Stand up
How we gonna get through this alive?, get through this alive
It's not too late, it's not too late
Stand up
How we gonna get out this alive?, get out of this alive
It's not too late, it's not too late
Stand up
How we gonna get through this alive?, get through this alive
It's not too late, it's not too late
Stand up!
Countries are just lines, drawn in the sand
Inside this sick foundation
We've had the realisation
Inside this sick foundation
We've had the revelation
Fuck all borders and fuck all boundaries
Fuck all flags and fuck nationalities.
You've gotta give us a chance before we reach our,
System meltdown [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/e/enter_shikari/meltdown.html ]
Stand up
How we gonna get through this alive?, get through this alive
It's not too late, it's not too late
Stand up
How we gonna get out this alive?, get out of this alive
It's not too late, it's not too late
Stand up
How we gonna get through this alive?, get through this alive
It's not too late, it's not too late
Countries are just lines, drawn in the sand with a stick
Inside this sick foundation
We've had the realisation
Inside this sick foundation
We've had the revelation
We begin to learn to smile again
Start to walk that extra mile again
Cos I know that we are one
It's not too late, it's not too late
Stand up
It's not too late, it's not too late
Fear begins to vanish when we realise
That countries are just lines, drawn in the sand with a stick.
My understanding of this song is that it is talking about the economy and how it's very unstable (on the side of a cliff) and how the system/ecomemy is melting down hence the title system meltdown, and the house on the cliff is now the wreckage on the rocks states that our ecomemy has hit rock bottom. I think it's amazing how enter shikari have shown this, but it's not just this song that is relevant to the everyday society of england, listen to some of their other songs, they all have a deeper meaning. I think more people (like people in government) should listen to enter shikari, they send out great moral messages and i think more people should know about these messages.
by Unregistered on May 21st 2012 8:49 am
It's not about politics. It's about something more. Like said, revolution.
by Unregistered on May 8th 2012 7:02 am
This text is silly. Never knew why bands write songs about politics. Like if art can change the world. Bob dylan was one of the artists i know who gave up with the so called protest songs, cause he realised it has no meaning. The government will be anyways stronger. They know how to sustain their power even after they killed the leaders. Serbia is a good example for this.
by Unregistered on Apr 4th 2012 2:55 am
Sam hoskins, with a stick. .. Sam hoskins, with a stick.
by Unregistered on Mar 12th 2012 2:20 pm
Good lol amazin thes band are so cool i wouldnt know them if it wasnt for my 18 year old brother matty i mean i 10 and these are my fav band lol
by Unregistered on Mar 10th 2012 8:56 am
It's your future
this is gonna change everything
This song means revolution
by Unregistered on Feb 25th 2012 1:28 pm
Enter shikari probably watched zeitgeist or something similar. All their songs on the new album are about our failing economic, social and monetairy system, and their consequences (war, poverty, pollution, .. ). Most of all, they are about realizing how the world is being run at this moment, and trying to see behind what people would want you to see, in order to change for the better. This song in particular is about the realisation that our system is about to fail, and that everyone is in it with you, no matter who you are or where you're from. It's about hanging in there and uniting for a better world.
by Unregistered on Jan 31st 2012 7:19 am
This song is about the love of cheese in our day-to-day culture. Measles, measles oh how i love them.
by Unregistered on Jan 21st 2012 3:29 pm
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The meaning to meltdow is its not too late to change our ways lets become one and stop the government controlling what we do and become free once again
by Unregistered on Jan 20th 2012 5:01 am
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The thing that got to me about this album is that the meanings are just so freakin obvious and unsubtle that it's like anybody could have written the lyrics. Arguing with thermometres could have been great if they didn't mention oil so many times and have that paragraph about it running out... It's just stating the obvious again and again