WHAT DOES THIS MEAN: "when I am king, you will be first against the wall."?

Question

I am not sure how I understand it, so better ask a lot of people. Where did this line came from? a movie? song? what? does this have a figurative meaning? or something else..THANKS!! =)

Answer 1

Artists: Radiohead
Song:Paranoid Android

Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_the_Paranoid_Android

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy



Please could you stop the noise I'm trying to get some rest?
From all the unborn chicken voices in my head
What's that, what's that

When I am king you will be first against the wall
With your opinion which is of no consequence at all
What's that, what's that

Ambition makes you look pretty ugly
Kicking squealing gucci little piggy

You don't remember, you don't remember, why don't you remember my name
Off with his head man, off with his head man
Why don't you remember my name?-- I guess he does

Rain down, rain down, come on rain down on me
From a great height, from a great height, height
Rain down, rain down, come on rain down on me
From a great height, from a great height, height

(repeats 3rd time, underneath vocals are:)
That's it sir, you're leaving,
the crackle of pig skin,
the dust and the screaming
The yuppies networking
the panic, the vomit,
the panic, the vomit
God loves his children,
God loves his children, yeah
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"first against the wall"

you know how they used to line ppl up against a wall to be shot by the firing squad?

Answer 2

I've heard the saying it means when I'm in charge, you be first at the firing wall. A place where prisoners are bound and lined up with other prisoners and then shot to death by a firing squad. Not sure where it came from though.

Answer 3

It means when I'm in charge I'll kill you.

The line "When I am king you will be first against the wall" might be a reference to Marvin's introduction, in which it is said that the marketing department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is defined by The Hitchhiker's Guide

Answer 4

It sounds like you'll be the first one to be shot when he becomes king. They put the firing sqad target anainst the wall

Answer 5

I THINK IT MEANS THAT THE PERSON WILL BE SHOT, LIKE THEY USED TO BACK IN THE DAY, LIKE HOW THE DEATH PENALTY USED TO BE.