Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren owned a store called SEX that sold various fetish items. He asked the band to write a song about bondage and sadomasochism, and lead singer John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten), having already grown tired of McLaren, wrote the lyrics not about a sexual submissive, bu...
[Verse 1: Johnny Rotten]
I'm on a submarine mission for you, baby
I feel the way you were going
I picked you up on my TV screen
I feel your undercurrent flowing
[Chorus: Johnny Rotten]
Sub mission
Going down, down, dragging her down
Sub mission
I can't tell ya what I've found
[Verse 2: Johnny Rotten]
You've got me pretty deep, baby
I can't figure out your watery love
I gotta solve your mystery
You're sitting it out in heaven above
[Chorus: Johnny Rotten]
Sub mission
Going down, down, dragging me down
Sub mission
I can't tell ya what I've found
[Post-Chorus: Johnny Rotten]
Well, it's a mystery
Under the sea, in the water
I wanna share it
[Chorus: Johnny Rotten]
Sub mission
Going down, down, dragging her down
Sub mission
I can't tell ya what I've found
[Post-Chorus: Johnny Rotten]
'Cause it's a secret
Under the water, in the sea
It's an octopus rock
[Verse 2: Johnny Rotten]
Got me pretty deep, baby
I can't figure out your watery love
I gotta solve your mystery
You're sitting it out in heaven above
[Chorus: Johnny Rotten]
Sub mission
Going down, down, you're dragging her down
Sub mission
I can't tell ya what I've found
[Outro: Johnny Rotten]
Sub mission
Sub mission
Going down, down, under the sea
I wanna drown, drown, under the water
Going down, down, under the sea
Submission was written by John Lydon & Glen Matlock & Steve Jones & Paul Cook.
Submission was produced by Bill Price & Chris Thomas.
Sex Pistols released Submission on Thu Oct 27 1977.