Wretches and Kings

Album: A Thousand Suns (2010)
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  • There's a time, when the operation of the machine becomes so odious
    Makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part
    You can't even passively take part
    And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels
    Upon the levers, upon all the apparatus
    And you've got to make it stop

    To save face, how low can you go?
    Talk a lotta game, but yet you don't know
    Static on the way make us all say whoa
    The people up top push the people down low
    Get down, and obey every word
    Steady, get in line if you haven't yet heard
    Wanna take what I got, don't be absurd
    Don't fight the power, nobody gets hurt
    If you haven't heard yet, then I'm lettin' you know
    There ain't shit we don't run when the guns unload
    And no one make a move, unless my people say so
    Got everything outta control, now everybody go

    Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

    Steel unload, final blow
    We, the animals, take control
    Hear us now, clear and true
    Wretches and kings, we come for you

    So keep pace, how slow can you go?
    Talk a lotta shit, and yet you don't know
    Fire on the way make you all say whoa
    The people up top and the people down low
    Get down, and I'm runnin' it like that
    The front of the attack is exactly where I'm at
    Somewhere in between the kick and the hi-hat
    The pen and the contract, the pitch and the contact
    So get with the combat, I'm lettin' them know
    There ain't shit you can say to make me back down, no
    So push the button, let the whole thing blow
    Spinning everything outta control, now everybody go

    Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

    Steel unload, final blow
    We, the animals, take control
    Hear us now, clear and true
    Wretches and kings, we come for you
    Steel unload, fire blow
    Filthy animals beat them low
    Skin and bone, black and blue
    No more this sun shall beat onto you

    From the front to the back and to side to side
    If you fear what I feel, put 'em up real high
    Front to the back and the side to side
    If you fear what I feel, put 'em up real high
    Front to the back and the side to side
    If you fear what I feel, put 'em up real high
    Front to the back and the side to side
    If you fear what I feel, put 'em up real high
    Front to the back and the side to side
    If you fear what I feel, put 'em up real high
    Front to the back and the side to side
    If you fear what I feel, put 'em up real high

    When the operation of the machine becomes so odious
    Makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part
    You can't even passively take part
    And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels
    Upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop
    And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it
    That unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all

    Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Writer/s: Brad Delson, Chester Charles Bennington, Dave Farrell, Joseph Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Robert G. Bourdon
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Lucas from Nowhere, BrazilIt's basically the same as "Rebellion", but instead of insurgents against the government, it's workers against employers, this song encourages the workers to fight for their rights and against the oppression.
  • Zero from Nowhere, NjIs this a song about the economical struggle of the working class? Could someone please explain this song to me or give me their take on it? I'm very curious.
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