Make Way!
Napalm Death䐀 Lyrics

The lyrics of Napalm Death's song Make Way! condemn corporate greed and environmental exploitation that goes hand-in-hand with capitalist profits. The song starts with the imagery of a virus known as profit that infects the earth like a syringe. The lyrics describe how companies extract the "goodness" from the earth, which in business terms is nothing but greed. They destroy nature, including forests, which are a vital source of oxygen, to make way for new sites of expansion. This carnage of nature leads to poisoned lands where the food sustains poisoned minds. The rivers that were once the source of life now have contaminated waters where no life can exist. The toxic cloud is a symbol of the pollution that has blackened the once-clean air. Napalm Death underscores that all these environmental crises are man-made, and the natural world must seek retribution against these actions.

The song is a reflection of the band's punk and hardcore roots with a touch of grindcore, which is a subgenre of extreme metal that emerged during the 1980s. The song was on the album Harmony Corruption, released in 1990, widely considered one of the genre's classics that put the band on the map. The album's lyrics focused on ecological and social issues with an emphasis on animal rights, globalization, and ecological destruction.