IAMX - I Salute You Christopher (Ode To Christopher Hitchens)

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'I Salute You Christopher (Ode to Christopher Hitchens)' released on the album 'Volatile Times' on March 18, 2011
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Music and lyrics written by Chris Corner IAMX
Produced, engineered and mixed by Chris Corner
Voices, Keyboards, Cello, Admiration - Chris Corner
'I Salute You Christopher (Ode to Christopher Hitchens)' released on the album 'Volatile Times' on March 18, 2011
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Lyrics:
I salute you Christopher
I salute your life
How you played the dice
Your words will live in us
Timelessly insane
Explosive, fresh and wise
Some will just forget
Some will close their eyes
Some will turn the tide
I salute you Christopher
Whiskey raised and downed
You risked and you took the crown
Console yourselves
That a scientific death is better than a fairy-tale
Of the eternal life
Control yourselves
Because the man in the sky is a tyrant and a lonely psychopath
Dreamed up to steal your minds
A horseman on a trial
A brilliant gentle wreck
With a brutal mouth for press
No submit, no compromise
Saint Christopher of the truth
And a destroyer of smoke screens and threats
They will learn to see in time
They will think before they refuse
The civilisation rules
I salute you Christopher
I declare you as our king
Or queen, depending on your mood
© & ℗ IAMX Productions Inc. 2011
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[@epiphanywhittington8494]

I cried. Such a beautiful piece. I am utterly speechless...

[@phantasagore6012]

Why is this one of the only songs without lyrics in the description?
I salute you Christopher
I salute your life
How you played the dice
Your words will live in us
Timelessly insane
Explosive, fresh and wise
Some will just forget
Some will close their eyes
Some will turn the tide
I salute you Christopher
Whiskey raised and downed
You risked and you took the crown
Console yourselves
That a scientific death is better than a fairy tale
Of the eternal life
Control yourselves
Because the man in the sky is a tyrant and a lonely psychopath
Dreamed up to steal your minds
A horseman on a trial
A brilliant gentle wreck
With a brutal mouth for press
No submit, no compromise
Saint Christopher of the truth
And a destroyer of smoke screens and threats
They will learn to see in time
They will think before they refuse
The civilization rules
I salute you Christopher
I declare you as our king
Or queen, depending on your mood

[@erintomatoes]

Vox Animus kinda late but I seriously thought the same thing lol thanks for the lyrics

[@nikkivandyk6474]

Thanks for sharing the lyrics 😊😊

[@its_me_I_am_indigo.]

Well, thank you kind sir

[@chriszapata5561]

This is a hauntingly beautiful piece of music.

[@petergallon22]

What an unusual fantastic song with incredible lyrics

[@vilee6024]

Thanks to HTGAWM
gave us some beautiful songs

[@timdockery1007]

Extremely touching......

[@nimhu]

Fuck this song is something else.... its just so beautiful. Thank you.

[@Coatsy71]

Tin Star

[@tehdii]

10 years in a weak :(

[@Anna-bn3ey]

💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@jimmyrommelbarrios90]

Nice song 😏😏😏😏

[@christopherwrightson4326]

As a Catholic can I have this as my funeral song? 🤔

[@coreDesignix]

I don’t think “the man in the sky is a tyrant and a lonely psychopath” is very catholic in terms of lyrics but I mean I don’t think anyone in the UA-cam comments section is gonna *stop* you

[@tomtemple69]

this is incredibly cringe