Come on!
His skin was soft as leather
I'm the weatherman
No one else more dedicated
I'm the weatherman
Well, hey kid
You got the right
But the choice to kill
No, Son of Sam
Will let you in to turn against
Addicted to the love of ourselves
I'm the weatherman
I tell no one else
I'm the weatherman
So go for the kill
'Cause no one else cares
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
His skin was soft as leather
I'm the weatherman
No one else worth the dedication
I'm the weatherman
'Cause hey kid
You got the heart without the ache
Pretentious thieves
Have you believe it's theirs to take
Addicted to the love of ourselves
I'm the weatherman
And tell no one else
I'm the weatherman
So go for the kill
'Cause no one else cares
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
For here's the history we make
For luck of our fathers
(If I could be anywhere I wouldn't be here)
No future or good night
(If I could be anywhere I wouldn't be here)
No future fans
(If I could be anywhere I wouldn't be here)
I sing for the melody and I sing for a reason
And I'll sing as the neglect for all that un-American
So go for the kill
'Cause no one else cares
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill!
His skin was soft as leather
I'm the weatherman
No one else more dedicated
I'm the weatherman
Well, hey kid
You got the right
But the choice to kill
No, Son of Sam
Will let you in to turn against
Addicted to the love of ourselves
I'm the weatherman
I tell no one else
I'm the weatherman
So go for the kill
'Cause no one else cares
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
His skin was soft as leather
I'm the weatherman
No one else worth the dedication
I'm the weatherman
'Cause hey kid
You got the heart without the ache
Pretentious thieves
Have you believe it's theirs to take
Addicted to the love of ourselves
I'm the weatherman
And tell no one else
I'm the weatherman
So go for the kill
'Cause no one else cares
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
For here's the history we make
For luck of our fathers
(If I could be anywhere I wouldn't be here)
No future or good night
(If I could be anywhere I wouldn't be here)
No future fans
(If I could be anywhere I wouldn't be here)
I sing for the melody and I sing for a reason
And I'll sing as the neglect for all that un-American
So go for the kill
'Cause no one else cares
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill, go for the kill
Go for the kill!
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Scritta da Emily Armstrong.
Il riferimento è alla organizzazione della sinistra radicale statunitense chiamata Weatherman, the Weathermen o Weather Underground.
L'organizzazione trasse il proprio nome dal verso di "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" (non serve un meteorologo per sapere da che lato soffia il vento), dalla canzone di Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965). Il verso divenne il titolo di un documento distribuito alla convention dell'SDS di Chicago del 18 giugno 1969. Il documento propugnava la creazione di una "forza combattente bianca" destinata ad allearsi coi movimenti radicali neri al fine di raggiungere "la distruzione dell'imperialismo statunitense e creare un mondo privo di classi: un mondo comunista".
Il ritornello ricorda una celebre affermazione di una militante dei Weathermen, Naomi Jaffe:
“Sentivamo che non fare nulla in un periodo di violenza repressiva fosse essa stessa una forma di violenza. Questo è proprio il punto che credo la gente fatichi di più a capire. Se te ne stai seduto a casa, vivendo la tua vita di bianco e svolgendo il tuo lavoro di bianco, e permetti al tuo paese di assassinare persone e di commettere dei genocidi, e te ne resti seduto lì e non fai nulla al riguardo, quella è violenza.”
Più in generale, la canzone parla di assumere una posizione antiautoritaria nei confronti dei nostri governi, il che significa che a volte dobbiamo ribellarci e combattere per i nostri diritti, per il il nostro futuro.