news
discography
songs
tours
videos
people
family tree
timeline
press releases
reviews
faq
mailing list
fanzines
site map
links
about
contact

today i died again


composers
Lyrics: Kerr
Music: Simple Minds


publisher
© EMI Music Publishing


background
This song's reincarnation theme was inspired from Jim's reading of the Bhagavadgita.

Whilst it featured the line which titled the album, Today I Died Again became a fairly obscure song, only featuring live during the end of the Real To Real Cacophony tour and the start of the Empires And Dance tour.




lyrics
The human drum,
Beats a rhythm of life.
The clothes he wears,
Date back to the war.
He talks alot,
Often to himself.
She don't say much,
Just cuts his hair.
She can't remember,
Before the heat.
He can't remember,
His wife's christian name.
Paint me a picture,
Towers in sand,
America can fall.

Today I died again,
I died again,
I died today.
Today I died again,
I died again,
I died today.

Back to a year,
Back to a youth,
Of men in church and drug cabarets.
Is this the age,
Of empires and dance?
Oh what a world,
Oh what a world.
She can't remember,
Before this heat.
He can't remember,
His wife's christian name.
Paint me a picture,
Bodies in sand,
Presidents can fall.

Today I died again,
I died again,
I died today.
Today I died again,
I died again,
I died today.



discography
Album Version (4:39)
Producer: Leckie
Engineer: Jones


Empires And Dance LP Empires And Dance MC Empires And Dance LP (Virgin Reissue) Empires And Dance MC (Virgin Reissue) Empires And Dance CD Empires And Dance LP (Virgin Budget Reissue) Empires And Dance MC (Virgin Budget Reissue) Empires And Dance Remaster Promo CD Empires And Dance Remaster Limited Edition CD Empires And Dance Cacophony Remaster CD




live history
Real To Real Cacophony Tour: 1979-1980
Empires And Dance Tour: 1980
Empires And Dance Tour: 1981