Motives changing, day to day
The fire increases, masks decay
I look at the river, white foam floats down
The body’s poisoned, got to sit tight
The wait
The wait
The wait
The wait
After wakening, silence grows
The screams subside, distortion shows
Mutant thoughts of bad mouthed news
Is just another birth of distorted views
The wait
The wait
The wait
The wait
The wait
The wait
The wait
The wait
"The Wait" by Killing Joke
Motives changing, day to day,
The fire increases, masks decay.
I look at the river, white foam floats down,
The body's poisoned, gotta sit tight.
The wait, the wait, the wait, the wait.
After wakening, silence grows,
The screams subside, distortion shows.
Mutant thoughts of bad mouthed news,
Is just another birth of distorted views.
The wait, the wait, the wait, the wait.
The wait, the wait, the wait, the wait.
Very few bands' debut albums launch entire genres, But Killing Joke's launched at least three. Just about every development in heavy music for the next 20 years is evident. Thrash, industrial, metalcore, alternative- it's entirely safe to say that there'd be no Metallica, Ministry, Megadeth, Nine Inch Nails or Nirvana without this album... Hell, this SONG. Now that hundreds of bands sound like this, it's innovation might have dimmed, but not it's importance. Music changed right here, forever.
Remember buying the album the week it came out. Still have it, it is a bit Donald Ducked from the scratches and the beer stains and the fact that I left it on a train when I was pissed. Still got it back from the Lost and Found ( Thank you Liverpool Lime St)