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REVOLVER Lyrics

Artist: Rage Against The Machine
Album: Evil Empire

His spit is worth more than her work
Pass the purse to the pugilists
He's a prizefighter
And he bought rings and he owns kin
And now he's swingin'
And now he's the champion
Hey revolver, don't mothers make good fathers?
Revolver!
Hey revolver, don't mothers make good fathers?
Revolver

A spotless domain
Hides festering hopes she's certain there's more
Pictures of fields without fences
A spotless domain
Hides festering hopes she's certain there's more
Pictures of fields without fences
Her body numbs as he approaches the door
As he approaches the door
As he approaches the door
As he approaches the door
As he approaches
Hey revolver, don't mothers make good fathers?
Revolver!
Hey revolver, don't mothers make good fathers?
Revolver!
Hey revolver, don't mothers make good fathers?
Revolver!
Hey revolver, don't mothers make good fathers?
Revolver!

Yeah!
Hey revolver, don't mothers make good fathers?
Revolver!
Hey revolver, don't mothers make good fathers?
Revolver!
Revolver!
Revolver!
Revolver!
Revolver

Comments/Interpretations

by Rockista on 7/14/2008 2:24am
Awesome song! If they could just understand the meaning and message of this song, they would really like these.

by Trane on 7/19/2008 3:36pm
I love this song.

REVOLVER!

by Danny on 9/10/2008 7:51pm
This song is about the Stanford Prison Experiment

by jeremy cordova on 9/18/2008 1:08pm
anny, as in the milgram experiment?

by jake on 9/19/2008 9:57pm
Generally speaking, it seems like this song could be about how so many fathers are killed fighting wars and then mothers have to take over raising the kids by themselves, thus becoming the father and the mother at the same time.

by kalash on 2/9/2009 10:43am
don't see how you think it could be about the stanford prison experiment...

the first verse seems to hint at the 'second shift' that women play--they being the main laborers of domestic work, for which they don't get recognition or a wage. then it hints at domestic abuse. i think the chorus 'don't mothers make good fathers' speaks to how women are the primary caregivers for children, and de la rocha is lamenting that the burden of childcare is assumed to be the responsibility of women.

the second verse speaks to the classic domestic role that women have been assigned to in western society. her housework is done, the house looks immaculately clean, but her deeper interests are rotting away as she's trapped in the house. she dreams of fields without fences--outside the jailcell of her home to a place where there are no walls or boundaries. check out charlotte gilman's 'the yellow wallpaper.'

by el dami on 7/21/2009 7:02pm
estan todos re lokos ustedes...dejen de fumar eso q les dieron

by johnson on 10/12/2009 7:19am
I do agree with kalash, because de la rocha lived with his mother for most of his life without his father.

by tyler d on 5/19/2010 7:12pm
its about domestic violence. Thus the metaphor of the father as a boxer and the mother numbing herself whenever he approaches. The mother finally gets fed up and decides to kill the father with the revolver, arguing that she would be a better father than he was ("dont mothers make good fathers?")

by p deepy on 7/29/2010 4:39pm
I agree with tyler d. And this interpretation fits in nicely with a left-wing political view as well, which is really what RATM is about; at least more than just wars and violence.

by jero on 7/29/2010 5:50pm
Y!

by Martin on 12/9/2011 10:58am
Great interpretation kalash.

by DC on 6/14/2012 4:26pm
I'm with tyler d on this one, his interpretation makes sense given that Zack had serious issues with his father.

by MiT on 5/8/2013 11:12am
My interpretation is slightly different. While I agree it's about domestic violence, I don't think it's about her using revolver to shoot the hubsband, which might only be a side-association giving the song additional 'taste'.

'Don't mothers make good fathers?'

The world revolver comes from the barrel that is revolving. The pugilist father the song mentions was of course raised by his own mother, probably having to deal with her own hubsband as well. I think revoler is used mainly as a methaphor for the vicious cycle rolling on and preserving this kind of toxic family relations.

by Mark on 5/18/2014 9:22pm
Honestly i have no idea how so many people miss the core of this song's message. seeing as how almost every single ratm song is filled with a political message about oppression or injustice, it's pretty obvious that the song is about slavery and the more private abuse slave owners would inflict upon black men and women. the entire first verse is referring to the owning of "kin" and being a prize-fighter which is more than likely a reference to mandingo fighting that white owners would have their slaves take part in.