The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat) Lyrics
(Waving your wand in the air)
Telling us all it's them who's in charge of it all
I've got a trick, a magic stick, that will make them all fall
We've got the power now, motherfuckers; that's where it belongs
(Power in there)
You know that it is!
(Wand in the air)
They don't know what it's for
(Because they don't know what it's for)
Why can't they see that's not power, that's greed
To just want more and more?
(Just want more and more)
I got a plan and it's here in my hand; a baton made of light
We're the enforcers, the sorcerer's orphans
And we know why we fight
(And we know why we fight)
(You've got the power in there)
(Waving your wand in the air)
(You've got the power in there)
(You've got the power in there)
(Waving your wand in the air)
You know that it is!
There's an article where Wayne Coyne goes through all the songs on the forthcoming album, and this is the relevant part of what he has to say on this track:
"The idea of a magic wand and magic powers occurred to me while watching a homeless guy in Oklahoma City. He was, I believe, Vietnamese, and had a cool looking wizardly beard and mustache and he carried a long stick, which he used as a kind of cane-weapon. And one day I saw him fighting an "imagined" enemy and the long stick became (as best I could tell) a kind of magic wand that made his invisible foe retreat. I mean... it seemed to give him a confidence that allowed him to defeat his hallucinations...and at first I thought "how sad...he believes this old stick is saving him"... but the more I thought about it, the more I envied him in a way...for the evil manifestations of his mind he invented a sparkling sorcerer's baton to lead his psychic revolution...yes!!...
And so we delved into a kind of radical protest rock mentality...We sing, "We got the power now, motherfuckers, that's where it belongs", but I believe it's cosmically empowering - not actually empowering. In the song, we rail against the greedy, corrupt evil beings who are in control and trying to enslave us... But our rebellion is simply to fight back - we have no solutions."
So yeah, it's kind of a protest song, but it's simultaneously making the point that protest songs don't really offer solutions, and they might be therapeutic to people writing or listening to them, but they can't really change things in and of themselves.
your handle is freakin rad
your handle is freakin rad
Wayne Coyne is one bad-ass guy. Great input man.
Wayne Coyne is one bad-ass guy. Great input man.
Its clearly a protest song about the elite of the world. The Flaming Lips have been very anti big government.
"We got the power now, motherfuckers!"
A political song, no doubt
I have to agree and say that this is a protest song...whatever it is I LOVE IT!! and yes the base riff is the sweetest part
We got the power! Totally politically motivated isn't it obvious!
Its clearly a protest song about the elite of the world. The Flaming Lips have been very anti big government.
My thoughts exactly. I always thought the song was anti-elite/anti-illuminati. :)
My thoughts exactly. I always thought the song was anti-elite/anti-illuminati. :)
sounds like "I got a plan and it's here in my hand" no idea about the second part.
hmmm, not sure about this one. I think its one of those "power to the people" type songs. Wayne, might have been talking about "them" being our Bush Government. Who f'in knows! What does W.A.N.D. Stand for? Thats what i wanna know.
The title of the song tells you what it stands for...
The title of the song tells you what it stands for...
I haven't heard this song yet, but maybe W.A.N.D. doesn't stand for anything. Like, the Incubus Cd entitled "S.C.I.E.N.C.E.", they just felt like putting periods inbetween the letters. Plus, it looks like they use the word WAND in there.
W.A.N.D. stands for "(The) Will Always Negates Defeat".