Colossus

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Colossus by IDLES

About Colossus

Colossus was the first song to be released from Idles' second album and was premiered on Steve Lamacq's Radio Show on BBC Radio 6 on the 29th May 2018. The track was performed at numerous live shows before its studio release. The song explores toxic masculinity. .

Colossus Lyrics

[00:22.76] I was done in on the weekend
[00:29.76] The weekend lasted twenty years
[00:36.83] The world's best bulimic bartend
[00:44.94] Tender, violent and queer
[00:52.34] Forgive me father, I have sinned
[01:00.02] I've drained my body full of pins
[01:07.57] I've danced 'til dawn with splintered shins
[01:15.29] Full of pins, full of pins
[01:22.80] Goes and it goes and it goes
[01:24.64] Goes and it goes and it goes
[01:26.50] Goes and it goes and it goes
[01:28.37] Goes and it goes and it goes
[01:31.47]
[01:37.16] They laugh at me when I run
[01:40.67] I waste away for fun
[01:44.07] I am my father's son
[01:47.73] His shadow weighs a tonne
[01:51.80] Goes and it goes and it goes
[01:53.63] Goes and it goes and it goes
[01:55.30] Goes and it goes and it goes
[01:57.02] Goes and it goes and it goes
[02:01.06]
[02:05.63] They laugh at me when I run
[02:08.94] I waste away for fun
[02:12.54] I am my father's son
[02:16.11] His shadow weighs a tonne
[02:20.06] Goes and it goes and it goes
[02:21.88] Goes and it goes and it goes
[02:23.47] Goes and it goes and it goes
[02:25.19] Goes and it goes and it goes
[02:29.24]
[02:33.37] Forgive me father, I have sinned
[02:40.35] I've drained my body full of pins
[02:46.98] I've danced til dawn with splintered shins
[02:53.74] Full of pins, full of pins
[03:00.72] Goes and it goes and it goes
[03:02.42] Goes and it goes and it goes
[03:04.08] Goes and it goes and it goes
[03:05.67] Go go go go go go!
[03:10.68]
[03:20.04] It's coming
[03:23.16] It's coming
[03:26.15] It's coming
[03:29.04] It's coming
[03:32.50] It's coming
[03:35.96] It's coming
[03:38.91] It's coming
[03:42.17] It's coming
[03:46.28]
[04:16.83] I don't want to be
[04:24.49] Your man
[04:28.81] Your man
[04:33.54] I don't want to be
[04:41.73] Your man
[04:46.11] Your man
[04:50.76] I'm like Stone Cold Steve Austin
[04:55.36] I put homophobes in coffins
[04:59.55] I'm like Fred Astaire
[05:03.82] I dance like I don't care
[05:08.27] I'm like Ted DiBiase
[05:12.32] I win no matter what it costs me
[05:16.99] I'm like Evel Knievel
[05:21.03] I break bones for my people
[05:25.52] I'm on my best behavior
[05:29.77] Like Jesus Christ our savior
[05:34.29] I'm like Reggie Kray
[05:37.20]

From the album: Joy as an Act of Resistance.