| SONG | ||
| Night Reconnaissance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Artist | The Dresden Dolls | |
| Written by | Amanda Palmer | |
| Length | 3:56 | |
| Album(s) | No, Virginia... | |
Night Reconnaissance is a song by The Dresden Dolls.
History[]
In 2008, the music video for 'Night Reconnaissance' was released.
Meaning[]
The song centers around a girl who lived in a rich suburban neighborhood as a child, and was a victim of bullying. The song implies that she has become an aspiring script writer, basing her films' characters on the personas and prejudgments assumed to her by the bullies, which she hopes will be directed by Steven Spielberg. She attempts to get back at all the people who had done her harm by stealing Garden Gnomes and other various lawn ornaments from the homes in her old town[1]. Soon however, she develops a strong emotional attachment to the stolen ornaments. Themes present in the song include social ostracism and loneliness.
Lyrics[]
- Nothing is crueller than children who come from good homes
- Gotta forgive them, I guess, but whose side are you on?
- Driving around my hometown, I remember it all
- Dropping my lunchbox and tampax all over the hall
- And they said...
- You are a socialist cokehead, we know from your clothes
- You are a Satanist worshipper of all things evil
- You think you're poet, a folksinger poser, nah-oh
- A volleyball player?! you've got to be kidding us all
- So we hide from the guns
- On a night reconnaissance
- Steal flamingos and gnomes
- From the dark side of the lawn
- No one can stop us
- The script is a work of genius
- No one has bought the rights yet but
- We're not giving up
- Every unwanted lawn jockey fits in the script
- Directed by Spielberg and starring the masochist club
- Marion looked like hell
- Stuck in that ridiculous shell
- Give us some light and god's pure love
- We know what you've been dreaming of
- Give us some light and god's pure love
- We know what you've been dreaming of
- Give us some light and god's pure love
- We're taking you to Hollywood
- Hollywood
- And we hide from the guns
- On a night reconnaissance
- Steal flamingos and gnomes
- From the dark side of the lawn
- One plays a socialist coke-head we dressed in my clothes
- One plays a Satanist worshipper of all things evil
- One plays a poet who starts up a band of his own
- One plays a volleyball player with both her wrists broke
- And we hide from the guns
- On a night reconnaissance
- Steal flamingos and gnomes
- From the dark side of the lawn
- And we give them good homes
- Give them love they've never known
- In the loft, in the lawn,
- In the town where I was born
- In the loft, in the bar,
- In the town where I was born
Release[]
- No, Virginia... - 2008
- Night Reconnaissance (single) - 2008
- Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Alternate Tracks) - 2008
