Big Attack

Big Attack was inteded to be the opener of Smack Smash pretty quickly upon recording it. During their Smack Smash studio tour, the Beatsteaks tried out a bunch of different versions for this song. The take they ended up going with was recorded during the 2nd Mamasweed studio session. Big Attack has been a live-staple ever since it's release.

Obscure fun fact: Shortly after the album's release, Bela B of Die Ärzte supposedly sent Arnim a message about how this is by far their best song yet!

[Intro]

(Hello there, ladies and gentlemen)

[Verse 1]

Hello there, ladies and gentlemen

Wanna join me down your roads?

On the interstate where they say it's safe no more

It's gonna come down on you anyway

So pick up the brand new sound

Or stick to your guns and scare me everyday

[Chorus]

Are we going separate ways?

Yeah, it's gonna hit one day

And I guess that they know nothing at all

Under a big attack

[Post-Chorus]

Living under a big attack

[Verse 2]

Watch you lying and cheating, misleading the weak

And you put on a hell of a show

You spit on the poor, keep them from your doors

Let them suffer and fuck them once more

I will travel this world which is out of control

I can sense it wherever I go

[Verse 3]

Who's gonna sing a lullaby for the other twenty-one?

Who's gonna get his share or maybe more, who?

It's gonna come down on you anyway

So pick up a brand new sound

I've been trying hard, but I just can't get along

[Outro]

Hello there, ladies and gentlemen