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This song was the first single of Enter Shikari’s second album Common Dreads. The song is built around a pun – in British English, a juggernaut is both an unstoppable destructive force and a large lorry (truck) of the sort used by supermarkets – and attacks consumerism.
[Chorus 1: Rou Reynolds with Chris Batten]
And I know that we've still got time
But I do not think we're invincible
And I'm thinking that it's a sign
'Cause I do not think we're invincible
Crushing all in its path
Crushing all in its path
Crushing all in its path
Crushing all in its path
[Verse: Rou Reynolds, Chris Batten, & (both)]
Now, don't get me wrong
I love what you've done with the place
I just wish we had a chance to help build it
Instead of just moving into this home of disrepair
And expected to work, prosper, and then share
Constantly relying on consuming to feel content
But only because we've lost touch
With this home that we've spent
Trillions of dollars tainting for our wants, not our needs
And now we're growing tired of planting bleary-eyed seeds
And I'm not saying that we could do better
But given the chance, we'd try (We'd try)
We'd dig up the earth's timeworn soil
Listen to Batty C
And fill the trench with greedy eyes
(I'm not saying that we could do better
But given the chance, we'd try
We'd dig up the earth's timeworn soil
And fill the trench with greedy eyes)
[Interlude: Rou Reynolds]
Imagine...
Back in the day as empires made haste
To colonize, to claim, to control, and contain
We sat patiently in the future, helpless
Switch!
[Chorus 2: Rou Reynolds with Chris Batten]
And I know that we've still got time
But I do not think we're invincible
And I'm thinking that it's a sign
Deep breaths, clenched fists
Here comes another Juggernaut!
Crushing all in its path
Crushing all in its path
Crushing all in its path
Crushing all in its path
[Bridge: Rou Reynolds, Rory Clewlow, & (all)]
(What the hell will happen, now?)
I really don't know, man!
We'll do what we've always done
Shut our eyes and hope for the best?
(No!) We're gonna face this
We'll step out onto the tracks
And stare it right in the face
(Thou shall not pass!)
[Chorus 3: Rou Reynolds with Chris Batten]
And I know that we've still got time
But I do not think we're invincible
And I'm thinking that it's a sign
'Cause I do not think we're invincible
Crushing all in its path
Crushing all in its path
Crushing all in its path
Crushing all in its path
And I know that we've still got time
But I do not think we're invincible
And I'm thinking that it's a sign
Deep breaths, clenched fists
Here comes another Juggernaut!
[Outro: Rou Reynolds]
And I know that we've still got time
But I do not think we're invincible
And I'm thinking that it's a sign
And I do not think we're invincible
And I hope that we've still got time
'Cause I do not think we're invincible
The idea of community
Will be something displayed at a museum
Juggernauts was written by Rob Rolfe & Rory Clewlow & Chris Batten & Rou Reynolds.
Juggernauts was produced by Enter Shikari & Andy Gray.
Enter Shikari released Juggernauts on Fri May 29 2009.
This was an era-defining track for us. It got A-listed on Radio 1, and that’s only ever happened to us a couple of times. It was totally surreal hearing it on daytime radio for the first time. It’s not exactly our heaviest track, but it’s certainly not a part of the pop world either, and it’s got a...
In the track-by-track commentary for Common Dreads, the band describe the song as
addressing the theme of corporate power and the brute force that they have and the ability they have of doing literally whatever they want.
This idea hit a bit closer to home for the band when in 2008 a proposed Tesc...