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Pack up your things
Your work here is done
A slave to the beast
No mercy with time
No mercy with time
They brand you with the fire,
Then push you into the sun.
They want the free land to expire,
They want everyone to be numb.
The worlds drinking from a cup that no one wants to share
Words from the king that no one wants to hear
Don't be running late are you on time today (x4)
Retrench me because of machines
Kids trading roses for guns
Track mark under the sleeve
I can't talk I need to run
Loves thrown away the ring
Not knowing what to say
Mama won't you sing
It's like you're cut by the blade
Don't be running late are you on time today (x4)
Don't be running late are you on time today (x4)
(Don't be running late)
Don't be running late (till the end)
Your work here is done
A slave to the beast
No mercy with time
No mercy with time
They brand you with the fire,
Then push you into the sun.
They want the free land to expire,
They want everyone to be numb.
The worlds drinking from a cup that no one wants to share
Words from the king that no one wants to hear
Don't be running late are you on time today (x4)
Retrench me because of machines
Kids trading roses for guns
Track mark under the sleeve
I can't talk I need to run
Loves thrown away the ring
Not knowing what to say
Mama won't you sing
It's like you're cut by the blade
Don't be running late are you on time today (x4)
Don't be running late are you on time today (x4)
(Don't be running late)
Don't be running late (till the end)
Lyrics submitted by viginti_tres
Track duration: 03:53
"The Beast" as written by Talay Riley, Peter Parker, Kyle James, Jamaal Fyffe, Loick Essien
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Pack Up your things - get ready to die
Your work here is done - you did enough damage
Slave to the beast - your now a slave to the antichrist
No Mercy with time - eternity of torture
Brand you with the fire - mark of the beast
push you into the sun - pit of hell
Free land to expire - Earth to end
Every one to be numb - loss of spirituality
Drinking from the cup - you had plenty..cup of plenty but no one shares
words from the king - Gods word that no one wants to hear
Dont be running late - get your soul sorted before you die
Then it goes on to state why its coming.. we killed jobs (machines) Drugs, Children fighting in wars, No time for families, adultery (stowing away the ring) blasphemy (not knowing what to say)
Your work here is done Beast"(666 is the number of "The Beast" which is the devil)
A slave to the beast and packing up things is what the mother is telling her child(moving out)
No mercy with time while she is explaining that time wont show any mercy to them in case
No mercy with time things went wrong for her child.(things done cannot be undone)
Words from mother:
They brand you with the fire,----->Society causes you to sin, branding you with "fire"(marked for hell)
Then push you into the sun. ------------> The sun here resembles Hell due to it's heat.
They want the free land to expire,------> They want the world to end.
They want everyone to be numb.----------> Numb resembles the sensation after continuous pain/drugs
The worlds drinking from a cup ---------v
that no one wants to share--------------> You Will Share My Cup! - Mark 10:39 (Read bible for more info)
Words from the king that no one wants to hear ---> King refers to Jesus (King of Kings) that nobody wants
to hear.
Don't be running late are you on time today-----> The mother worrying about her young child
What the youngster experiences after going out.
Retrench me because of machines------> Retrench used as a pun(Not finding work)
Kids trading roses for guns----> Roses as in life, guns as in death
Track marks under the sleeve----> Drugs (heroine)
I can't talk I need to run-----> Something urgent happened, i gotta go.
Loves thrown away the ring-----> Parents have divorced
Not knowing what to say--------> Self explanatory
Mama won't you sing------------> His mother is no longer showing signs of joy.(can also be seen as in not singing in church)
It's like you're cut by the blade---> Cut by the blade refers to the degree his mother is hurt.
Don't be running late are you on time today ---> mother worrying about her child.
Your work here is done --------to "The Beast"(666 is the number of "The Beast" which is
A slave to the beast -------------the devil)and packing up things is what the mother is
No mercy with time ---------------telling her child(moving out) while she is explaining
No mercy with time ---------------that time wont show any mercy to them in case things
went wrong for her child.(things done cannot be undone)
Apologies for previous post.
Words from the king that no one wants to hear" encapsulates the selfishness and greed of society, ans the unwillingness to listen to those who want peace and change. i believe the chorus "Don’t be running late are you on time today" is reffering to the fact that if we act now, we can still change the world, but if we leave it any longer, the problems are going to amplify. "Retrench me because of machines. Kids trading roses for guns. Track marks under the sleeve" talks about industrial revolution and the destructivness of urbanisation, childrem being educated to fight and be violent and not to make love and peace, while the track marks refer to taking drugs to escape these problems.
:)
great song
great song
"Track mark under the sleeve" and "It's like you're cut by the blade" seem to suggest this. and being a slave to the beast is like the addiction.
Yeah, I think that this could refer to drugs or becoming a slave to society.
The song plainly says "track marks under the sleeve", which is quite obvious.
If you interpret it as becoming a slave to society, then i associate it with the novel 1984.
Becoming controlled by a higher power, and having no control over it.
"retrench me because of machines"-- there was a time during the 1800s where the jobs for slaves were cut down due to the production of machines, especially on farmlands in the south
"Pack up your things
Your work here is done" - refer to the constant slave trading and auctioning
I think this song is about becoming a slave to corporations, "the man". Just the whole idea that corporations are an evil, living breathing thing: "the beast".
And working for it, you couldn't be "late". It's demanding.
Just how money driven our world has become and the evil things in the world.