NP nor Pandemic. We can all talk about this new song and why Bob released it now?

[Mark Kohut]

Even better stuff Thomas and Ish,

I will be trying to listen more and read the lyrics and be part of this
Group Listen.

Take Care,



On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 5:37 AM ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Right on, Brother.
> D is is clearly talking about Them, They that got the killin done.
> They that are come to collect a debt owed.
> They that have no respect, They that kill with hatred.
> They that murder and make kings.
> and, as the part you quote here suggests, They is We too.
>
> Paranoid visions of The Jokerman's Dance.
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 3:24 AM Thomas Eckhardt
> <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > I hear a big THEY. Mr. Narrator is not talking about US with regard to
> > the killing but about THEM, intermittently assuming THEIR perspective.
> > The transcript from genius.com could be improved by some quotation marks
> > in this respect, I believe:
> >
> > He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?"
> > "Of course we do, we know who you are!"
> > Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
> > Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
> > Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
> > (")You got unpaid debts, we've come to collect
> > We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
> > We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
> > We've already got someone here to take your place(")
> > The day they blew out the brains of the king
> > Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing
> >
> > Am 30.03.2020 um 19:44 schrieb ish mailian:
> > > As I listen and read D's MMF I hear a Big We
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