Whores And Thieves

from Aid To Worship by Iona Death Cult

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Song meaning:This song is both a love letter to the show Fireflyand the movie Serenity, and also a statement against imperialism and capitalism, and capitalist bureaucrats.

I wanted to romanticize the struggles of Mal Reynolds and the crew of the Serenity and their fight against the fascist Alliance.The reavers in this instance(“men gone savage at the edge of space”)represent the follies of bureaucraacy , a product of hyper capitalism. This really only makes sense if you watch the show and then Serenity!

The last lyric :”Love will keep us in the sky,
But we will have to fight,
Traverse the endless soulless heartless night”

Is a reference to a line in Serenity when Mal tells River Tam :”Love. You can learn all the math in the 'Verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home”

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V1: A planet killed by bureaucrats,
An illusion employed,
Of Men who had gone savage as they looked upon the void

Universe, sweet universe,
Can you hear the cries,
Planet after planet after planet they destroyed

Eyes awash with entropy ,
Souls as black as night,
Yet these reavers once were men like you and I

V2:Dark worlds filled with savages,
Struggle to survive
Men who brave these times are brave by just staying alive

Better men than that yet still though,
command rusty ships,
These skies are mine he cries while giving Allied fools the slip

Love will keep us in the sky,
But we will have to fight,
Traverse the endless soulless heartless night

Ending
Lost on cosmic seas
Oh sweet Serenity
Rare commodity
Oh these whores and thieves

A choice to fight or flee
Reclaim humanity
Can we be set free
Or remain whores and thieves

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from Aid To Worship, released March 28, 2018

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Dystopian psychedelic sludge from the future now

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