The band's first single, Sail debuted at #30 on the U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs chart on the chart week of February 10, 2011. The band released their debut album Megalithic Symphony digitally on March 15th, 2011, and the physical CD was released March 29th, 2011 on Red Bull Records. The album features 15 tracks with iTunes and Amazon featuring the bonus tracks "Swinging from the Castles" and "Shoestrings" respectively.
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Knights Of Shame
Awolnation Lyrics
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Dance, baby, dance, like the world is ending
Dance, baby, 'cause, like the world is ending
Dance, baby, dance, like the world is ending
Dance, baby, dance, like the world is ending
Dance, baby, 'cause, like the world is ending
Dance, baby, dance, like the world is ending
Dance, baby, dance, 'cause the world is ending
Dance, baby, dance, like the world is ending
Dance, baby, dance, like the world is ending
Dance, baby, 'cause, like the world is ending
This is who you are
This is who you are
This is who you are
This is who you are
This is who you are
This is who you are
Oh
Oh
Sit back and look for the warnings
The future's bright and alarming
Sit back and look for the warnings
Sit back and look for the warnings
The future's bright and alarming
Sit back and look for the warnings
Go
Woo
Huh
Cool
Uh,
Baby walkin' around with your head cut off
Baby walkin' around with your head cut off
Uh,
Baby walkin' around with your head cut off
Baby walkin' around with your head cut off
Their power is fear
And it surrounds me
Their signs, you can see
One day we will wake the walking zombies
'Til then we pray
Oo
Everybody
Everybody
The king and his ghost are laughing at me
These signs, you can see
One day we will listen for the sirens
'Til then we pray
Skeletons
Marching army
Guns
Drop your feet
I'm scared
I'm Duke Ellington
My mother said there'd be days like this
But one of the fires lit made her piss
Climbing are zombies
All up inside me
Transformin' vampires
Right beside me
And you can't run
'Cause, you do, you'll be dead
And them walls can't roll from the side of my head
I beat the drool
I beat the ghouls
But his last kiss
All suckers
They will cease to exist
I can't entertain with a beat up human
Lay waste to cities
Leave towns in ruin
I
Am a
Ro-
Bot
Whole arsenal stock
Ready to blow
Lastly you see:
Me, be three by three
Firing these things called TNT
Fire these things called TNT
These things called TNT
They call me TNT
These things called TNT
Uh,
We can dance like the world's over
Yeah, it's almost twenty twelve
Call your girls over
Let's kick back
Pop shots
Have a ball
And if the world blow up
Next life, we do it all over
Uh, yeah, let's toast to the memory
I wrote my name in the sky, so remember me
Baby, forever we
Together mentally
The day I leave me baby over somethin'
Then hell'll freeze
Froze
This world cold, like Natalie
So
Let's lose our clothes like L.E.
Back to the basics
Step out the matrix
Step out your cool
Baby, get on my spaceship
I seen her face lit
She seen a sign like a mace is
So we ran home like a base hit
Safe
Life is whatever you think it is
Yo, what you think this is?
Uh, yeah it's all in your mind baby
You gotta do what you feel, like a blind lady
You gotta spread your wings and just fly, baby
It feel like you're reborn?
That's my baby
She said she feel it in her soul like a vibrator
I got some things for your thoughts we can try later
Let's hit the dance floor
Right before we out of time
And just party like it's nineteen ninety nine
You know what Prince said
Girl, you my princess
I got the glass slipper
I hope the thing fits
Your body on fire
Let me extinguish
Hop on this white horse
Ride to the sunset
Is anybody really out there breathin'?
Is anybody really sick of bleedin'
So come and scream into the sky this evening
And 'fore the morning I'mma touch your feeling (ha)
Let's start today
(Thank you, alright)
Let's start today
(Woo, ah, yeah)
Let's start today
(Ha ha, yeah, wooo, ok)
Let's start today
Start today
Start today
Come on down
The queen's heart
The knights of shame
The people's voice
So we pray and we pray
The queen's heart (queen's heart)
The knights of shame (knights of shame)
So we pray and we pray
The queen's heart
The people's voice
So we pray and we pray
The queen's heart
The knights of shame
So we pray, oh
Ooh
And yeah, it's no fun living for the fall
And there'll be no more waiting for you all
And there'll be one more chance for the truth
Without you
I would die
And yeah, it's no fun living for the fall
And there'll be no more waiting for you all
And there'll be one more chance for the truth
Without you
I would die
Without you
I would die
Waiting on a heartbeat
Is anybody listening?
We're waiting on a heartbeat
Can anybody hear me?
We're waiting on a heartbeat
Is anybody listening?
We're waiting on a heartbeat
Can anybody hear me?
