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The sociopolitical context of Silent Alarm is key to understanding songs like “Price of Gas”. It was written and released in the early years of the Iraq War, which began in 2003 when the United States invaded the country on the grounds that its leader purportedly had weapons of mass destruction and...
[Verse 1]
I've been driving a mid-sized car
I never hurt anyone
Is that a fact? Is that a fact?
Is that a fact? Is that a fact?
The price of gas keeps on rising
Nothing comes for free
Make like a stone, make like a plant
Make like a stone, make like a plant
I can tell you how this ends
[Chorus]
We're gonna win this
We're gonna win this (War! War! War! War!)
We're gonna win this (War! War! War! War!)
[Verse 2]
With spades and truncheons, guns and trowels
That is how the war will be won
Just swat the fly, just swat the fly
Just swat the fly, just swat the fly
Taking care of cars and bodies
Nothing ever comes for free
The ghosts are here, the ghosts are here
Red white and blue, red white and blue
I can tell you how this ends
[Chorus]
We're gonna win this
We're gonna win this (War! War! War! War!)
We're gonna win this (War! War! War! War!)
We're gonna win
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
We're gonna win this
We're gonna win this (War! War! War! War!)
We're gonna win this (War! War! War! War!)
[Outro]
We're gonna win
Price of Gas was written by Matt Tong & Russell Lissack & Gordon Moakes & Kele.
Price of Gas was produced by Paul Epworth.
Bloc Party released Price of Gas on Mon Feb 14 2005.