Blue Oyster Cult: Godzilla Meaning

Song Released: 1977

Godzilla Lyrics

With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high tension wires down

Helpless people on a subway train
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them

He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the...

1. anonymous

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   Nov 13th 2021 !⃝

   The song is about nuclear technology gone bad. Not only is Godzilla radioactive, but Japan was devastated by two atomic bombs at the end of WW2. In wake of the Fukushima disaster, this song takes on new life about “the folly of man”.
2. anonymous

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   Apr 9th 2020 !⃝

   I think this song is about how mankind is destroying the environment. Godzilla picking up buses and stuff represents the blatant disregard of nature, and Godzilla is supposed to represent human beings, and what they are doing to the world.
3. anonymous

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   Mar 25th 2020 !⃝

   If you think it's literally just about Godzilla you clearly haven't listened to the whole thing. Ever notice the last line repeated SEVERAL times?... "History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man"... That means something very true for sure. It's up to you to figure it out.
4. anonymous

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   Sep 14th 2014 !⃝

   There's no real meaning. Its just about Godzilla! Also, this song is the shit.
5. anonymous

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   Jan 14th 2013 !⃝

   The songs about their rodey "big nasty"
6. anonymous

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   Oct 22nd 2008 !⃝

   I think this has to do with the American president at the time bringing terror over the country they just used the metaphor of the legendary lizard godzilla. picking up cars and busses etc. would be taxes and such
7. bigbiskut966

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   Feb 13th 2007 !⃝

   This song is about the giant lizzard, Godzilla. If you don't know who he is, go wiki it.

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