From Russia Infected
Infectious Desires: Gary Numan's Provocative Reflections on Society
Lyrics
Seen the man?
Observation of a man
New disease
Reference to a new disease
Everybody's infected.
Assertion that everyone is infected
Seen the man?
Reiteration of seeing the man
He'll storm your heart
Indication that the man will capture hearts
Everybody believes.
Belief shared by everyone
Seen the man?
Repetition of seeing the man
Sly new game
Description of a cunning new game
Kiss another cute baby.
Reference to kissing a cute baby
Seen the man?
Reiteration of seeing the man
No war machine
Absence of a war machine
So everybody wants peace?
Desire for peace expressed by everyone
Everybody's infected
Reiteration that everyone is infected
Everybody believes.
Reinforcement of the shared belief
I've been looking for something
Personal search for something difficult
But it just gets harder
Expressing the increasing difficulty
I could look for ever
Endless search
What am I going to do.
Expression of uncertainty and helplessness
Storm the heart
Metaphorical storming of the heart
Boy threw up
Reference to a boy vomiting
Everybody's disgusted.
Disgust shared by everyone
Storm the heart
Continuation of storming the heart
Girl went down
Reference to a girl's downfall
Everybody looked shocked.
Shock experienced by everyone
Storm the heart
Further instances of storming the heart
New young thing
Introduction of a new young thing
Everybody's obsession.
Obsession shared by everyone
Storm the heart
Continuation of storming the heart
'Levi' jeans
Reference to 'Levi' jeans and the perceived coolness of killing
Think it's cool to kill.
Association of killing with coolness
Everybody's infected
Reiteration that everyone is infected
Everybody believes.
Reaffirmation of the shared belief
One more reason
Introduction of one more reason and one more lie
One more lie.
Emphasis on additional reasons and lies
Dreams are cruel
Statement on the cruelty of dreams
This is life
Declaration that life has replaced religion
It replaced religion.
Life taking the role of religion
Change your mind
Call to change one's mind
Make it mine
Desire to make a personal change
Everybody looks sad.
Observation that everyone looks sad
Dirty film
Reference to a dirty film, ten years old
Ten years old
Age of the dirty film
This is Russia infected.
Declaration that Russia is infected
Party time
Announcement of party time
Time runs out
Indication that time is running out
Everybody go home.
Directive for everyone to go home
Everybody's infected
Reiteration that everyone is infected
Everybody believes.
Reconfirmation of the shared belief
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