"Wire recorded a song—“Drill”—that became just as influential in its way as Pink Flag, paving the way for the pummeling, stripped-down techno that would be increasingly popular in dance clubs over the next few years. Broken down to its core components, “Drill” is a reimagining of some of the more pr...
Are you level? How's your trim?
Do you rotate, eddy, or spin?
Are you game? What's your trick?
Do you vibrate, bounce, or tick?
What's your cut? Are you correct?
Do you detour, bend, or stretch?
We're milling through the grinder, grinding through the mill
If this is not an exercise, could it be a drill?
How's it with you? What's your form?
Your outline, shape, or form
How's your price? What do you cost?
Your value, profit, or loss
How's your skull? Does it fit?
Is your mind free, empty, or split?
We're milling through the grinder, grinding through the mill
If this is not an exercise, could it be a drill?
Drill drill drill
Dugga dugga dugga
Could this be a drill?!
Drill was written by Wire.
Drill was produced by Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones.