War On Drugs, The - Baby Missiles Lyrics

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I'm on the back of a new belief
And on the back of a new belief
My friend rides all alone
Yeah, he's up and down like a new Jack Tone

He was a part of the new machine
He felt alive in the new machine
My friend dies all alone
Yeah, just up and down like a new Jack Tone

Yeah, you want to talk about going down
Yeah, you'd rather make a young man proud
You should have seen all the rattling in my brain

And in the wake of a northeast bus
I came on my back like a northeast perch
You should have seen all the rattling in my way

Just the sound of a northeast bus coming back here
Because I don't mind when the pioneers go soft on me
It's just the sound of a northeast bus on its back babe
You got your head in the common field
Adjust your hands with the common touch

I was alive on the new machine
He felt alive in the new machine
My friend rides all alone
Yeah he's up and down like a new Jack Tone

He wanna leave but he don't know how
He want to try but he don't know why
He's going to lean on the back of me
Like a slide on the back of b-b-belief

Just the sound of a northeast bus coming back here
Because I don't mind when the pioneers go soft on me
It's just the sound of a northeast bus on its back babe
You got your head in the common field
Adjust your hands with the common touch

why do you only find this at 5am? or at least its 5am now. i dont know how many times i replayed it

Dire Straits, Bruce Springsteen, maybe even Talking Heads kind of vibe. It's pretty incredible especially when the harmonica kicks in....

listen on 0.75

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Aaaahhhh (*w*)

It has an arcade fire keep the car running vibe which is cool

Sounds like late Velvets w Doug Yule on organ, only more prominent in the mix....and a little Springsteenish too.

One of War’s more up tempo tracks. What a treat, decorated in dreamy instrumentation!

Sounds a bit like The War on Drugs

#DomingoDeTheWarOnDrugs

love it but .....their only good song.... please find me another that is good...

Oh you poor, poor, poor man.

such a great song but i dont know what the song is about lol

Who cares? Which is what I told my friend when he said about Holding On that he couldn't understand any of the words. I said I couldn't either, but, that I couldn't care less! LOL
I just love the sound, the instruments, the beat, and Adam's singing. I told my friend if he wants words, he should read poetry! 😃

skins wow

video director is so talented

This is what you get when you mix Dire Straits - Walk of life with Bruce Sringsteen - I'm on fire

so true

Human Touch accelerated

it's your destiny.

Who's the girl in the video?

I really like this song!

solo 1:29

silverstar

so far from europe

Quite possibly the best piece of music ever! Only song that comes close is Intervention by Arcade Fire!

@Rhys Williams I think you might be my music twin!

+Rhys Williams You really think so?

+Rhys Williams yer nuts... not even close.

on repeat.....

saw them last night... this was the second song they played. so fucking good.

+Leavemealoneabout Usingmyname any other suggestions from this band?

@miester rhovanion I definitely recommend Red Eyes and Burning

fuck yes just discovered this and I'm in love

hey, this reminds me of bruce springstean

When i close my eyes i also hear THE TALKING HEADS sing and play!!!

WOW,what an amazing song, they remind me of my heroes called THE FEELIES !!!!

It's honestly like Bruce Springsteen in his punk phase, high on speed.

And it's awesome lol

Sure thing! Darkness on the Edge of town album is really punk like. I know he was hanging at CBGB's around this period.

Adam Raised A Cain, live version of 'Prove it all Night'(78 Passiac black/white version omg).  Let me know what you think! @kamalmanzukie

great, thanks!

nothing punk about Darkness...he was going through some bad shit, not channeling anything punk.

considering the ramones asked to take hungry heart off him, he was hanging at cbgbs a lot, loved Suicide and cmon.. really? It's super punk.ADam raised a cain. CMmon @tulllguy

love all their stuff, but find myself listening to this and brothers the most. 

obsessed.

likewise. theres a new album out now too

I was just shown this. Now I am too. 

Totally.

Man, I hate Springsteen. He's fucking terrible. He's making a fool out of himself with all the Woodie Guthrie/working man/sea shanty bullshit. And the old stuff? The older it gets the worse it sounds.

shatchett0 Yea Springsteen has become a Hilary asslicker.

Man, I love Bruce Springsteen. He's fucking making a fool out of assholes who think THEIR opinion is the one everyone should agree with. I'm sure you're one of those well past the age of adolescent angst yet still drowning in it with claims that "the music Im into is where it's at and everyone else wishes they had the skinny on real music"... yup have fun with that closed minded childish outlook on the Arts.

this song makes me think of dire straits´s walk of life, but it is somewhat more psychedelic 

me too, and i actually like both. but this is killer.

Funny...I loved the Dire Straits and I love this

that's because the intro is just like Walk of Life by Dire Straits

Some people are really missing out! 

Sounds like the theme tune to Noah's Island I think.

Muito bom, e vao estar este verão em Portugal! !!

