Favourite NMA song for JS lyrics ?

[Bunny]

Another Imperial Day. So many simple but great lyrics in that song.....xxxx are free to move but not people (repeated), where do any of us come from, its pretty hard to say.

[Pumpkin]

Very hard to choose just one, but Here Comes the War would easily spring to mind.

Not one of their finest in musical terms, but the meaning couldn't really be put across to the same effect otherwise.

According to You is also a fine piece which is easily understood with age.

[Willard]

One I love but forget to mention sometimes is from Brave New World

We live with so few troubles, but with so many many lies

[Willard]

I also love this set from from The Charge

The massacre now is over and the order new enshrined
While a quarter of the nation are abandoned far behind
Their leaders offer the cliche words, so righteous in defeat
But no one needs morality when there isn't enough to eat
The unity bond is broken and the loyalty songs are fake
I'll screw my only brother for even a glimpse at a piece of the cake
We only cry in private here behind the shuttered glass
When we think of the charge of this brigade, the severing of the past

Also from Lust for Power

I catch myself sometimes these days and all I can do is laugh

[Guillaume]

What do you think is/are the meaning(s) of songs like "Happy to be here", "Someone like Jesus" and, again, "Devil's bargain"?
The lyrics in these songs are intriguing..

[Bunny]

I was travelling with Laurel way up on the North Coast. She's got family living up here in a nearby town, we found a piece of land that looks out towards the North Sea islands across the bay, the sun is shining on the water tonight as I look out of my front door.....

if ever anyone painted a simple story so picturesque. Beautiful

[texaspete]

I'm with DrummyB on this one...

BAD OLD WORLD ... Absolutely nails it

TXP

[Master Ray]

Bad Old World reminds me of a close pal who got out of the rat-race in search of something better...

It is a truly excellent tune...

[gazomg]

when I saw the thread title I immediately thought of "better than them" so was not too surprised when the first post mentioned it.

Thing is you could ask me the same question tomorrow or in a hour and it could change.
After another boring week at work and the thought of the city tonight full of dickheads doing the same thing week in week out I am now thinking of "smalltown england" even if I do live in Ireland

[Amandistan]

Island sounds very good at the moment.

[Space]

As an American, I always liked the lyrics to "51st State." So many bands across the pond sing hateful diatribes aganist my country, so it was nice to hear a song in which the singer was happy to be a part of America.
(Yes, I know JS didn't write the lyrics, but he did sing them.)

[gazomg]

I think you dont get the meaning of the song then

[Space]

I think you dont get the meaning of the song then

Huh?

Uhh, I have been listening to "51st State" since the day it was released. As I said, it was a breath of fresh air after hearing so many "I'm So Bored With The USA"-type songs coming out of England. I remember the first time I heard "51st State" and saying to myself, "Yes, finally a foreigner expressing some appreciation and love for what my country has done for the world."

Dude, no offense, but have you ever listened to the lyrics? "We're proud American sons." That's a wonderful way of expressing the strong bond of kinship we have with our English cousins. That's always been my favorite line in the song. There are others. Maybe you should give the song a listen.

[Pol]

Never sure if your taking the piss or not space.
The words are ironic, do you think they are driving past the American military bases in the uk thinking oh look at all these lovely shiny weapons of mass destruction here in our country.

[Amandistan]

I imagine all the people conquered by the English feel the same when going past their military bases. Both countries are of equal evils.  Both imperialists and murderers. 

51st state was about England being Americanized. Though if we get literal. Puerto Rico is the 51st state. In fact I can legally move there.