Last Weeks of the War

The Mekons

Their weekend continues, and I can’t get enough of this band. They have so many records, you can literally play their music all day. This one’s from perhaps my favorite one called JOURNEY TO THE END OF NIGHT. I say perhaps because they have so many I love — but there’s something gorgeous about the production on this album and how Sally and Jon trade vocals. It also feels like it was their turn to leave the 80’s and 90’s behind and stretch out into the new milenim and break new creative ground. Their mix of genres is masterful and this one is listed as both post-punk and alt. country. 🤓

As usual, protest and politics are never too far from their creative work, and this song guts me when I think about a war ending and the disaster left in it’s wake. The straightjacket has arrived, I’ll try it on for size.

The last weeks of the war
Left me wondering how much more
Could the lovliest creature bear
I'm not ruined but I need repair
How much more can we bare

All the pasion in my bones
Runs down the gutter to the sea
If I try to tell you how I feel
I'm scared I might disappear
The cord ripped out
The sea gets cold
Little black book
Full of little white lies
The straightkjacked has arrived
I'll try it on for size

Take the shine off the gold
Frozen bodies locked away
I wipe the tape buit they keep playing
They haunt me another day
They take me home