It’s not even embarrassing anymore – I write about this band so much it’s a condition.
Live at The Bowery Ballroom, for the band’s second ever show.
And I’ll tell you when it’s over
I’ll tell you when you can leave…
When your blood counts its losses
A variation of the lyrics that seems to be specific to this version:
And if the lights will draw you in
And the dark will take you down
And love will break your heart
But only if you’re lucky now
When this band gets it right, everyone else may as well go on home.
The Boxer Rebellion, performing Evacuate off 2009′s Union, in Oxford St, London.
When all I see is broken down to every size
I will remember how I got here
Love in every eye
I dont remember if the rest are ever good enough
And I dont remember if the rest will ever mean as much
The official video is also pretty awesome.
Directed by Floria Sigismondi, who was also behind masterpieces like The White Stripes’ Blue Orchid, Manson’s The Beautiful People and Interpol’s Obstacle 1.
In 2006, this is how Jack White proved that he wasn’t just lucky to have found Meg White, and that their reappropriation of rock ‘n’ roll for the new millenium wasn’t just born of chance. This was how he proved he was a musical alchemist with a Midas touch. Give it 30 seconds. Tell me you’re not sold.
I’m pulling my questions from my shelf
I’m asking forgiveness
I’m asking about it by myself
And I want you to know this
And I want you to know this
