The song itself is about the Syria crisis in 2016 and the divide of people in the U.K. Writer & Guitarist Owen Hughes-Holland went out to Calais at the time and witnessed protesters waiting at the shoreline at Dover. ‘Meat Week’ was then written from the perspective of one of the protesters, wit...
[Chorus]
We can fight or separately go our ways
Into the cold night
Like cowardly lions who lose their might
[Verse 1]
We stood our ground once upon a time
Now we're no more than beggars on the shorelines
We wait for the ships to retreat
As though we anticipate our own defeat, so...
[Chorus]
We can fight or separately go our ways
Into the cold night
Like cowardly lions who lose their might
So pray to God your indigenous land
Won't bare the cull of your native stare
Reclaim or recoil, but feast your eyes and prepare
[Verse 2]
We cannot deter, we can't defend
As much as a light that simply won't bend
So grin and bare, grin and bare the bite
They have their hold on us with their teeth locked tight but...
[Chorus]
We can fight or separately go our ways
Into the cold night
Like cowardly lions who lose their might
So pray to God your indigenous land
Won't bare the cull of your native stare
Reclaim or recoil, but feast your eyes and prepare
Would you pray to God?
We can fight or separately go our ways
Into the cold night
Like cowardly lions who lose their might
So pray to God your indigenous land
Won't bare the cull of your native stare
Reclaim or recoil, but feast your eyes and prepare
Meat Week was written by Owen Hughes-Holland.
Meat Week was produced by Owen Hughes-Holland & Adam Mason.
First Signs Of Frost released Meat Week on Fri Aug 11 2017.