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Come on, come on
You think you drive me crazy
Come on, come on
You and whose army?
You and your cronies
Come on, come on
Holy Roman empire
Come on if you think
Come on if you think
You can take us on
You can take us on
You and whose army?
You and your cronies
You forget so easily
We ride tonight
Ghost horses
You think you drive me crazy
Come on, come on
You and whose army?
You and your cronies
Come on, come on
Holy Roman empire
Come on if you think
Come on if you think
You can take us on
You can take us on
You and whose army?
You and your cronies
You forget so easily
We ride tonight
Ghost horses
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mentions of an army, cronies and the "holy" roman empire
considering the army, well, most governments have armies. in this song the army does not sound like a force of protection, more like a force to fear. a tyrannical, power-hungry force. clearly, they're not good if they're being challenged "come on, come on..."
i find "cronies" here to have a sort of sinister malevolent implication. criminal.
the people in a comfy position in the government.
the holy roman empire reference, as pointed out by alexhuxleyon was neither holy nor Roman, nor an empire. this seems to be a sort of clever jab at the government, who probably feel as if they are as powerful and important as the roman empire, even going so far as being seen as "holy".
Finally, the most important element: the Ghost Horses.
this to me makes me think of the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Conquest, War, Famine and Death: 4 things governments are capable of (and do commit).
"you forget so easily" could mean anything.
it could be directed to people who don't realize the government is this malevolent, or it could be directed to the government, telling them that they either a) forget that they are people or b) forget that the people have power to fight back.
this makes me think that the song could also be some sort of protest song, tying in with point b.
anyways, that's my take.
If you read the lyrics it is told from the point of view of one of the rebels... they are in a hopeless situation but still defiant.
I live in Rio de Janeiro and Thom's words before singing it here were "this is for you when America tries to fuck you up"
I already had this on my mind, but after hearing he saying this I just felt like this song is some kind of "stand up and fight" anthem. Even though Tom sings with such a dull voice - I guess he's trying to simulate the inner knowledge that we know that we can fight for our rights, but our inner voice is yet too sleepy to do something.
But we know it anyway.
I wish my whole country could be able to understand that we can't fight any armies... and stopping with the "forget so easily"'s... :/
"oh so sad"....true....and the music just comes to prove that..........
In the play, Faustus, Agree to sell his soul to the devil, Mephistopheles, getting 24 years of omnipotense in return.
Faustus lives happely with his powers, but in the end he realises what he has done. He is now facing endless agony and pain in hell.
On the final night,Fausts awaits the devil to come and get him. He says the latin phrase: "O lente, lente currite noctis equi!"
Which means: "O slowly, slowly run, you horses of the night" - I think that is is where the line "ghost horses" comes from.
"You and whose army?
You and your cronies"
This probably refers to Fausts waiting for the devils to come get him. although he seems to be much more confident in the song.
The song ends with the repetition of "Oh so sad" - this corresonds very well to what has happend to Faustus.
Only thing i can not get to fit is the part about the holy roman empire.
Henry continually was pissing off the Pope by adding his own "CRONIES" to the clergy instead of more deserving people. Henry knows that the Pope doesn't not have the military might to attack him, so he ignores the Popes grievances, as if to say, "YOU AND WHOSE ARMY?" "COME ON IF YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE US ON".
The Pope could be responding in the next verse, saying, "YOU AND WHOSE ARMY?" "YOU AND YOUR CRONIES." The Pope knows that Henry has forgotten that he has a very unique type of power. "YOU FORGET SO EASY." So then the Pope finally does attack, but not with an army-GHOST HORSES. The Pope attacks by kicking the Empire out of the Roman Catholic Church. The Empire falls into chaos. OH,SO SAD.
Henry crawls to the Pope, begging for forgiveness.
I know this might be a stretch it is just the product of a wandering mind.