Just astonishingly good.

True that!

The War On Drugs
Baby Missiles:

I'm on the back of a new belief
And on the back of a new belief
My friend rides all alone
Yeah, he's up and down like a new Jack Tone

He was a part of the new machine
He felt alive in the new machine
My friend dies all alone
Yeah, just up and down like a new Jack Tone

Yeah, you want to talk about going down
Yeah, you'd rather make a young man proud
You should have seen all the rattling in my brain

And in the wake of a northeast bus
I came on my back like a northeast perch
You should have seen all the rattling in my way

Just the sound of a northeast bus coming back here
Because I don't mind when the pioneers go soft on me
It's just the sound of a northeast bus on its back babe
You got your head in the common field
Adjust your hands with the common touch

I was alive on the new machine
He felt alive in the new machine
My friend rides all alone
Yeah he's up and down like a new Jack Tone

He wanna leave but he don't know how
He want to try but he don't know why
He's going to lean on the back of me
Like a slide on the back of b-b-belief

Just the sound of a northeast bus coming back here
Because I don't mind when the pioneers go soft on me
It's just the sound of a northeast bus on its back babe
You got your head in the common field
Adjust your hands with the common touch

Great song, video great for non-epileptics...

Impossible to get all the lyrics right... has anyone succeeded?

Dire Straits - Walk of Life meets The Hooters - And We Danced meets Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark

lalalalala la hey

Vile gets me hard.

Great song *-*

Slave Ambient, the album this is taken from, is a real gem.

Am I the only one who think his voice seems like Bob Dylan's?

What kind of keyboard/synth are they using on this one? Does anybody know?

it’s a Vox Continental organ pure electricity and balls ,nothing has ever equaled it.I saw them early in a small club, and keyboard guy played it lots and killed it.First time I heard this I was blow away,sounded amazing in my van.Wow! I thought,Springsteen finally figured it out!

You probably mean "Working on the highway" from Born in the USA.

what? xD seriously?

That's exactly what I thought! The best record Bruce never did.

of course he is

fuck you!

No fuck you.  Wait, what are we talking about?

A similar feeling to hanging out the car window on the motorway at 100mph like a bloodhound freaking out! Er ...if you know what i mean? Love it

Sounds like walk of life by Dire Straight, with whoops from "State Trooper" on Nebraska by Springsteen, mixed with another springsteen song I can't place.

Fuck centurions

he was.. and still contributed to this album.

reminds me of a drunken autumn evening bumpin into old heads and meeting new ones

kurt vile is not in this band

14 people are incapable of understanding. They can't, won't or just don't get it.

this makes me want to go fucking wild

His solo stuff is super amazing!

Kurt Vile > Jesus.

SKIIIIIIIIINSSSS!

love the top comments haha

Eh not really. Check out Kurt Viles solo stuff.

Yes, I have skin, big fucking deal. Don't we all?

Obvious troll is obvious.

The soundtrack of keane walking onto the stage :p

The Growlers

sorry, i dont have a tv. what is skins ?

This will always remind me of my Keane show!

Fuck Yeah

i randomly had this in my itunes library and didnt know it. played and fucking sighed of relief. there is great music.

good one pal

Skins UK, Season 6 Episiode 01 (:

Fuck, You.

amen brother!! skins sucks donkey sclong!

gooood, but holy arcade fire

It's a Brit cult teen show. Totally rocks

Fuck Skins

THANK YOU! This song reminded me of a song that my dad would always play when I was very young, but I couldn't quite think of which one. Adding this on to the computer+music collection i'm giving him, he will be surprised! Thanks again

This was a major highlight for me at Bonnaroo 2012. Love this song.

really reminds me of: John Maus - Believer

Smells like Springsteen spirit.

Wait till foreign forces pull out of Afghanistan and it's just the Afghan national army vs. the Taliban.
The ANA are stoned off their tits all the time. No way could I fight a war stoned, christ, I can hardly go to the cornershop........

and that baby would be on drugs

Stupid video (went better with the Porsche Le Mans youtube I've just been watching), but what a little Gem of a song. Pretty repetitive but I keep wanting more :)

yeah, because 'Nam was fun for everyone.

and there should be more drugs in wars...

Isn't this crazy??!

Kurt's not the lead singer for The War on Drugs on this album....so....

sasquatch festival 2012 <3

REPPIN PHILLY <3

Kurt vile almost sounds like david byrne in the first part of this song.

ROMA ROMA ROMA <3

Thumbs up if you are here because of KEANE.

Not to sound like a hipster AT ALL, but I knew this song before it was on Skins...
I was so proud when I heard it in the first episode of the new series, took me completely by surprise! It's especially personal to me because until summer last year (when I finished school and my whole teenage life there) I lived in Rome, where some of the video shots are from (the Colosseum, the Forum, the "centurions" etc, all familiar sights) so yeah, there you go, spilled my guts all over youtube :D x