This song is ripe with themes of revolution; indeed, it is a lingering message for those of our time who would dare to pick up that banner and run with it. Ultimately, it is a message for everyone because this system will rip all of us apart one by one. Once, I heard someone say: We hang together, or they'll hang us separately. Here are some of the profound lines in the song:
...What are we running for? We've got the right to be angry! What are we running for? When there's no where we can run ...
This Scottish rock from the South side of Glasgow has always been one of my favorites. This particular song with lead singer Jim kerr was a world wide hit in 1985. It's a great song to wake up too.
There certain aspects about a song like this that resonate so strongly even today. Two of the most notable are as follows: It was sung by a black rock band - and regardless of what forward-looking whites or high-minded blacks would like you to believe, such a fact still bears mentioning; second, there was thoughtful purpose behind the words of Cory Glover (lead singer) ...especially these:
Only YOU, can set YOU Free!
...free from all the dictates of mind-numbing Hollywoodism thinly veiled by...
This song Kyrie, κύριος (kyrios) in Greek, means Oh Lord. So, when lead singer Richard Page sings,"Kýrie,eléison" - which you can just barely make out - he is saying,"Oh Lord, have mercy..." [Etymology of Kyrie, Click Here]
It's a beautiful song with an invigorating sense of fearlessness.
