British Air Rage
Revealing Societal Struggles Through Finley Quaye's British Air Rage
Lyrics
Tell me your psalms and I'll tell you mine
Tell me your beliefs or principles (psalms) and I'll share mine.
Manic preachers
Enthusiastic or frenzied religious speakers.
Slippery road to wales
A challenging or uncertain path leading to Wales (metaphorically representing a distant or difficult goal).
Boat with no sail
A situation lacking direction or purpose.
Sending people off the rails
Causing disruption or distress to people's lives.
An angel's on your tail
An indication of a guiding or protective presence.
And it's too dark
It's very gloomy or difficult.
Brutality
Severe cruelty or harshness.
Impartiality is now a reality
Fairness or justice is now an undeniable truth.
oppression suppression
Forcing down or controlling others.
Is their occupation
Their main activity or way of life.
Tolerance they boast they have got
They claim to have acceptance but truly lack it.
We are aware they have not
We recognize that they lack true acceptance.
Without us it would be total destruction
Humanity's absence would lead to complete devastation.
Green says you will be fed
Hope or assurance of sustenance or support.
Gold is holding an eternal internal glow
Riches hold an everlasting internal radiance.
Red is gonna run like river jordan
There will be a significant upheaval or change.
Listen now
Listen attentively now.
These words
Pay attention to these uttered words.
Check now
Examine or verify immediately.
The eyes of man can see
Human perception can witness things.
The mind for eye must be
Understanding or intellect needs to perceive.
Red rolled and seen
Understanding something deeply after it has been experienced.
To really know what it mean
To truly comprehend its significance.
(?) back
(Unclear or potentially missing word) returning.
Tears behind my eyes
Expressing hidden sorrow.
Feeling bitter
Feeling resentful or sour.
Weeping as he wails
Crying out as he laments.
Emotional
Emotionally charged.
Trying to stay on the rails
Struggling to remain stable or composed.
An angel on harp
A heavenly being playing a harp.
Who's too sharp
Skilled or astute but perhaps too much so.
Babylon
A symbol of a corrupt or decadent society.
Has no productions
There's no positive output or creations.
Only slavery and confusion
Only existence is through enslavement and chaos.
Rasta going to cramp them
Rastafarianism will defeat or subdue them.
And paralyze them
Render them powerless.
Devils for the situation
Evil or malevolent forces influencing the circumstance.
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