XTC - Books Are Burning Lyrics
Books are burning
In the main square, and I saw there
The first eating the text
Books are burning
In the still air
People are next
I believe the printed word should be forgiven
Doesn't matter what it said
Wisdom hotline from the dead back to the living
Key to the larder for your heart and head
Books are burning
In our own town, watch us turn 'round
And cast our glances elsewhere
Books are burning
In the playground
I believe the printed word is more than sacred
Beyond the gauge of good or bad
The human right to let your soul fly free and naked
Above the violence of the fearful and sad
The church of matches
Anoints in ignorance with gasoline
The church of matches
Grows fat by breathing in the smoke of dreams
It's quite obscene
Books are burning
More each day now, and I pray now
You boys will tire of these games
Books are burning
I hope somehow, this will allow
A phoenix up from the flames
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XTC Books Are Burning Comments
And you know where they burn books
People are next
A variation if Heinrich Heine's quote of "where they burn books, they will too in the end burn people."
Comentario en español ;v me trajo acá 👐 y la verdad no pueda estar más agradecida por hacerme conocer este grupo 💕
El libro
Nice avatar :)
“Books Are Burning xtc” brought me here
Dans leur splendeur…
anyone there
I could listen to Andy and Dave trade solos for a week straight!!!
Thànks for that!🌛
The book thief brought me here, I should read Fahrenheit 451 next, because it seems like this song is related to that book more
The human right to let your soul fly free and naked
Above the violence of the fearful and sad
Portland school board brought me here.
Fahrenheit 451 brought me here.
got any other songs related to fahrenheit 451?
me toooooo lmao my english teacher is crazy
DEADASS
Ha same
Anyone read the book Fahrenheit 451? It fits it to the letter!!!
"and you know when they burn books, people are next"
Je suis Charlie
Etsi einai Christinoula :)
Andy Partridge very passionate about the power of the written word and how it ought not to be censored. ("The printed word is more than sacred, beyond the gauge of good or bad"). This passion is borne out musically in the intensity of the guitar solos towards the end, which are spine-tingling.
Probably my favorite anti-censorship 'anthem' songs, plus the duo solos at the end really let you hear an Andy vs. David comparison. Not to diss David, but I kinda prefer the 'feeling' of Andy's solos to David's more 'technical' expertise.
Thanks.
DERP! Yeah, I reversed it in my previous reply, but that's what I meant to say. Must've been drinking that night! ;-)
Andiy is like McCartney on steroids!
In the bbc 'live' video the final solos are condensed into one, absolutely stunning solo by Andy P.
It was when i saw and heard it that i really had to salute the man's great TASTE and Expertise!
I think I prefer Dave's solo. I really, really love Dave's guitar style and I think Wasp Star suffers hugely from his absence.