The Dead Flag Blues...

[Guest catalystgs]

the 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

[Watchtower]

damn thats deep. u write that?

[Mini_Me]

Urban decay has a soundtrack, courtesy of the instrumental post-rock of Montreal's Godspeed You Black Emperor! The album f#a#oo begins with static and the requisite amount of ominous hum. A disembodied, weary male voice describes an anonymous society in decline. "The 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." A violin begins to play, to underscore the pace and mood of the narration. "The buildings toppled in on themselves. Mothers clutching babies picked through the rubble. And pulled out their hair." A lengthy pause. "The skyline was beautiful on fire. All twisted metal stretching upwards. Everything washed in a thin orange haze."

 

The song, appropriately enough, is called the dead flag blues.

[Guest catalystgs]

Nice to know someone else has heard of such an awesome band

[Watchtower]

Im skrrrd. Gonna go check that one out.