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Malfire by Refused

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Refused

Malfire

Release date: 17th October 2019

From War Music
Track 5
3:01
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'Malfire' by Refused is a 2019 rock track on the album 'War Music'. The lyrics paint a siege-like atmosphere, with wolves at the door and a grim sense of inevitability, as power crumbles and people are left robbed of the future. A nightmare repeats, the state turns toxic, and the fall is framed as a long, downhill slide, summed up by the line 'The wolves are at the door'. The overall tone is accusatory and apocalyptic.

"Malfire" is a track by Refused, from the album War Music, released 17th October 2019. The track is 3:01 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Refused.

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Refused

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Lyrics

Malfire

The wolves are at the door
Forever and evermore
A nightmare that we've lived before
The wolves are at the door

The day they came they took it all
A people robbed, their future gone
A toxic state, we watched it roll
That downward slope like ancient Rome

The tower's falling down, down, down
A path of no escape
Down, down, down
A path of no escape

The wolves are at the door
They've made us look before

They came in boats, they came on land
Alone and scared with empty hands
The founding thought, come if you can
Your tired, poor, your huddled mass
In grand old eyes, a life reviled
Becomes a threat, a parasite

The wolves are at the door
Forever and evermore
It's a different type of war
When the wolves are at the door

The tower's falling down, down, down
A path of no escape
Down, down, down
A path of no escape

The wolves are at the door
They've made us look before

The tower's falling down, down, down
A path of no escape
Down, down, down
A path of no escape
Down, down, down
A path of no escape
Down, down, down
A path of no escape

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Track details

From War Music

3:012019
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Album
War Music
War Music
Refused
18th October 2019
Track number
5
Release year
2019
  1. 1Rev001
    3:10
  2. 2Violent Reaction
    4:03
  3. 3I Wanna Watch the World Burn
    3:30
  4. 4Blood Red
    3:39

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  • —Rev 001

    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    David Sandström, Dennis Lyxzén, Kristofer Steen, Magnus Flagge
    Producer
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