MANIC STREET PREACHERS - IF YOU TOLERATE THIS YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE NEXT
The Future Teaches You To Be Alone
The Present To Be Afraid And Cold
So If I Can Shoot Rabbits
Then I Can Shoot Fascists
Bullets For Your Brain Today
But We'll Forget It All Again
Monuments Put From Pen To Paper
Turns Me Into A Gutless Wonder
And If You Tolerate This
Then Your Children Will Be Next
And If You Tolerate This
Then Your Children Will Be Next
Will Be Next
Will Be Next
Will Be Next
Gravity Keeps My Head Down
Or Is It Maybe Shame
At Being So Young And Being So Vain
Holes In Your Head Today
But I'm A Pacifist
I've Walked La Ramblas
But Not With Real Intent
And If You Tolerate This
Then Your Children Will Be Next
And If You Tolerate This
Then Your Children Will Be Next
Will Be Next
Will Be Next
Will Be Next
Will Be Next
And On The Street Tonight An Old Man Plays
With Newspaper Cuttings Of His Glory Days
And If You Tolerate This
Then Your Children Will Be Next
And If You Tolerate This
Then Your Children Will Be Next
Will Be Next
Will Be Next
Will Be Next
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore, Nick Jones
Producer(s): Mike Hedges
This Song Is About The Spanish Civil War And The Idealism Of People From Around The World Who Volunteered To Join The International Brigade Franco's Fascist Army, Hence The Line "So If I Can Shoot Rabbits, Then I Can Shoot Fascists".
This Was The First #1 Hit For The Manics.
The Title Of The Song Comes From A Republican Propaganda Poster Of That Time. On It, Under A Formation Of Nationalist Bombers, A Killed Child Can Be Seen. The Slogan Of The Poster Is "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next."