The song focuses on the potential privatisation of the NHS as Talbot explained to Music & Riots:
It’s slowly being torn apart from the inside by privatisation and putting a strangle hold on funding and staffing. I love the NHS for what it stands for, but I think it’s already dead.
He told Vice...
[Intro]
Ha, ha
Ha, ha
Ha, ha
Ha, ha
[Refrain]
Divide
Divide
Divide
And conquer
[Verse]
A loved one perished at the hand of the baron-hearted right
A loved one perished at the hand of the baron-hearted right
A loved one perished at the hand of the baron-hearted right
[Refrain]
Divide
Divide
Divide
And conquer
Merci bocu
Divide and Conquer was written by Joe Talbot & Jon Beavis & Mark Bowen & Adam Devonshire & Lee Kiernan.
Divide and Conquer was produced by Paul Frazer.
IDLES released Divide and Conquer on Wed Aug 31 2016.
‘Divide & Conquer’ is an ode to the disembowelment of our NHS.
“A loved one perished at the hand of the baron-hearted right” stands alone as the monolithic truth, a sad lyric that blisters on just how fucked we all are.
—Taken from the Youtube video description
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