Age Of Greed Lyrics
Is the hand that pulls the strings
Be the privileged few (to have to own to hold)
Power over the people yes yes
Power over people
Be the privileged few to have to own to hold
Green gestures of a dying planet
An endless debate only too late
An appetite for glutony
But when you are up you have to try and stay there
So you stamp and cheat on people
Champagne breakfats (rewards for the killing)
And a fast waist bulging
Indulging, in what you call good living
A lifestyle of cholesterol
Cross collateralized cholesterol
Saving what's left from profit margin
For what?
I'll tell you what for
For some irrelevant conscience easing charity - Why?
Just to justify! Just to justify!
A society based on solid foundations
Educate our children - educate them well
To feather the nest and fuck the rest
(Yes yes feather thenest and fuck the rest)
The waste expands
(As your waist expands)
While others stand at the back of the queue
I mean you
For your creature comforts
Exchanging the hours of your life
For the cash you've already spent
Eating rubbish so you can pay the rent
Table wine once a week if you'relucky
In comparison
Be part of the company (or fade!)
The appliance of science to privatise their lives
Electricity is our business
Gas is our business
Lives are our business
Business is our business
Your stinking industrial bathwater - my wine
Imbalance induces hate
How will you fill the gap
Between the endless buffet
And the scraps of food I have
I feel hate I feel hate
(Don't be afraid to show your hate, hate!)
You didn't know I couldn't even afford to feed my family
I just want to kill
I just want to take a gun
And put it to your head
And pull the trigger
Jaz Coleman sings this with sheer ferocity, spitting out every bitter word. You can tell this comes straight from the heart. One of my favourite Killing Joke tracks.
A rant about the way Thatcher and Regan destroyed society, leaving everyone to fether their own nest and f(&k the rest!
It's about greed. How the rich could care less about those below them (economically and class wise). No balance ("imbalance induces hate, how will you bridge the gap, between the endless buffets and the empty plate I have....I feel hate") and a trigger for someone to react. Also goes into a dream/fantasy as to how it would be for the rich to be poor. Can you feel it? Does it matter to you now (with the wealth)? Have you learned? No! And express yourself, never hold back (DON'T BE AFRAID TO SHOW YOUR HATE....HATE!!!!) One of Killing Jokes most angry songs. I wish it was still on their set list. It should be a staple. You have to feel something when listening to this song (and knowing the lyrics)....no matter where you stand.