As the World Turns (You're not the Resistance)
by @daveyboy103
NSFWLiner Notes
Given I have hit my 14 this time round I am taking the opportunity of revisiting some older lyrics that I was not completely happy with first time around.
I think this version has a bit more acid to it.
Been mainly using Logic this year but this was done with Cubase 14
Lyrics
Well let me tell you ‘bout forever wars Orwell warned us about in 1984 The enemy constantly changes The war remains the same
Always rides in on the self same lie Why should they care it’s your sons who die The thinnest moral wrapper To hide their evil scheme
Media sirens sing The tills will ring Here for the people the little folk Believe me man that’s one sick joke
Vietnam, Afghan, Libya, Sudan The list goes on and on The only common thread to see Are the dead kids they build their fortunes on
Pre
But you swallow it whole Every single time This way for the grinding death machine Form an orderly line
Chorus
As the world turns So we die Millions of people like you and I Feeding the machine Block your ears while millions scream (2)
You vote these fuckers in So you gotta share the blame They tell you what you want to hear Again and again and again
And it will never end We gotta take it to the street And when we say “not in my name” We have to march on to that beat
If you are on the same side as the Main Stream Media, UN, WEF, FBI, NSA, CDC, CIA, Big Tech and Big Pharma
You’re probably not the resistance
Comments
@jem thanks for the kind words, sadly accurate lyrics testified to by piles of corpses.
Wow this is such a powerful narrative and the changes in tempo and delivery make it so interesting and give it a real hook into the lyrics. Great chorus too and love when the keyboard comes in.
Yeah! Nice groove for this. The choruses play off the verses very nicely, and I dig the quick rap at the end—great!
Great protest song. I really like the stylistic change in the 4th stanza and the build through the pre chorus and chorus.
@billwhite51 Amen to that Bill
now this is a real protest song. not some regurgitated vomit from nefarious media sources..but calling out the real thugs and the sheep that support them. a nation that didnt raise an eyebrow when the two major parties chose their presidential candidates without a primary election. and then screamed through the election like dodgers fans hating the yankees and yankee fans hating the dodgers. using hate words like maga and woke instead of engaging in civil debate on issues that concern us all....while wars break out all over the world, fought with out weapons and sometimes our children. daveyboy is calling out the whole system and calling for a resistance movement. but the people who believe the system is killing them are too busy hating each other to get together and fight.
So true....so true... too true.
Love the the sorta techno-y jazzy feel to this. Like taking a line from both Waters and Luca Turilli. It's maddening watching the terminally checked-out call themselves calling themselves the resistance. You put it into better words than I ever could. And of course, phenomenal mixing.