The people that you projected as …
Were nothing of the sort
Sold themselves short
Put down the champagne
No toast to the legacy (no way)
And all the propaganda of prosperity
That’s what a machine does
And the don’t need therapy
You turned us into a nation of haters
….
Believed in whatever get you leader
Dog whistle through the speakers
see who bites it
Noticed a hell of a lot of people liked it
An ethical choice, a simple …
Conquer by dividing
that’s what you admired and
unlessed pushed, would never have retired and (no way)
pirate history will dam him
once it seemed like nothing can damage him
(Madarin Line???)
crook, you got your arse played in Mandarin
Finally the King is Dead, they cried off with his head
Everything must change, Everything must
…
Nothing stays the same oh, Nothing stays the same oh
Yeah
Cats I know are feeling just like the rapture
I can tell who this mood is failing to capture
It’s like somebody finally did light that match up
And burn down the parliament, learned from the argument
Can’t be non-partisan, when you’re an artist
And you put your heart in it, and that’s not even the half of it
Like my man said, we’re talking butter and bread
Better if his words were never uttered again
Mostly vindictive, who could have predicted
Just a few tax breaks to keep us all addicted
The dickhead dictator leader imitator
Made me feel immature when I said “I hate ya”
Did you read the paper the day after and hear the laughter?
I’ll read it to you, it starts with M McKew and ends with you
No roar for you from the people on your ship that you used to call crew
Huh! That’s typical, now I guess it’s difficult
For the type of person who only thinks of individual
No residual, you’ll see our resilience
Take your bat and ball and head for the pavilion
Just promise me this, no rose petal glasses, … all part of the past
posted on 26.3.08 12:07 PM |
urthy |
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The people that you projected as
We were nothing of the sort it sold us all short Put down the champagne No toast to the legacy
(no way) And all the propaganda of prosperity That’s what a machine does and they don’t need therapy You turned us into a nation of haters
Far right appeaser/ believer in whatever get you leader/
Dog whistle through the speakers/ see who bites it I noticed a hell of a lot of people liked it
An ethical choice is simpler if you price it Conquer by dividing that’s why you admired him? unless pushed we would never have retired him
Fuckin pirate history will damn him/
once it seemed like nothing can damage him
[UNKLE HO MANDARIN - hook us up Unkle?]
Crook, you got your arse played in Mandarin
Finally the King is Dead, we cried off with his head Everything must change, Everything must … Nothing stays the same oh, Nothing stays the same oh
Yeah Cats I know are feeling just like the rapture I can tell who this mood is failing to capture It’s like somebody finally did light that match up And burn down the parliament, learned from the argument Can’t be non-partisan, when you’re an artist And you put your heart in it, and that’s not even the half of it Like my man said, we’re talking butter and bread Better if his words were never uttered again Mostly vindictive, who could have predicted Just a few tax breaks to keep us all addicted The dickhead dictator leader imitator Made me feel immature when I said “I hate ya” Did you read the paper the day after and hear the laughter? I’ll read it to you, it starts with M McKew and ends with you No broader view from the people on your ship that you used to call crew Huh! That’s typical, now I guess it’s difficult For the type of person who only thinks of individual No residual, you’ll see our resilience Take your bat and ball and head for the pavilion
Just promise me this, no rose petal glasses, quickly confine him to part of the past
posted on 26.3.08 12:40 PM |
Kaos |
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Are you guys gonna release this as a single at some stage?
posted on 26.3.08 7:09 PM |
urthy |
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yeh this is the first single we've ever released as a label - and even then it's only gonna be digital.
it's going to feature an unreleased track called 'traffic' that will not be included on the album or any other release to do with the new album. the only way to get it is with the king is dead.
release date: april 12
posted on 26.3.08 7:34 PM |
Kaos |
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awesome, can't wait for it to drop.
posted on 26.3.08 10:22 PM |
Kaos |
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man I got a question about the exclusive digital release.
Is it only going to be available on iTunes? iTunes is good and all, but I'd rather listen to my Herd tunes in something more than 128kbps quality, and have the freedom to play it on a device other than an Apple iPod.
posted on 27.3.08 7:38 PM |
urthy |
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not exclusive to iTunes at all. should be available on any of the digital networks.
posted on 27.3.08 9:04 PM |
Kaos |
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great, cheers man.
posted on 28.3.08 10:50 AM |
Fred |
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not sure what the first part of the Mandarin was but I believe the last bit said "kill him" (sa tha)
posted on 14.5.08 12:21 AM |
Unkle Ho |
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Hey it actually means "of the 35 stratagems, retreat is sometimes the best". It is an old chinese war proverb..
posted on 20.5.08 12:20 PM |
wu |
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Hey mate, I don't wanna be anal, my mandarin is pretty rusty, but are you sure about that translation? It sounds like 36, not 35...
posted on 20.5.08 3:39 PM |
Unkle Ho |
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hey you is correct! 36 it is. I got confused, 35 is the age that John Howard lost his virginity.
posted on 20.5.08 6:00 PM |
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oh dood...that's a horrible thought. i'm feeling ill
posted on 21.5.08 10:12 AM |
martyB |
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Awesome work guys.
Urthy, sounds more like Jane says "CONSIGN him to part of the past" not "confine". Makes sense either way I guess!
Cheers.
posted on 4.6.08 7:46 PM |
urthy |
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yeh i think you're right marty..
often when we record, the written lyrics will say one thing and our mouths blurt out something different - it's happened heaps on our various records. if the particular vocal take sounds good, and the mispronounced word doesn't change the context.. we just roll with it.
ha
posted on 5.6.08 11:08 AM |
Honesty |
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Of course I love this song as it is on summerland but I also love the redux version of this that came with the tongue's mixtape. Thanks heaps for two awesome versions of the one track.
posted on 28.7.08 10:28 AM |
