Thank you for sharing your journey through King of Everything - I'm glad you're enjoying it! This song is a passionate denunciation of fascism, rooted in the band's experience of political events in & affecting Ukraine around the time of the Euromaidan in early 2014. (The Ukrainian extreme right were deeply involved in the Euromaidan, & made a very bad impression on Eugene & Tatiana, who co-wrote the lyrics (others in the band would largely agree with them, no doubt).) "One path, one past, one trust" refers to the fascist penchant for weaving a mythologized past & mythic destiny into a grand political narrative defining "us" & "them" & demanding absolute allegiance from all who wish to belong. Eugene & Tatiana's response is to *roar* "It's not *my* path, it's not *my* past, it's not *my* trust", in other words, f### your grand political narrative. It's powerfully defiant stuff that I absolutely *love.* Peace.☮
This was the song that got them discovered by Napalm Records.
Thank you for sharing your journey through King of Everything - I'm glad you're enjoying it!
This song is a passionate denunciation of fascism, rooted in the band's experience of political events in & affecting Ukraine around the time of the Euromaidan in early 2014. (The Ukrainian extreme right were deeply involved in the Euromaidan, & made a very bad impression on Eugene & Tatiana, who co-wrote the lyrics (others in the band would largely agree with them, no doubt).) "One path, one past, one trust" refers to the fascist penchant for weaving a mythologized past & mythic destiny into a grand political narrative defining "us" & "them" & demanding absolute allegiance from all who wish to belong. Eugene & Tatiana's response is to *roar* "It's not *my* path, it's not *my* past, it's not *my* trust", in other words, f### your grand political narrative. It's powerfully defiant stuff that I absolutely *love.*
Peace.☮
Next Wallflowers album 😊
If you're interested in just the drummer, try Under the Dome drum playthrough.