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19 September 2012

Bloc Party's 'Kettling' refers to police tactic

according to the CBC: "The use of the word kettle in this instance is based on the German word "kessel" — a cauldron, or kettle — to describe an encircled army about to be annihilated by a superior force... The analogy is that for soldiers in the kettle, it would quickly become unbearably hot."


Kettling*

We smash the window
Popo don’t f*** around
As their cameras take pictures of us
We just laugh
We laugh

Because they can’t stop this
We can feel it in our bones
The future’s ours, yes it is
We can feel it in our bones

We drop the lighter into the gas
If the whole world is watching us
Let them watch us
Let them watch

They can’t stop this
We can feel it in our bones
The future’s ours, yes it is
We can feel it in our bones
* from AZ Lyrics

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