Thieves


ARTIST
Ministry


RELEASED ON

  • The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (Ministry)
  • Burning Inside (Ministry)
  • In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up [Live] (Ministry)
  • Live at Budokan (S.O.D.)
  • Speak English Or Live (S.O.D.)
  • Box (Ministry)
  • Another Prick In the Wall: A Tribute to Ministry (V/A)
  • Devilswork: A Tribute to Ministry (V/A)
  • Live at Budokan/Speak English Or Live (S.O.D.)
  • Greatest Fits (Ministry)
  • Sphinctour (Ministry)
  • From Man to Machine (Hypofixx)
  • An Industrial Tribute to Ministry (V/A)
  • Rantology (Ministry)


    SONG VERSIONS

  • Thieves [4:59]
  • Thieves (12" Remix) [5:33]
  • Thieves (In Case version) [5:08]
  • Thieves (Mercer Arena, Seattle) [5:14]


    NOTES
    "Joe Kelly was the lead singer for an old school Chicago punk band called Lost Cause, you may wish to seek out their 'Chicks Go Wild' album. Al asked him to sing on 'Mind' as he has a real belter of a voice that also lended itself to the 'gang' choruses on that album a la Naked Raygun."

    - Chris Connelly (ChrisConnelly.com BBS, August 2003) 


    SAMPLE SOURCES
"Huh!"
"Pray!"
"Get up, get on your feet!"
"Kill, kill, kill..."
"You will not kill!"
"I can't hear you!"
"I still can't hear you!"
                            - Full Metal Jacket
"We are fighting for the liberation of man, not for the rights of 
these pigs - the rights of society!"
"We're going to rip this motherfucker off, we're going to tear 
this motherfucker down."
"I hope they realize this is their last goddamned chance!"
"Kill him!"
"Power to the people..."
"Freeze (?), police officers!"
                            - The War at Home
"I want peace, you want peace..."
                            - ???
    		• RECORDING INFORMATION
  • produced by: Hypo Luxa & Hermes Pan
  • engineered by: Keith "Fluffy" Auerbach & Jeff "Critter" Newell
  • recorded at: Chicago Trax


    LYRICS BY
    Alien Jourgensen & Kevin Ogilvie


    MUSIC BY
    Ministry


    PERFORMERS

  • Al Jourgensen (vocals, lead guitar, programming)
  • Paul Barker (bass, programming)
  • Bill Rieflin (drums, programming)
  • Joe Kelly (background vocals) 


    LYRICS (official)
Thieves, thieves and liars
Murderers
Hypocrites and bastards
In laughter
 
Hey! Thanks for nothing!
Morals in the dust
Two-faced bastards and syncophants
No trust

Thieves! Liar!
Inside, outside, which side, you don't know
My side, your side, their side, we don't know
Which side are they? Which side are they?
Which side of their mouth do you suppose that it came?
Which side are they? Which side are they?
Which side of the grass is greener?
Inside, outside, which side, you don't know
My side, your side, their side, we don't know

You're like a great big fucking gun
Just waiting to get squeezed!

Breathe, forfeit erection
Toxical injection
Geriatric fuck-fest
We still believe in lies

Thieves! Liar!
Inside, outside, which side, you don't know
My side, your side, their side, we don't know
Who started it? Who started it?
Which side are they? Which side are they?
Which side of their mouth do you suppose that it came?
Which side are they? Which side are they?
Which side of the grass is greener?
Inside, outside, which side, you don't know
My side, your side, their side, no one knows

You're like a great big hit of acid
Waiting to be taken!