We rob from the rich to blow down the door, oh
We rob from the rich and blow down the door
We rob from the rich and blow down the door
Piano
We rob from the rich to blow down the door
It's been a long time, waiting on your call
It's been a long time, waiting for you all
It's been a long time, waiting for you
But I can
Bum bum bum bum bum
The lyrics to AWOLNATION's song Knights of Shame evoke a surreal, apocalyptic dance party. The repeated refrain commands: "Dance, baby, dance, like the world is ending," and is followed by a chant of "This is who you are." The song describes a world on the verge of collapse where there are warning signs, and the power of fear is pervasive. The lyrics also reference zombies, ghosts, vampires, and robots while exhorting listeners to live life to the fullest before it's too late. The song culminates in a desire to "rob from the rich to blow down the door," and a plea for someone to hear their heartbeat.
The lyrics of the song seem to be a call to action for listeners to embrace their individuality and to seize the day. The apocalyptic imagery reflects the idea that life is fleeting, and that anything can happen at any moment. The dance party serves as a symbol of living life to the fullest even in the face of impending disaster. The repeated refrain, "This is who you are," can be interpreted as a reminder that no matter what is happening in the world around us, we should always strive to be true to ourselves.
Line by Line Meaning
Dance, baby, dance, like the world is ending
Let loose and enjoy each moment as if it's the last
This is who you are
Accept and embrace your true self
Sit back and look for the warnings
Pay attention to signals and prepare for what's to come
Go
Woo
Huh
Cool
Expressing excitement and amazement
Their power is fear
And it surrounds me
Their signs, you can see
One day we will wake the walking zombies
'Til then we pray
Oo
Feeling oppressed and seeing signs of danger, hoping to overcome it
The king and his ghost are laughing at me
These signs, you can see
One day we will listen for the sirens
'Til then we pray
Feeling mocked and seeing signs of imminent danger, hoping to find safety
Skeletons
Marching army
Guns
Drop your feet
I'm scared
I'm Duke Ellington
My mother said there'd be days like this
But one of the fires lit made her piss
Climbing are zombies
All up inside me
Transformin' vampires
Right beside me
And you can't run
'Cause, you do, you'll be dead
And them walls can't roll from the side of my head
I beat the drool
I beat the ghouls
But his last kiss
All suckers
They will cease to exist
I can't entertain with a beat up human
Lay waste to cities
Leave towns in ruin
I
Am a
Ro-
Bot
Whole arsenal stock
Ready to blow
Lastly you see:
Me, be three by three
Firing these things called TNT
Fighting against various threats and feeling like a powerful robot leading the charge
Uh,
We can dance like the world's over
Yeah, it's almost twenty twelve
Call your girls over
Let's kick back
Pop shots
Have a ball
And if the world blow up
Next life, we do it all over
Uh, yeah, let's toast to the memory
I wrote my name in the sky, so remember me
Baby, forever we
Together mentally
The day I leave me baby over somethin'
Then hell'll freeze
Froze
This world cold, like Natalie
So
Let's lose our clothes like L.E.
Back to the basics
Step out the matrix
Step out your cool
Baby, get on my spaceship
I seen her face lit
She seen a sign like a mace is
So we ran home like a base hit
Safe
Life is whatever you think it is
Yo, what you think this is?
Enjoying life and celebrating with friends, while also acknowledging the uncertainty of the future
Is anybody really out there breathin'?
Is anybody really sick of bleedin'
So come and scream into the sky this evening
And 'fore the morning I'mma touch your feeling (ha)
Let's start today
(Thank you, alright)
Let's start today
(Woo, ah, yeah)
Let's start today
(Ha ha, yeah, wooo, ok)
Let's start today
Questioning the reality of life and urging others to take action and make the most of the present
The queen's heart
The knights of shame
The people's voice
So we pray and we pray
The queen's heart (queen's heart)
The knights of shame (knights of shame)
So we pray and we pray
The queen's heart
The people's voice
So we pray and we pray
The queen's heart
The knights of shame
So we pray, oh
Referencing royalty, knights and the people in a prayerful, evocative manner
And yeah, it's no fun living for the fall
And there'll be no more waiting for you all
And there'll be one more chance for the truth
Without you
I would die
Waiting on a heartbeat
Is anybody listening?
We're waiting on a heartbeat
Can anybody hear me?
We're waiting on a heartbeat
Is anybody listening?
We're waiting on a heartbeat
Can anybody hear me?
