Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Sunday Song Lyric:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_09_06-2009_09_12.shtml#1252243001
[1]Mission of Burma is back. The early 80s, Boston-based post-punk
band has put out a few albums of late, and they played at Case Western
last night. (Of course I was out of town and missed it.) I haven't
heard much of their new stuff, but their 1981 album (EP actually),
[2]Signals, Calls and Marches has a permanent place in my collection.
If there's a Mission of Burma song people know, it's [3]"That's When I
Reach for My Revolver" (though many are probably only familiar with
the sanitized-for-MTV Moby version, "That's When I Realize It's
Over.") It was the lead track on the original EP, but not on the
reissues. Here's a taste of the lyrics:
Once I had my heroes
Once I had my dream
But all of that is changed now
They've turned things inside out
The truth is not that comfortable, no
And mother taught us patience
The virtues of restraint
And father taught us boundaries
Beyond which we must go
To find the secrets promised us, yeah
That's when I reach for my revolver
That's when it all gets blown away
That's when I reach for my revolver
The spirit fights to find its way
The full lyrics are [4]here. And here are a [5]live version, the
[6]original track put to Moby's video, and a [7]live Moby performance.
[For whatever reason, I couldn't find the video for the sanitized Moby
version online.]
For indexes of prior Sunday Song Lyrics, see [8]here, [9]here, and
[10]here.
References
1. http://www.missionofburma.com/
2. file://localhost/var/www/powerblogs/volokh/posts/<a%20href=
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_When_I_Reach_for_My_Revolver
4. http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/105042/
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzMu6ugTNfA
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITO2zFpB__o&feature=related
7.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3a4ft_moby-thats-when-i-reach-for-my-revo
8. http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_05_17-2009_05_23.shtml#1242568562
9. http://volokh.com/posts/1169914592.shtml
10. http://volokh.com/posts/1156075144.shtml
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