While the title track of Motörhead’s 1979 album Bomber is, obviously, about a bomber plane bringing death from above, it also forms a loose metaphor for the sonic assault the band inflicted on its live audiences.
I was reading Len Deighton’s book Bomber at the time I wrote it. It’s about a bombing...
[Intro]
Oh!
Na-na-na-now!
[Verse 1]
Ain't a hope in Hell
Nothing's gonna bring us down
The way we fly five miles off the ground
Because
[Chorus 1]
We shoot to kill
And you know we always will
It's a bomber
It's a bomber
[Verse 2]
Scream a thousand miles
Hear the black death rising moan
Firestorm coming closer
Napalm to the bone
Because
[Chorus 2]
You know we do it right
A mission every night
It's a bomber
It's a bomber
It's a bomber
Yeah!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
No night fighter gonna stop us getting through
The sirens make you shiver
You bet my aim is true
Because
[Chorus 3]
You know we aim to please
Bring you to your knees
It's a bomber
It's a bomber
It's a bomber
Bomber was written by Eddie Clarke & Phil Taylor & Lemmy.
Bomber was produced by Jimmy Miller.