Rapture
Dub Pistols Lyrics

Toe to toe
Standing very close together

Dancing very slow
Moving slowly in a rhythmic manner

Barely breathing
Breathing only a small amount of air

Almost comatose
In a state of unconsciousness or lethargy

Wall to wall
Completely filled with people

People hypnotised
People entranced and captivated

And they're stepping lightly
They are moving carefully so as not to disrupt the rhythm or flow of the music

Hang each night in Rapture
Spend their nights in a state of overwhelming joy and excitement

Back to back
Standing with backs touching

Sacrailiac
A reference to a dance move involving pelvic thrusts

Spineless movement
A movement that suggests a lack of backbone or strength

And a wild attack
An uncontrolled or aggressive movement

Face to face
Standing directly in front of each other

Sadly solitude
A feeling of loneliness or isolation

And it's finger popping
A reference to a style of dancing where fingers snap in time with the music

Twenty-four hour shopping in Rapture
A sense of being caught up in a consumerist culture that is all-consuming

Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's high
A reference to the drug culture surrounding hip hop music

DJ's spinnin' are savin' my mind
The music is acting as a restorative force for the mind

Flash is fast, Flash is cool
A reference to the cultural significance of the visual style of music videos

Francois sez fas, Flashe' no do
A parody of a French accent, suggesting a sense of cultural elitism

And you don't stop, sure shot
An expression of confidence

Go out to the parking lot
A suggestion to escape the confines of the club or party

And you get in your car and you drive real far
A sense of freedom and possibility

And you drive all night and then you see a light
A sense of disorientation, accompanied by an otherworldly or supernatural element

And it comes right down and lands on the ground
An image of an extraterrestrial spacecraft

And out comes a man from Mars
A reference to science fiction tropes

And you try to run but he's got a gun
A sense of anxiety or fear

And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
A grotesque image of violence and bodily harm

And then you're in the man from Mars
A surreal and disorienting sense of identity

You go out at night, eatin' cars
A nonsensical image of consumption and indulgence

You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too
More absurd imagery of consumption

Mercurys and Subarus
Even more car models eaten

And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' cars
An insatiable hunger and lack of restraint

Then, when there's no more cars
A sense of depletion or scarcity of resources

You go out at night and eat up bars where the people meet
Another absurd image of consumption

Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
An image of intimacy and closeness

One to one, man to man
A sense of individual connection and interaction

Dance toe to toe
A sense of physical touch and contact

Don't move to slow, 'cause the man from Mars
Maintaining a sense of awareness and alertness despite the sense of danger

Is through with cars, he's eatin' bars
A sense of cultural destruction or disruption

Yeah, wall to wall, door to door, hall to hall
A sense of all-encompassing destruction or disruption

He's gonna eat 'em all
A sense of complete and total annihilation

Rapture, be pure
This overwhelming sense of rapture should be pure and untainted

Take a tour, through the sewer
A sense of delving into the darker, less known parts of society

Don't strain your brain, paint a train
An encouragement to pursue artistic expression as a means of release

You'll be singin' in the rain
A sense of contagious joy and celebration

I said don't stop, do punk rock
A call to continue rebelling and resisting cultural norms

Well now you see what you wanna be
A sense of clarity and understanding of one's true desires

Just have your party on TV
An image of a mediated, artificial reality

Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars when the TV's on
A sense of the transcendent or otherworldly, unaffected by human cultural artifacts

And now he's gone back up to space
A sense of closure or resolution

Where he won't have a hassle with the human race
A sense of relief at escaping human culture and conflict

And you hip-hop, and you don't stop
An exhortation to continue with the musical style and cultural movement

Just blast off, sure shot
An expression of confidence and ambition

Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' bars
An image of change or transformation

And now he only eats guitars, get up!
An image of the guitar as the only remaining cultural artifact worth consuming