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Mm ba ba de
Um bum ba de
Um bu bu bum da de
Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure that brings a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
Um ba ba be
Um ba ba be
De day da
Ee day da - that's okay
It's the terror of knowing
What the world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me out'
Pray tomorrow gets me higher
Pressure on people people on streets
Day day de mm hm
Da da da ba ba
Okay
Chippin' around - kick my brains around the floor
These are the days it never rains but it pours
Ee do ba be
Ee da ba ba ba
Um bo bo
Be lap
People on streets - ee da de da de
People on streets - ee da de da de da de da
It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me out'
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher higher high
Pressure on people people on streets
Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn
Why - why - why?
Love love love love love
Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance
Why can't we give love that one more chance
Why can't we give love give love give love give love
Give love give love give love give love give love
'Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the (People on streets) edge of the night
And loves (People on streets) dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure
Um bum ba de
Um bu bu bum da de
Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure that brings a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
Um ba ba be
Um ba ba be
De day da
Ee day da - that's okay
It's the terror of knowing
What the world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me out'
Pray tomorrow gets me higher
Pressure on people people on streets
Day day de mm hm
Da da da ba ba
Okay
Chippin' around - kick my brains around the floor
These are the days it never rains but it pours
Ee do ba be
Ee da ba ba ba
Um bo bo
Be lap
People on streets - ee da de da de
People on streets - ee da de da de da de da
It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me out'
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher higher high
Pressure on people people on streets
Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn
Why - why - why?
Love love love love love
Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance
Why can't we give love that one more chance
Why can't we give love give love give love give love
Give love give love give love give love give love
'Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the (People on streets) edge of the night
And loves (People on streets) dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure
Lyrics submitted by LilBowieGirl
Track duration: 04:03
"Under Pressure" as written by Daniel Gonschorek, Harald Schubert, Toyin (trooper) Taylor, Eric Lamont Smith, Volker Lindner, Frank Moesner, Axel Gundlach, J. Supreme
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing, TINTORETTO MUSIC
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Yet, I think we can also go to a deeper, more specific meaning in this song. I think there is a heavy nod to the troubles the LGBT community was facing at the time. I forget where, but i remember reading somewhere that the "watching some good friends scream 'let me out'" was in reference to friends who had killed themselves after facing homophobia and even being separated from their families ("Under pressure - that burns a building down, Splits a family in two, Puts people on streets") David and Freddie both were no strangers to the gay community being Bi and gay respectively.
Of course, the song also seems to be talking about widespread violence, poverty and the AIDS epidemic that then was in full swing in media consciousness.
So, discrimination, violence, poverty, disease. These two are only facing off against the four horsemen of their (our) time.
"Under Pressure?" yeah, just a little.
of all the pain in our lives, as well as those around us.
It asks us to not become bitter at the world
and to give love another chance!
I heard "Ice Ice Baby" before this song and liked the music
but when I heard the original, it was moving to the point of tears...
"This is our last dance, This is ourselves...Under pressure."
I felt like it was insulting for Vanilla Ice to take such an inspirational song
and turn it into a personal anthem just to make some quick cash.
It will never compare to the message of this timeless song.
But either way, a great song.
the song really speaks to me.
I reaaally love this part and I'm going through some stuff that relates to this:
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care
For the people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
I think it means that when you love someone, you have to be there for them. Love dares you to be there for a person whose going insane, whose "on the edge of the night". A person who might need you. And the second part I think means that when you love someone and they love you, you have to care for yourself. You can't be selfish and for example want to kill yourself (cause you're under pressure or something) you have to live for that other person and by doing so you have to take care of yourself.
Well that's my take on it. Beautiful song and so very deep.
What this world is about,
Watching some good friends
Screaming `Let me out'
Very profound along with
"Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care
For the people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves"