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Manic Street Preachers
Revol
Track 6 - The Holy Bible
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Verse
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Chorus
transcribed by Adam and Paul Firth
Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net
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group calling f Average |
#1 by group calling for change or end of the masta at Oct 17, 1981 at 3:57 PM EST |
| This is how Richey describes the thinking behind the lyrics: 'All adolescent leaders of men FAILED. All love FAILS. If men of the calibre of Lenin and Trotsky failed, then how can anyone expect anything to change. Won't get fooled again.' Which is really depressing (but hey, this IS The Holy Bible). He begins with a critique of Russian communism, logically enough considering that the Manics were big on Marxism. Personally don't agree with the over-riding sentiment that we're all fallible, and that hence there is no hope - if I did I'd kill myself - but there you go. | |
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Jonathon Wanna Be |
#2 by Jonathon Gangloff at Jul 26, 1982 at 11:24 AM EST |
| I know the chorus means "Lover lover-living space-culture battle-out-out-fila-fila" I have no idea what fila means. Any ideas? | |
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TAMARA Musical Genius |
#3 by TAMARA at Feb 22, 1993 at 2:56 PM EST |
| fila is italian word for out and it refers to leadership of mussolini as raus refers to hitler's regime | |
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He Wanna Be |
#4 by He Wo at Oct 14, 2000 at 3:37 PM EST |
| Richey's comments on this were : "Revol/Lover - All adolescent leaders of men FAILED. All love FAILS. If men of the calibre of Lenin and Trotsky failed, then how can anyone expect anything to change? Won't get fooled again." Mr. Lenin - awaken the boy Lenin, as the revolutionary leader of 1917, 'awakened' socialism/marxism Mr. Stalin - bisexual epoch Once again, love/sex symbolism is used - 'bisexual' refers not to Stalin's sexual orientation but his seemingly dualistic appearance. Kruschev - self love in his mirrors Kruschev, as Stalin's successor cultivated a different kind of image of himself. "Self-love in his mirrors" possibly refers to his apparent jocular approach in front of the cameras. Brezhnev - married into group sex Perhaps this refers to Brezhnev's interventionist foreign policy, more commonly known as "The Brezhnev doctrine" under which the Soviet Union reserved the right to intervene, with its Warsaw Pact allies, in the domestic affairs of satellite states in defense of socialism. Gorbachev - celibate self importance As president, Gorbachev witnessed the demise of the Soviet Union - his failure (which Richey drew upon) was his inability to prevent the breakup of his country into smaller independent states. Yeltsin - failure is his own impotence Economic meltdown, internal unrest, the reemergence of the communist party, and growing humiliation | |
