The Path Our Mother Chose for Us

Prussian Blue are now taking orders for their second CD, misleadingly entitled The Path We Chose. The lyrics for several of the original songs (which can be read on their website) would seem to signal a change in the girls' sources of inspiration. Gone are references to Nazis ("Rudolf Hess, a man of peace"), home-grown terrorists ("Robert Matthews knew the truth"), and race wars ("Our people's dedication is now complete, our enemies have finally been beat"). Now Lamb and Lynx have reinvented themselves as a pair of insecure schoolgirls singing about their adolescent crushes. Each of the excerpts below is taken from a different song:

"In between class, I see you walking out of math. Will you sit beside me, at lunch time? Should I ask? Will my face turn red? And will I forget what to say? Will I stutter, or will I just look down, as you walk by? "

"As I sit here staring, my heart is yearning for just one glance from you."

"You make me feel like I'm in the air. You make me feel like I'm very fair."

There was one semi-love song on their previous album, but that was an ode to a rather obnoxious character called "Skinhead Boy" who apparently was "not afraid to kick some ass." But in these latest songs, there's no mention of the skin colour, hairstyle, or violent pastimes of their would-be boyfriends. Also, those songs that do refer to their unorthodox political beliefs are more defensive than proud. In "Sacrifice," Lamb had spoken of "the future for our race's eternity." Now the girls reassuringly insist that "there's not a problem with the way I was raised. There's not a problem. You shouldn't be afraid."

Unfortunately, the damage has been done, and the Gaede girls are going to have a hard job convincing America that they're not neo-Nazis with a disdain for mud races and a fondness for Aryan skinhead boys, but just a pair of ordinary, if misunderstood, teenagers.