Originally signed to Chris Parry's Fiction Records, the band released Disco Rigido in the late 1980s (distributed in the United States by Atlantic Records), which featured "Welcome To America", "Land of the Free" and "I've Got To Make Sense". Though the album falls solidly into the EBM genre, it contains hints of the experimentation and genre-bending that later recordings would feature (e.g. "Y Tagata en Situ").
A second album, Big Electric Metal Bass Face, built on the foundation laid with Disco Rigido and upped the ante with excursions into funk (listen to "Funkopolis" as well as the live take of "Coming Down"). Contributors to the band at the time included Chris Vrenna and James Woolley, who both served time in Nine Inch Nails during the mid-Nineties.
Marcus and Christie then teamed up with Jane Jensen to form Oxygiene 23, and released an album ("Blue") on Fifth Column Records.
Engine, a 1995 release on WaxTrax!, was a huge jump forward and found critical acclaim for its decimation of genre boundaries. Die Warzau could no longer be simply pigeonholed into the "industrial" category, as their music became more organic, rounder on the edges yet still retaining their trademark knack for insistent rhythm and pure, unrefined electronic noise. "Liberated" and "All Good Girls" became trademark songs for the group. Fellow WaxTrax! act Sister Machine Gun "inherited" an unused song from this period ("Hole In the Ground"), which they included on their Burn album.
Die Warzau as a group then went on hiatus for a number of years, with Marcus and Christie working on other projects--Jim Marcus founded the pure funk group Everplastic while Van Christie worked on Eco-Hed.
By 2005, though, the duo had reconvened and released Convenience (on their Chicago-based Pulseblack Records). A continuation of the path they started on with Engine, songs like "Radiation Babies", "Kleen" and "Linoleum" further blur any genre lines and leave something truly original. More output is expected from the group in 2006, including a collaboration with funk pioneer George Clinton.
Liberated
Die Warzau Lyrics
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WHITE HORSES AND BLUE GODS
LET THEM BE LIKE CHILDREN AGAIN
BLISTERS ON MY HANDS
BACK IS BROKEN
WHY CAN'T I LET GO LET IT GO
LIBERATED ONE MIND ONE BODY SOUL
I'M TIRED AND I CAN'T SEE
WHY THE GREAT BLUE CURRENT WON'T CARRY ME CARRY ME AWAY
WHEN I'M TIRED AND I CAN'T SLEEP
AND THE FEAR IS ALL I KNOW
OPEN UP YOUR ARMS FOR ME
COME TO TAKE ME HOME
TAKE ME FROM THIS BODY
I HATE THIS FLESH I'M IN
COME AND RECREATE ME AGAIN
TAKE MY BREATH AND MAKE THE WIND
MY BONES ARE DIRT AGAIN
I AM EVERYTHING
The lyrics to Die Warzau's song "Liberated" express a desire to transcend the limitations of the physical body and reach a higher spiritual plane where there is freedom and peace. The opening lines refer to the idea of transcending earthly boundaries and connecting with divine forces represented by white horses and blue gods. The singer longs for a return to childlike innocence and wonder, free from the burdens of the world.
As the song progresses, the lyrics speak of physical exhaustion and the desire for release from the struggles of life. The term "liberated" refers to the act of breaking free from these burdens and ascending to a higher level of consciousness. This is a universal concept that speaks to the human desire for transcendence, to rise above the limitations of the body and experience something greater.
The final stanzas of the song express a need for comfort and reassurance, as the singer faces their own mortality and the uncertainty of the future. They long for someone to guide them home and help them escape the limitations of their physical being.
Overall, "Liberated" is a song about longing for something more, something beyond the mundane and earthbound. It speaks to the universal human desire for transcendence and offers hope for those who seek a way out of the everyday struggles of life.
Line by Line Meaning
TAKE ME TO THE HIGHER SPACES
I want to experience something beyond the ordinary.
WHITE HORSES AND BLUE GODS
I want to feel the freedom and magic of a world beyond mine.
LET THEM BE LIKE CHILDREN AGAIN
Let the world be full of wonder and innocence, unburdened by maturity and adult responsibility.
BLISTERS ON MY HANDS
I have worked hard and put in the effort to reach this point.
BACK IS BROKEN
I am exhausted and at my limit.
WHY CAN'T I LET GO LET IT GO
I am struggling to release myself from what is holding me back.
LIBERATED ONE MIND ONE BODY SOUL
I have freed myself from the constraints of my mind, body, and soul.
LIBERATED TURN THE UNIVERSAL MERRY-GO-ROUND
I have found freedom and caused the world to spin in a new direction.
I'M TIRED AND I CAN'T SEE
I am exhausted and have lost sight of my purpose.
WHY THE GREAT BLUE CURRENT WON'T CARRY ME CARRY ME AWAY
I am unsure why I am still held back or unable to progress.
WHEN I'M TIRED AND I CAN'T SLEEP
When I am worn out and restless.
AND THE FEAR IS ALL I KNOW
When my mind is consumed by anxiety and apprehension.
OPEN UP YOUR ARMS FOR ME
I need someone to embrace and comfort me.
COME TO TAKE ME HOME
I want to be taken to a place of safety and security.
TAKE ME FROM THIS BODY
I want to be removed from my physical form.
I HATE THIS FLESH I'M IN
I despise my current physical state.
COME AND RECREATE ME AGAIN
I want to be reborn or remade into something new.
TAKE MY BREATH AND MAKE THE WIND
I want to be transformed into something vast and intangible.
MY BONES ARE DIRT AGAIN
My physical form has been destroyed or deconstructed.
I AM EVERYTHING
I am no longer confined to a limited physical form, but am part of the universe and all it encompasses.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: CARLISLE VAN DYKE III CHRISTIE, JIM MARCUS
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