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*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | *''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
"The British Are Coming" was the fourth song to be officially released prior to the album's release. Shortly after the album's release, an instrumental-only version of the album was leaked online. In December 2017, an earlier version of the song was leaked online, containing unique lyrics and lacking the album version's intro. It | "The British Are Coming" was the fourth song to be officially released prior to the album's release. Shortly after the album's release, an instrumental-only version of the album was leaked online. In December 2017, an earlier version of the song was leaked online, containing unique lyrics and lacking the album version's intro. It was rumored that the original version of the song also contained more explicitly personal lyrics for years, before that version surfaced under the name "[[Don't Mess With My Girl]]". It was also rumored that this version contained a lyric about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boba_Fett Boba Fett], but this turned out to be untrue, although another version that mentions Boba Fett has also surfaced. | ||
While "The British Are Coming" would be released on ''[[Everything Will Be Alright in the End]]'', it was initially written for the scrapped concept album ''[[Ecce Homo]]''. It was planned to be the fifth song, and would represent the main character [[Sebastian]] coming into his own and finding independence. In the Ecce Homo document, the following notes were included about the song: | |||
(Age 22): | |||
• not looking for advice anymore. Is connected to his own inner compass. | |||
The liner notes for ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' groups songs by one of three themes. "The British Are Coming" is grouped under the category "[[Patriarchia]]" (songs about Cuomo's relationships with father figures). Many of the song's lyrics are references to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War American Revolutionary War], specifically the ride of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere Paul Revere] leading up to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord Battles of Lexington and Concord]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom King George], the King of Britain at the time, is named. “One, if by land, and two, if by sea” is a phrase coined by Henry W. Longfellow in 1860 for his poem ''[http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/poem.html Paul Revere's Ride]'', referring to Revere's use of lanterns to signal to the Patriots the route used by British soldiers to advance to Concord. "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty Sons of Liberty]" were a secret society who opposed the taxation of the American colonies by the British government. | The liner notes for ''Everything Will Be Alright in the End'' groups songs by one of three themes. "The British Are Coming" is grouped under the category "[[Patriarchia]]" (songs about Cuomo's relationships with father figures). Many of the song's lyrics are references to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War American Revolutionary War], specifically the ride of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere Paul Revere] leading up to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord Battles of Lexington and Concord]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom King George], the King of Britain at the time, is named. “One, if by land, and two, if by sea” is a phrase coined by Henry W. Longfellow in 1860 for his poem ''[http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/poem.html Paul Revere's Ride]'', referring to Revere's use of lanterns to signal to the Patriots the route used by British soldiers to advance to Concord. "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty Sons of Liberty]" were a secret society who opposed the taxation of the American colonies by the British government. | ||