“Pontiac 87” is originally from Protomartyr’s The Agent Intellect album. The track takes its title from Pope John Paul II’s visit to the Silverdome on September 18-19, 1987.
Though named after the visit, the event only appears in the first verse and serves as an example and a symbol of disillusionm...
I recall seeing the pope
Pontiac 1987
Money changing between hands
Outside the Silverdome
Afterwards a riot broke
Old folks turned brutish
Trampling their way out the gates
Towards heaven
That fall from grace
Knocked me on my knees
Don’t tell anyone
That's what I wanted
The god of change
Knocked me on my knees
Don’t tell anyone
That's what I wanted
Remembering a Jumbo’s night
December 26th
Weird faces filled up the bar
Half sober
Outside a steady snow
All new white
With new money and false friends
I don’t like it
That fall from grace
Knocked me on my knees
Don’t tell anyone
That's what I wanted
The god of change
Knocked me on my knees
Don’t tell anyone
That's what I wanted
The dog in the manger
Eats its anger
But I miss it
The way it was
Before the scales
Fell from my eyes
There's no use being sad about it
What's the point of crying about it
Pontiac 87 was written by Preoccupations.
Pontiac 87 was produced by Graham Walsh & Scott Munro & Matt Flegel.
Preoccupations released Pontiac 87 on Fri Nov 16 2018.