Sonora.ID – Berikut ini lirik lagu ‘A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours’ milik The Smiths yang dirilis pada 22 September 1987 silam.

Lagu ini merupakan track ke-1 dalam album Strangeways, Here We Come.

Lagu ini diproduseri oleh Morrissey, Johnny Marr dan Stephen Street.

Melansir Genius, “A Rush and a Push and the Land is Ours” membuka album dengan rangkaian mimpi yang diikuti dengan irama yang luar biasa.

Fitur unik dari lagu ini adalah bahwa ini adalah satu-satunya lagu Smiths yang hanya menggunakan keyboard daripada gitar, menonjolkan suara kemundurannya dan elemen yang agak menghantui.

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Lirik:

[Intro]

Oh hello

I am the ghost of Troubled Joe

Hung by his pretty white neck

Some eighteen months ago

I travelled to a mystical time zone

And I missed my bed

And I soon came home

[Verse 1]

They said, "There's too much caffeine in your bloodstream

And a lack of real spice in your life"

I said, "Leave me alone because I'm alright, dad

Surprised to still be on my own"

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, but don't mention love

I'd hate the strain of the pain again

[Chorus]

A rush and a push and the land that we stand on is ours

It has been before, so it shall be again

And people who are uglier than you and I

They take what they need and just leave

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, but don't mention love

I'd hate the pain of the strain all over again

[Chorus]

A rush and a push and the land we stand on is ours

It has been before, so why can't it be now?

And people who are weaker than you and I

They take what they want from life

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, but don't mention love

No, no, don't mention love

[Chorus]

A rush and a push and the land we stand on is ours

Your youth may be gone, but you're still a good man

So phone me, phone me

So phone me, phone me, phone me

[Outro]

Oh, I think I'm in love

Oh, I think I'm in love

Oh, I think I'm in love (I think I'm in love)

Oh, I think I'm in love, oh