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Makeshift Swahili by This Heat
Performed by
This HeatProduced by
David CunninghamWrited by
Charles Bullen & Gareth Williams & Charles HaywardAbout
One of the darker and more terrifying songs on the album, “Makeshift Swahili” features pounding drums, droning guitars, a primal, screamed vocal and lyrics about the fragility of language and human culture, both of which would be effectively destroyed in the advent of a nuclear war.
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Makeshift Swahili Lyrics
[Verse 1]
"Makeshift", she sings
In her native German
You try to understand what she's trying to say
She says, "You're only as good
As the words you understand"
And you, you don't understand a word
[Chorus]
Tower of Babel, Swahili
It's all Greek to me
Bi-lingual, double dutch
Gift of the gab, gift of the gab
[Verse 2]
We give you firewater, you give us your land
"White man speak with forked tongue"
But it's too late now to start complaining
Too late
[Chorus]
Monosyllabic, hieroglyphic
Et cetera, et cetera
Tower of Babel, Swahili
It's all Greek to me
[Outro]
New lamps for old, new lamps for old
Rhubarb rhubarb, rhubarb rhubarb
Rhubarb rhubarb, rhubarb rhubarb
Makeshift Swahili Q&A
Who wrote Makeshift Swahili's ?
Makeshift Swahili was written by Charles Bullen & Gareth Williams & Charles Hayward.
Who produced Makeshift Swahili's ?
Makeshift Swahili was produced by David Cunningham.