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No Shelter Lyrics

Artist: Rage Against The Machine
Album: Godzilla Soundtrack

The main attraction distraction
Got you number than number than numb.
Empty your pockets son they got you thinkin' that
What you need is what they sellin'
Make you think that buyin' is rebellin'
From the theaters to malls on every shore
The thin line between entertainment and war
The front line is everywhere there'll be no shelter here
Still burn the nightmare works you pushin' for,
I'm a snap of the whip, the true feather to tar
Memroy erased and promise gone,
Tradin' your history for a V.C.R.
Cinema simulated life in trauma
Forthright culture, Americana
Chained to the dream they got you searchin' for
The thin line between entertainment and war
There'll be no shelter here,
The front line is everywhere. X4
Hospitals not profitful
The market bulls got pockets full
To advertise some hip disguise
View the world from American eyes
The parmagon keep fiendin' for more
The thin line between entertainment and war
Fix the need, develop the taste,
Buy the products, or get laid to waste
Coca-cola was back in the veins of Saigon
And Rambo troops We got a dope pair 'a Nikes on
Godzilla pure motherfuckin' filler
Get your eyes on the real killer,
Cinema simulated life in trauma
Forthright culture, Americana
Chained to the dream they got you searchin' for,
The thin line between entertainment and war.
There'll be no shelter here,
The front line is everywhere. X4
American eyes, American eyes,
View the world from American eyes,
Bury the past, rob us blind,
leave nothing behind. X2
Just stare. X4
Or live the nightmare.

Comments/Interpretations

by me on 6/9/2008 9:35pm
haha I love it, a song for a movie soimsttaxk and Zack wittingly digs on the industry and even Godzilla w/o much notice... Brillance. Thank God Rage is back...

by Marc on 7/21/2008 9:42am
Anyone else think the lyrics "Forthright culture, Americana" should be "Fuck white culture... Americana"?

by Levi Pena on 8/6/2008 1:26am
of course

by Gungriffon on 8/26/2008 1:37am
'Fourth reich culture, Americana'

This is the correct lyric.

by azulejos on 9/8/2008 2:52pm
it's RELIEVE the nightmare :)

by jason on 9/11/2008 9:54pm
americana is a new term

by jason on 9/11/2008 9:56pm
not the traditional folky style but the emerging southwest blend of culture

by nick on 9/15/2008 8:37pm
Yeah, who fucks up that line it's the best line in the song.

by anything that on 9/17/2008 11:51pm
there's a reason their lyrics are inaudible for deep political interp and they to be edgy

by mike on 12/21/2008 1:19am
it's "4th reich" culture refering to the 3rd reich of nazi germany.

by santi on 2/22/2009 9:51pm
their lyrics are the best. and the video is really cool too

by daxx on 3/10/2009 1:55pm
I always thought it was re-live the nightmare

by Dante on 3/10/2009 10:54pm
I don't necessarily agree with the whole political view of the piece, but it is extremely well written....makes you have to listen to what he will say next.

by widuljewic on 3/14/2009 11:19am
they haw scary lyrics becose it is all true, they are the beast

by michael on 3/22/2009 12:07pm
there are so many inaccuracies I don't know where to start. definitely do not use this site for accurate lyrics

by dan on 3/24/2009 2:56pm
Yes it is
forth REICH culture.

A reference to nazi germany ...the third reich.

by Oscar on 4/6/2009 3:07am
Their word should be more widely spread.!

by Dan on 10/30/2009 12:47pm
My favourite line is ...
"Cinema simulated life in trauma"

by Julian on 12/4/2009 5:23pm
wow, there are a lot of parts in this song that arent the right lyrics. you suck

by jopa on 12/11/2009 7:13pm
they rock .. its the truth if you think about it

by raven on 12/20/2009 7:54pm
your all wrong wow. it's "Fourth Reich" as in fallowing the third Reich of Nazi Germany. not forth which means "to move forward"

by Camilo on 6/19/2010 10:48am
Ok I'm pretty sure when Zack does the "american eyes, american eyes, view the world from american eyes..." part, (which is the best part of the song by far) I think it is:

"Americanize, Americanize, view the world from american eyes..."

which kinda goes back to someone else's comment about their lyrics being highly interpretable.

I definitely think its "americanize" version, it makes more sense to me.

by RoadVirus on 8/12/2010 5:28pm
The bit about "malls on every shore" rings especially true: consumer culture ("entertainment") creates a cultural "war".

by Cora on 9/15/2010 2:16pm
we listened to this in my america in the 20th class today. it really makes you think.

by KDiz on 12/16/2010 11:54pm
These lyrics are so far off...

by The Answer on 2/24/2012 5:15pm
KDiz can Suck My Nutz

by dilznittoslap on 4/1/2012 8:21pm
In RAMBO II HE HAD A DOPE PAIR OF NIKES ON...referencing Hollywood's awful addiction to product placement revenue to the point of detriment

by Dar32fight on 4/9/2012 2:33pm
Godzilla pure motherfuckin' filler
Get your eyes on the real killer,

This dedicated to Rockefeller family ..
It's a real killer !!!

by chelly on 3/17/2014 6:29pm
Love this tune.

by Goober on 11/16/2014 8:32am
No no, it's not "fourth right culture" OR "fourth reich culture".... It's "fuck white culture"

by Sum1Softwhere on 11/1/2023 3:57pm
Not sure if it's intentional, but the lines about Godzilla make me think about the symbolism of the monster. The radioactive monster of the original film is an allegory for the rise of the nuclear armed West. The real killer from this perspective aligns with the rest of RATM's message in that it's the US empire.