The band at their most shamelessly commercial, their most joy-filled musically, and sounding like they love every minute of it. Quite where songs like this came from after The Holy Bible remains a mystery – perhaps the only way was up, in desperate need of some light, some poppy, peppy melodies that could crack apart the darkest thought. One of the band’s finest, most recognisable riffs, a stadium-tearing chorus, and brilliant verse melodies and simple lyrics for even the most distant fan to latch on to, the song’s content may sound joyous but of course there is a darker core, with Wire writing the song not as an ode to the spider-filled, murderous continent, but as a desire to escape his home and the memories it had become infected with – simply to get away, to be free from everything, and live a kind of non-life for a while. Meaning behind, it remains a wonderful song to bounce around too, filled with warm harmonies and immediately infectious.
Misheard Lyrics: I don’t know if I’m tired. I don’t know if I’m air.
2. I’ve been before much too long/I’ve been defiled much too long.
3. I want to fight and run.
4. Slip for a while.
Actual Lyrics: I don’t know if I’m tired. I don’t know if I’m ill.
2: I’ve been here for much too long.
3. I want to fly and run.
4. Sleep for a while.
The Spac Hole 