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Call the Police Lyrics

We all, we all, we all, we all know this is nothing
We all, we all, we all, we all know this is nothing
We all, we all, we all, we all know this is nothing
This is nowhere
We all, we all, we all, we all know this is nowhere
And there is no one
Here

It moves like a virus and enters our skin
The first sign divides us, the second is moving to Berlin
But that's not the state I'm in
The air is thin but that's not the state

The old guys are frightened and frightening to behold
Kids come out fighting and still doing what they're told
But you're waking a monster that will drive you from your hoary holes of gold
And your body will get cold

And we don't waste time with love
It's just death from above

Your head is on fire, your hands are getting weak
We all, we all get stupid in the heat
You've basted your brains with the shatter and defeat up on the street
And this is nowhere

The early years were boring
The quiet, unhappy punk
See mother was a cripple and my father was a drunk but gentle man
So we do the best we can

This is the plan
Wear your makeup like a man

'Cause we don't waste time with love
Yeah, we don't waste time with love
It's just a push and a shove

Well, there's a full-blown rebellion but you're easy to confuse
By triggered kids and fakers and some questionable views
Oh, call the cops, call the preachers
Before they let us and they lose

When oh, we all start arguing the history of the Jews
You got nothing left to lose
Gives me the blues

And we don't waste time with love
And we don't waste time with love

So call the police
Yeah, call the police
Yeah, call the police
Yeah, call the police
Go, call the police
Go call 'em, please
Just chase the cops
Yeah, call the police
You're crazy, man
Yeah, call 'em up
Just call the police
The first in line
They're gonna eat the ric
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Cover art for Call the Police lyrics by LCD Soundsystem

Seems to be about the current state of politics and how both sides have contributed to it. The old guys fight because they don't understand the world and are frightened, and the kids fight because they're just following the beliefs of their parents. We all end up arguing about who's a Nazi and who's oppressed, but nobody wins. There's no love. No understanding of each other.

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Cover art for Call the Police lyrics by LCD Soundsystem

Possibly the greatest rock anthem to our dystopian times. Released in 2017, but somehow also speaks volumes about pandemic isolation, economic disillusionment, and social/political violence that followed in 2020 and beyond.