Expressing the struggle of living without purpose and seeking to find meaning and truth with a sense of desperation
We rob from the rich to blow down the door, oh
We rob from the rich and blow down the door
We rob from the rich and blow down the door
Piano
We rob from the rich to blow down the door
Using criminal means to achieve some form of liberation
It's been a long time, waiting on your call
It's been a long time, waiting for you all
It's been a long time, waiting for you
But I can
Bum bum bum bum bum
Waiting patiently for someone or something to arrive, with a hopeful tone
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: AARON BRUNO, DARRYL JACKSON, CAMERON DUDDY
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@Lorkhanable
Timestamps for the different song parts
Dance like the world is ending: 00:00
Walkin' around with your head cut off: 02:15
Their power is fear: 02:37
Everybody: 03:15
The king and his ghost: 03:35
Skeleton rap: 03:54
Things called TNT: 04:32
It's almost 2012 rap: 04:44
Is anybody really breathing: 06:04
The knigths of shame: 07:02
Living for the fall: 08:05
Waiting on a heartbeat: 09:03
@chum3192
@@bikerchad16 this is going to be big and new to most of you because most likely you haven't researched any of this stuff I'm about to tell you.
so... no their lyrics are satanic. Ever heard of freemasonry? look it up that's how they get famous.
I'll break the satanic lyrics for you.
"Their power is fear and it surrounds me"
Devil's will torment the person who opens themselves up to them, which in all cases mainstream musicians do you get famous.
"Their signs you can see"
satanic Symbolism hidden in plain sight. this is mainly in mainstream media, music videos, etc. such as the Illuminati eye that most would quickly reject as a conspiracy (freemasons did a good job at mocking it so that brainwashed individuals won't dig deeper into it's roots and quickly dismiss it )
As well as Masonic gestures, etc.
"One day we will wake the walking zombies"
The new world order is coming soon and when it comes the zombies will be awoken to the reality that has been happening behind the scenes to bring the Pope to world supremacy just like he was during the inquisition (except he had partial control back then in Rome but the new world order is to bring the Pope into full supremacy.)
The Zombies are the common people in the world. Those who aren't involved in the secret societies like skull and bones, masonry, Jesuits, etc. are considered ignorant and stupid. (literally what you're considered to them According to Masonic writings)
"Till then we pray"
Yes, freemasons pray. That is, to devils and Satan.
@chum3192
Proverbs 22:3
“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.”
Take heed to this truth, or if you reject it as "conspiracy" or "craziness" you will suffer the consequences.
"Popery Puseyism Jesuitism"
By Luigi Desanctis
Page 140:
At what, then, do the Jesuits aim? According to them, they only seek the greater glory of God; but if you examine the facts you will find that they aim at universal dominion alone. They have rendered themselves indispensable to the Pope, who, without them, could not exist, because Catholicism is identified with them. They have rendered themselves indispensable to governors and hold revolutions in their hands; and in this way, either under one name or another, it is they who rule the world, who have reduced it to such perversion of ideas, that he can neither be a good citizen nor a good Catholic who is not a Jesuit.
Page 139:
He who thinks he knows the Jesuits by having read all the books that were written in the past century to unmask them, would be grossly deceived. The Jesuitism of that day was an open war against the Gospel and society; the Jesuitism of the present day is a slow but contagious and deadly disease, which secretly insinuates itself; it is a poison taken under the name of medicine.
"History of the Jesuits: their origin, progress, doctrines, and designs" 1854
By Nicolini, G. B. (Giovanni Battista)
Page 39:
take the Jesuit for what he ought or appears to be, and you commit the greatest of blunders. Draw the character after what the Jesuit seems to be in London, and you will not recognize your portrait in the Jesuit of Rome. The Jesuit is the man of circumstances. Despotic in Spain, constitutional in England, republican in Paraguay, bigot in Rome, idolater in India, he shall assume and act out in his own person, with admirable flexibility, all those different features by which men are usually to be distinguished from each other. He will accompany the gay woman of the world to the theatre, and will share in the excesses of the debauchee. With solemn countenance, he will take his place by the side of the religious man at church, and he will revel in the tavern with the glutton and the sot. He dresses, in all garbs, speaks all languages, knows all customs, is present everywhere though nowhere recognized—and all this, it should seem (O monstrous blasphemy!), for the greater glory of God
Page 82:
[Jesuit] Father Francis Pelhco... candidly confesses that " the many illustrious friends of the Society, prelates, orators, learned and distinguished men of every description, the supporters of the Society, remain occult, and obliged to be silent.''
"The Jesuits in History"
by Hector MacPherson
Page 148:
Danger lies in the fact that since the Vatican Council the interests of both are identical. Jesuitism is the power behind the Papal throne. “The presence of the Jesuits in any country, Romanist or Protestant,” once remarked Lord Palmerston, “ is likely to breed social disturbance.” So hurtful was the Jesuit Order found
to be that, up to 1860, it was expelled no fewer than seventy times from countries which has
suffered from its machinations...
