Consider Yourself Conquered

S. Kilbey
(Control)

Appears On:

• Steve Kilbey - The Slow Crack (1987), Track 6 (Not on Red Eye RED 15 LP)
• Steve Kilbey - The Slow Crack (2004 reissue), Track 10
• Steve Kilbey - Transaction single B-side on:
  • 12" Red Eye RED 19 (Australia) - 1989

In the liner notes to the 2004 reissue of The Slow Crack, Steve wrote this about the song:

There's another of Ariel's quotes embedded in this song. You could write songs pieced together from Shakespeare quotes and you'd either be the next Dylan or the next Kilbey, so be careful.

It's about someone who doesn't even think his adversary is worth fighting. It could be the English arriving in Australia or it could be the local Lothario at your wine-bar. The choice is yours.

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Jan. 13, 2012]

Attracted by the metals in your teeth and in your earth
We faint in amazement
Along congested reefs our leviathans are berthed
In a jagged arrangement

Consider yourself conquered
Consider yourself conquered

Of that gray and mournful day when you set foot on the shore
I have dreamed in a fever
I dream about the engines and the noise outside my door
And the grim receiver

Consider yourself conquered
Consider yourself conquered

Attracted by the scent of the hunt on the wind
We arrive in profusion
We fight amongst ourselves and prepare for the night
In a drunken confusion

Consider yourself conquered
Consider yourself conquered
Consider yourself conquered
Consider yourself conquered

(Conquered)
(Conquered)

Now listen, I don't need no documents or deeds
When I see your defenses
Our war god doesn't care where he spills his seed
Or loses his senses (conquered) (ha!)

(Hey!)