Story Behind The Song
Spending time there.
Song Description
The song deals with the end of the world starting on the Reeperbahn.
| Song Length |
5:12 |
Genre |
Blues - General, Rock - Hard Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Aggressive, Restless |
Subject |
Doom, Judgement |
| Similar Artists |
Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
WE CAME ROLLING INTO HAMBURG ON A RAINY AFTERNOON
DOING BATTLE WITH THE 18 WHEELERS STRUGGLING THROUGH THE GLOOM
WE WERE HEADED FOR SAINT PAULI BECAUSE THE WORD HAD GOT AROUND
THAT GOD WAS ON THE REEPERBAHN AND HE'D COME TO BURN IT DOWN
WE AIN'T COMING FOR SALVATION WE'RE JUST COMING FOR THE SHOW
FOR THE FIRES OF THE RIGHTEOUS COME IN CREEPING COME IN LOW
THERE'S A HOLE FROM HERE TO HADES AND THE ENTRY PRICE IS SIN
AND IF LIFE ON EARTH IS ENDING THIS IS WHERE IT MIGHT BEGIN
AND WE'RE WATCHING FROM A DISTANCE SMOKE IS SPREADING CROSS THE SKY
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION LEAD US NOT INTO THE FIRE
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL BRING US BACK INTO THE LIGHT
BECAUSE IF GOD IS ON THE REEPERBAHN THE WORLD WILL END TONIGHT
MOVING WEST ON WILLY BRANDT STRASSE AND BELOW ST NIKOLAI
WHERE THE DEVIL HOLDS HIS COUNCIL UP AMONG THOSE DREAMING SPIRES
AND NOW WE'RE ON THAT STREET OF SIN WHERE HEAVEN FEARS TO TREAD
BUT THEY'RE COMING DOWN IN NUMBERS AND THEY'RE PILING UP THE DEAD
I SEE ANGELS ON THE ROOFTOPS PICKING TARGETS IN THE CROWD
AND THE HERBERTSTRASSE IS BURNING AND THE WALLS ARE COMING DOWN
PAINTED HOOKERS IN THE OPEN HANDS UPRAISED AGAINST THE GLARE
AND THE HOMELESS LIE IN PISS AND FILTH AND LOSE THE WILL TO CARE
AND WE'RE WATCHING FROM A DISTANCE SMOKE IS SPREADING CROSS THE SKY
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION LEAD US NOT INTO THE FIRE
AND DELIVER US FROM EVIL BRING US BACK INTO THE LIGHT
BECAUSE IF GOD IS ON THE REEPERBAHN THE WORLD WILL END TONIGHT
ALL ALONG THE PLEASURE PALACES THE SCREAMS ASSAULT THE EARS
AND THE DOORS THAT LEAD TO DREAMS BECOME THE SUM OF ALL OUR FEARS
UNDERNEATH A BLACKENED SKY THE SMOKE IS LICKING AT THE MOON
AND THE LAMB OF GOD HAS CHANGED INTO THE MESSENGER OF DOOM
WHEN THE MORNING COMES A BITTER MIST IS CLINGING TO THE GROUND
AND WE PICK AMONG THE ASHES BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO BE FOUND
AND THE WORD OF GOD IS SPREADING CROSS THE LAND
AS THE GRIFFINS PICK AMONG THE BONES ALONG THE REEPERBAHN
AND WE'RE WATCHING FROM A DISTANCE SMOKE IS SPREADING CROSS THE SKY
LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION LEAD US NOT INTO THE FIRE
AND DELIVER US FROM EVIL BRING US BACK INTO THE LIGHT
BECAUSE IF GOD IS ON THE REEPERBAHN THE WORLD WILL END TONIGHT (X2)
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