The cover of the single is censored. The original has an Apple logo on the front which is censored by the company, and the eyes were Mercedes logo. The character that appears makes an allusion to Ernesto Guevara who was a Guerrilla, ideologist and commander of the Cuban Revolution who is associated...
[Verse 1]
Forgive my crippled head
Our revolution's dead
They've gambled all our pride
They want money instead
They've gone and speared my side
I think they want me dead
Yeah (Yeah), I think I second what he said
Yeah (Yeah), I think I second what she said
Yeah (Yeah), I think I second what I said
Check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check, check what I said
Chuck, chuck, chuck, check, check, check, chick, chick, chick, chick what she said
[Verse 2]
"Suicide's for cowards", he said
Whilst sat drinking himself to death
[Chorus]
I'd bow on my knees for you
But I'm already wasted
I'd wait at the gates for you
But I'm already wasted
I'd bow on my knees for you
But I'm already wasted
Wait out
Wait out
Wait out
Wait out
Wait out
Wait out
[Outro]
Forgive my crippled head
Our revolution's dead
Mercedes Marxist was written by Mark Bowen & Lee Kiernan & Joe Talbot & Jon Beavis & Adam Devonshire.
Mercedes Marxist was produced by IDLES.
IDLES released Mercedes Marxist on Tue May 07 2019.
“Mercedes Marxist” was a strange beast for us, after “Rottweiler”, it was the first song we wrote for Joy as an Act of Resistance. I was pissed off at what I was and where I was: I was sofa surfing on the weekends and spending the weeks looking after my mum. My life balance was way off and this song...