In spite of Continental warnings, England, in the name of a spurious toleration, has become a Jesuit dumping-ground. Those whom
other countries have found from sad experience to be enemies, Britain allows to land on her shores, and to carry on unmolested their work of iniquity. We are carrying toleration to excess, and unless there is a change of policy, this nation will one day pay a heavy penalty. If we wish to escape the penalty, we must come to realize that a system which enslaves the individual, fosters superstition, is at war with patriotism and destroys morality, will, if allowed to flourish unchecked, sooner or later destroy society.
"The Jesuits in History" 1914
by Hector MacPherson
Page 122:
In order to clearness of thought in dealing with this subject, it is well to note the distinction between Roman Catholicism and the Papacy. The former has to do mainly with religion. It rests upon the theological doctrines which Protestants believe to be erroneous. There are Roman Catholics who take their religion but not their politics from the Pope. Had the Roman Catholic Church remained a purely religious organisation like any other sect, the world would have been spared centuries of evil. But in the course of its development the Romish Church, through its Popes, entered the civil sphere and aspired to universal monarchy.
"The Vatican Against Europe" 1993
by Edmond Paris
Page 308:
In the future, as in the past, she (The Catholic Church) will inexorably move towards the end she has set herself, without the slightest thought for the ruins and the catastrophes that her unwearying pursuit might be causing. "The end justifies the means". "No political event or circumstance can be evaluated without the knowledge of the Vatican's part in it. And no significant world situation exists in which the Vatican does not play an important explicit or implicit role.
"The Secret History Of The Jesuits" 1975
by Edmond Paris
Page 7:
The public is practically unaware of the overwhelming responsibility carried by the Vatican and its Jesuits in the start of the two world wars—a situation which may be explained in part by the gigantic finances at the disposition of the Vatican and its Jesuits, giving them power in so many spheres, especially since the last conflict.
Page -163-164:
But let us see, first, how an especially "authorized" personality, Franco, Knight of the Order of Christ, expressly confirmed the collusion between the Vatican and the nazis. According to "Reforme", this is what the press of the Spanish dictator (Franco) published on the 3rd of May 1945, the day of Hitler's death: ...
"I learned much from the Order of the Jesuits", said Hitler... "Until now, there has never been anything more grandiose, on the earth, than the hierarchical organisation of the Catholic Church. I transferred much of this organisation into my own party... I am going to let you in on a secret... I am founding an Order... In my "Burgs" of the Order, we will raise up a youth which will make the world tremble... Hitler then stopped, saying that he couldn't say any more.."(108)
"Swarms of Locusts: The Jesuit attack on the Faith" 2002
by Michael Bunker
Page 12:
There is a conspiracy against Christendom.... But who are Satan’s agents in this conspiracy? The “agents” are the Jesuits.
Even though the Jesuits exude vast influence and control in the areas of theology, education, recorded history and current media, I am still perplexed that virtually no literature exists exposing the Jesuit’s influence on mainline Protestantism.
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ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ꜱᴀᴠᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴄʜʀɪꜱᴛɪᴀɴ:
ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʙʟᴇ ꜱᴀʏꜱ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ᴅᴏ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴀʀɴ ꜱᴀʟᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀ ɢɪꜰᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɢᴏᴅ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ɪꜱ ᴄᴏɴꜰᴇꜱꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴏᴜʀ ꜱɪɴꜱ. ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇ ʜᴏʟʏ ɪɴ ᴏʙᴇᴅɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ (ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ) ꜰᴀɪᴛʜ. ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ ᴅɪᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴜʀ ꜱɪɴꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴏꜱᴇ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ 3ʀᴅ ᴅᴀʏ.
ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴇ ꜱᴇᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ꜱᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ꜱɪɴ ɪꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴘᴇɴᴛ (ᴛᴜʀɴ) ꜰʀᴏᴍ ɪᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀꜱᴋ ɢᴏᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴇʀᴄʏ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀɢɪᴠᴇɴᴇꜱꜱ, ɢᴏᴅ ᴡɪʟʟ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴜꜱ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴏʟʏ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴡᴇʟʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴜꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴜꜱ ᴏᴠᴇʀᴄᴏᴍᴇ ꜱɪɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴠᴇ ʜᴏʟʏ. ɴᴏ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ ᴏʀ ᴄʜᴜʀᴄʜ ᴄᴀɴ ꜱᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ
@TheKatknip
This is the most underrated awolnation song.
@maximilianrabbitt4849
More underrated than Woman Woman?
@mnemonichotpocket
So much yes.
And his longest effort to my knowledge.
@SlyShone
So good
@Rusty140
But why
@mnemonichotpocket
@@Rusty140
Because he was firing these things called tnt.
These things called tnt.
@joshualancekemp
Great ending song to “Died Suddenly”. New fan here..🎉
@Christian-vf4ph
Same way I found it. They will pay for what they've done my brother.
@veryrare657
the earth is flat
@shimmer4771
@@Christian-vf4ph Never forget what they have done.