What Does the Phrase “first Against the Wall” Mean?

What Does the Phrase “first Against the Wall” Mean?

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Question by Gurry: What does the phrase “First against the wall” mean?
I heard it in Radiohead’s song “Paranoid Android” and Incthe book, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams. What does it mean?

Best answer:

Answer by LadyLynn
When he revolution comes, you will be First against the wall.

Complicated? I know, right??!!

I just Go ogled “First against the wall” and there’s so much weird info, I think you should check it out. (if you care!)

Answer by Minna V
First one to be executed by the firing squad. During times of revolution the people who used to be in charge, before the revolution, got shot.

Answer by Vigilante
it means you are the first to go against something that is tough to overcome.

Answer by Ivory
Minna V is correct. Going ‘up again the wall’ refers to death by firing squad.

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