One of the joys of being a Liverpool fan is that there are a myriad of things for us to be able to sing about. It is, perhaps, one of the things that sticks in the craw the most when opposition fans turn up to Anfield and choose to sing songs about poverty or about sporting disasters rather than getting behind their own team.
Surely other teams have things that can be sung about that mean people don’t have to stoop to such lows? That’s what we all think, but it’s evidently not true. Scouse exceptionalism and LFC’s success means the bitterness will always shine through, which this song actually touches upon in its own way.
A Song of Defiance
In The Reds Are Coming Up the Hill, Liverpool supporters sing about the thing that many other sets of fans hate the most: our inevitability. The song also touches on the fact that we have been mocked and laughed at in the past, with many choosing to say that the days of our success have been over.
The good news for us is that reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated. The Reds are the most successful club in the history of English football, delivering trophy after trophy even whilst other teams have had more money and, arguably, better players.
Here are the lyrics for this one:
The reds are coming up the hill boys,
The reds are coming up the hill boys.
They all laugh at us,
They all mock at us
They all say our days are numbered.
Born to be a Scouser
Victorious are we,
If you wanna win a cup
Then you’d better hurry up
Cos we are Liverpool FC.
