Riad n' the Bedouins Lyrics
Had a plan, and thought they'd win
But I don't give a fuck 'bout them
'Cause I am crazy
N' all my frustrations
Caught in the lies
No one had wove as well
Somewhere in time
Where only I could tell
Ooh
Say that's a war that you can't win
But I have had enough of them
And who can blame me
Nomads and barbarians
I won’t bend my will to them
You aggravate me
N' all my frustrations
Caught in the lies
No one had wove as well
Somewhere in time
Where only I could tell
Ooh
Like all my frustrations
Caught up in lies
No one had wove as well
Somewhere in time
Where only I could tell
And all my frustrations
Caught in the lies
If you have wove so well
Somewhere in time
Then only I could tell
Oh
Had a plan and thought they’d win
Crossed the line and lost again
About lovers and people looking for love I beleive.
Riad is a city in the Middle east that means love, and bedouins are wonderers, simialar to nomads..
That's what I think anyway.
Riad = Love. Bedouins = Nomads. This song talks about how life is for wanderers and homeless people in the Middle East and how no one (especially in the Western world) really cares about them.
Oh Oh Oh
Riad and the bedouins Had a plan and thought they'd win But I don't give a fuck 'bout them 'Cause I am crazy
All my salvation And all my frustrations Caught in the lies No one had wove so well Somewhere in time That only I could tell Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Riad and the bedouins Said that's a war that you can't win But I have had enough of them It's you who can't blame me Sands of time and desert winds Nomads and barbarians I won't bend my will to them Let it rip, make me
All my salvation And all my frustrations Caught in the lies No one had wove as well Somewhere in time That only I could tell
Oh, sweet salvation Like all my frustrations Caught in the lies No one had wove so well Somewhere in time That only I could tell Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Oh, sweet salvation And all my frustrations Caught in the lies That you had wove so well Somewhere in time Where only I could tell Oh
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Riad and the bedouins Oh Oh Oh Had a plan and thought they'd win Oh Oh Oh Riad and the bedouins Oh Oh Oh Crossed the line and lost again Oh Oh Oh
"Riad" could be a reference to The Story of Bayad and Riyad, an Arabic love story. It's also the term for a traditional Moroccan house or palace with an interior garden (from Wiki).
The Bedouin are a group of Arab nomads who were partly the inspiration for the Fremen in Frank Herbert's novel Dune.
The lyric as sung is "had a plan and thought they'd win".. First time I heard this song my immediate thought was that it was directed at the former band members who left gnr.. Riad is Slash .. the bedouins are Duff, Matt, maybe Izzy... seems to fit with how Axl seems to think and the hurt he feels.... he is saying he knows they thought he'd come after them to reestablish gnr (on their terms).. but he is crazy and doesn't care so he's gone his own way... now they are nomads...Slash is their leader.
The lyric as sung is "had a plan and thought they'd win".. First time I heard this song my immediate thought was that it was directed at the former band members who left gnr.. Riad is Slash .. the bedouins are Duff, Matt, maybe Izzy... seems to fit with how Axl seems to think and the hurt he feels.... he is saying he knows they thought he'd come after them to reestablish gnr (on their terms).. but he is crazy and doesn't care so he's gone his own way... now they are nomads...Slash is their leader.
Reminds me of one of the Tolken Zepplin songs, cant recall which.
immigrant song? although it's not one of the Tolkien songs
The city is Riyadh, not Riad, and it is the capital of Saudi Arabia.
This song is about Riad, who loves to conquer, but he quickly discovers someone who is more intelligent than him and lost the final battle. It reminds me so much "Genghis Khan" of Maiden
I don't think the song is directly about 'Riad and the bedouins' in a subject way. I believe it's about a person who has had very bad experiences with love and expressing it to someone, to a level that he's going insane. He doesn't want to be reminded about his misfortune and experience more of the shit he has gone through (But I dont give a fuck 'bout them/But I have had enough of them), so he slowly starts to isolate himself from love and human feelings.
If this had been a single everyone would have thought it was racist. Good job Axl forked out for the rights for Martin Luther King Jr. speeches and samples from Mississipi Burning to ensure nobody had such outrageous ideas.