Chance eventually left to form The Contortions and pursue his own equally abrasive musical direction. Both groups were featured on the seminal "No New York" LP, a showcase of the early No Wave scene compiled and produced by Brian Eno.
Infamous for playing ten-minute sets filled with thirty-second songs, they sought to take music beyond what Lunch saw as the traditionalism of punk rock. The group left behind little more than a dozen complete recorded songs with most of the surviving titles collected on the 18-minute career retrospective CD titled "Everything". However other studio versions of several songs exist alongside a few live recordings.
Lunch and Chance both went on to become cult figures of the New York underground music scene and the group has been cited as a significant influence on subsequent post-punk groups such as Sonic Youth and The Istics.
The band reunited in 2008 for a series of performances, with Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore. The band continued to perform without Moore throughout 2009, including dates in Canada.
Orphans
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks Lyrics
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Little orphans running through the bloody snow
Little orphans running through the blood through the blood through the blood
No more ankles and no more clothes
Little orphans running through the snow
Little orphans in the blood, in the blood, in the blood
Little orphans running through the bloody snow
Little orphans running through the blood, through the blood, through the blood
No more ankles and no more clothes
Little orphans running through the snow
Little orphans in the blood, in the blood, in the blood
The song "Orphans" by Teenage Jesus and the Jerks is a stark portrayal of a group of children caught in a bloody, violent conflict. The lyrics describe "little orphans" running through the snow, suggesting that they are fleeing from danger or perhaps searching for safety. The repetition of the phrase "in the blood, in the blood, in the blood" conveys the visceral horror of the scene, as does the imagery of missing ankles and clothing.
The lyrics are deliberately ambiguous, offering no context or explanation for the violence. This could be interpreted as a commentary on the futility of war and the senselessness of the suffering it causes. The use of repetition throughout the song emphasizes the cyclical nature of conflict, the way that violence begets more violence in an endless cycle. The haunting, almost hypnotic quality of the music only adds to the sense of unease and dread that the song evokes.
Line by Line Meaning
Little orphans running through the bloody snow
Children without parents running through the snow soaked in blood
Little orphans running through the blood through the blood through the blood
Children without parents running through blood repeatedly
No more ankles and no more clothes
The children have lost their footwear and clothing
Little orphans running through the snow
Children without parents running through the snow
Little orphans in the blood, in the blood, in the blood
Children without parents within a pool of blood
Contributed by Jacob E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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Fitting for the times
@asemic
yup
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O my God