Rise (1986)

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Rise is a single released by post-punk group Public Image Ltd in 1986. It was the first single from Album, their fifth studio album.[1]

Key Lyrics

I could be wrong, I could be right

I could be black, I could be white

I could be right, I could be wrong

I could be white, I could be black


Your time has come your second skin

The cost so high the gain so low

Walk through the valley

The written word is a lie

Background

The song was written by John Lydon and Bill Laswell about apartheid in South Africa, specifically about Nelson Mandela as Lydon stated in a 2013 Glastonbury interview.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag

Recording

Reference

  1. Rise (Public Image Ltd song). Wikipedia. Retrieved February 4, 2021.