The song is a social commentary of the “Rupert Murdoch” style TV and how the press tries to keep people scared. The recent acts of terrorism are mentioned such as the London Bombings and 9/11 which have been used as a tool for fear. This caused a “witch hunt” looking for the enemy among us, similar...
[Verse 1]
I'm sitting on the roof of my house
With a shotgun
And a six pack of beer
Six pack of beer, six pack of beer
[Pre-Chorus 1]
The newscaster says "the enemy's among us"
As bombs explode on the 30 bus
Kill your middle class indecision
Now is not the time for liberal thought
[Chorus]
So I go hunting for witches
I go hunting for witches
Heads are going to roll
I go hunting for
[Verse 2]
In the '90s, optimistic as a teen
Now it's terror
Aeroplanes crash into towers
Into towers, into towers
[Pre-Chorus 2]
The Daily Mail says "the enemy's among us
Taking our women and taking our jobs"
All reasonable thought is being drowned out
By the non-stop baying, baying, baying for blood
[Chorus]
So I go hunting for witches
I go hunting for witches
Heads are going to roll
I go hunting for
[Bridge]
I was an ordinary man with ordinary desire
I watched TV, it informed me
I was an ordinary man with ordinary desire
There must be accountability
Disparate and misinformed
Fear will keep us all in place
[Chorus]
So I go hunting for witches
I go hunting for witches
Heads are going to roll
I go hunting for
[Bridge]
I was an ordinary man with ordinary desire
I watched TV, it informed me
I was an ordinary man with ordinary desire
There must be accountability
Disparate and misinformed
Fear will keep us all in place
Hunting for Witches was written by Matt Tong & Gordon Moakes & Russell Lissack & Kele.
Hunting for Witches was produced by Jacknife Lee.
Bloc Party released Hunting for Witches on Wed Jan 24 2007.