N.W.O.

Annotation

Industrial Metal group, formed in 1981 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and currently in Los Angeles, California, USA. The song "N.W.O." (Sire Records # 9 26727-2) (standing for "New World Order") was inspired by the First Gulf War and a protest against police violence of other issues of the day - the official video featured clips of riots and police beatings, including in the manner of the killing of Rodney King. The song contained audio clips of Dennis Hopper's character saying "it's alright" from the Vietnam War film Apocalypse Now (1979), and a clip from a George H. W. Bush speech claiming a "new world order".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: It's alright, It's alright / It's alright, It's alright / All the locals hide their tears of regret / Open fire 'cause I love you to death / Sky high, with a heartache of stone / You'll never see me 'cause I'm always alone / How to love without a trace of dissent / I'll buy the torture, you pay for the rent / Tied high with a broken command / All alone to the promised land / I'm in love with this malicious intent / You've been taken but you don't know it yet / What you will know must never live to be found / 'Cause it's the subject of the eyes of the clown / What we are looking at is good and evil / Right and wrong / A new world order

About the artist

Industrial Metal group, formed in 1981 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, currently in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Themes

Apocalypse Now · First Gulf War · Police Brutality · George H. Bush

In collections

Metal Songs