LoftyPines Wrote:(Apparently Kasper was given choice of the three tunes to drop and that was one of them). I will see if I can dig up the thread.
IIRC "Fighter Fighter" was another. Here's what the museum has for those two very political songs:
Night Is For Getting Origins
Life Is For Getting: Most popular reoccurring rant of the IVL tour. The "life is for getting/Life is forgetting" rants often appeared during "At The Hundredth Meridian" and became longer as the tour went on. Lyrics eventually found their way into "Vaccination Scar" from IBE, and the theme was transformed into the IBE bonus track: "Night Is For Getting."
Night Is For Getting Lyrics
Night Is For Getting {Released as Bonus Track, backing vocals in brackets}
Here comes the night, ripped past disregard (Night)
Another night signifying ready (Night)
To sleep or fight through Sound Tigers out in the yard (Fight)
Night is for getting (Night is for getting)
Here comes the time, for dreaming the dream we are (Time)
Another time till slowly we weren't (Time)
The way you say ‘it's fine,’ ‘come home’ and ‘enough’ (Fine)
With a weird undercurrent, a weird undercurrent (Weird undercurrent)
A weird undercurrent (Weird undercurrent)
You sang hush, baby, hush (You sang hush, baby, hush)
Everything will turn out alright (Everything will turn out alright)
Hush, baby, hush, (Hush, baby, hush)
Now we really need some quiet (Now we really need some quiet)
Here comes the day, dewdrops on the newness for (Day)
Another day spent doing nutting' (Day)
You fight, you pay, spider legs on colder trail (You fight you pay)
War is forgetting (War is forgetting)
Fighter Fighter References
"...Oh, the Lord’s Resistance Army sent
Forty-five children to test"
The Lord's Resistance Army is a rebel guerilla faction fighting in Uganda's seemingly endless civil war. They have become infamous for their brutal slaughter and torture of innocent civilians, many of which are women and children, as they seek to mix terrorism and barbarism to reach their political goals. The organization recruits and employs child soldiers and is one of the most reviled military groups on the planet today. From bases in Sudan, the LRA strike in Uganda without warning and are believed to be supported by the Sudanese government. From globalsecurity.org : "The LRA has abducted large numbers of civilians for training as guerrillas; most victims were children and young adults. The LRA abducted young girls as sex and labor slaves. Other children, mainly girls, were reported to have been sold, traded, or given as gifts by the LRA to arms dealers in Sudan. While some later escaped or were rescued, the whereabouts of many children remain unknown."
"...The Moroto river swellin
Was quite impassible as you might expect"
Moroto is both a city and a mountain in Eastern Uganda. At times, the portion of the Okere river which winds near the area is called the "Moroto river."
Fighter Fighter Lyrics
Four a.m., the French countryside
I can hear them comin from miles away
It’s clear in any language that they fight
But I couldn’t tell you what they’re saying
Go to sleep and easily
And gradually the light fills my eyes
Enough so I could see
The dim outline of my wife
All I could make out
Was that poor girl saying,
"Qu'est-ce-que tu vas faire?"
"What are you gonna do?"
"Qu'est-ce-que tu vas faire?"
"What are you gonna do?"
Cuz I’m tired of the way I feel
Oh, fighter, fighter
Tired of the way I make you feel
Yeah, fighter, fighter
Oh, the Lord’s Resistance Army sent
Forty-five children to test
The Moroto river swellin
Was quite impassible as you might expect
Go to sleep and easily
And gradually the light fills your eyes
Enough til you can see
The dim outline of your child
And all I could make out
Was that poor girl saying,
"Qu'est-ce-que tu vas faire?"
"What are you gonna do?"
"Qu'est-ce-que tu vas faire?"
"What are you gonna do?"
Cuz I’m tired of the way ya feel
Yeah, fighter, fighter
Tired of the way you make me feel
Oh, fighter, fighter
Tired of the way ya feel
Yeah, fighter, fighter
Tired of the way I make you feel
Fighter, fighter
"Qu'est-ce-que tu vas faire?"
"What are you gonna do?"
