From the recording Is It Still 1984?
Performed by Gimson
Written by S. Gimson & J. Fredberg
Produced Pound To The Credit
Mixed by Pound To The Credit
Mastered by Suture
© Half Dead Records 2023
℗ ST Music LLC 2023
Lyrics
There's blood on the leaves it's autumn
Their brains are like sponges and war is what you taught them
The value of your privacy was once so important
Past tense
We speak of back in the day scenes like the past grass was always greener
Can you smell it darling?
The air was really cleaner
We evolved to something meaner delivering subpoenas
To bear witness to our slaughter on a planet sized arena
22 catches just wait until we stumble one
Yesterday’s news cancelling a stumblebum
No subjectivity opinions disrespected
Dissected by a temptress who eased us into tense stress
Our own pride and passion beats us until we’re senseless
Defenceless in fortress that is fenceless
This climate’s got me snowed in with a handful of technology
With these snoopers in the lobby shady and its frosty
No need to intervene these brats will kill their own economy
The right means used wrongfully
The right means used wrongfully
The right means used wrongfully
We woke up and it was still the night before
We’ve braved a new world since 1984
We’ve been here before
We’ve been here before
Trying to make a classic like it’s 1994
USA World Cup we already know the scores
We’ve been here before
We’ve been here before
We've been here before in a Gregorian calendar
Same old grievances just a new manager
We’ve been here before
We’ve been here before
Breaking bail conditions, impeaching politicians
Rioting in prisons, just stop and have a listen
We’ve been here before
We’ve been here before
Groups of parents stunned and disbelieving have gathered outside the scene of the atrocity
For many, the enormity of what has happened is still to sink in
I never asked to be here, assumptions blind you
That box in your head completely confined you
Cracked travellers codes he said so with bent notes
He said son don't be concerned with them folks
Meaning every Tom and Dick head and especially Harry
To survive in this world there’s a weight you must carry
Space time and relevance everything is just a measurement
The description you portray will tell if you never went
Barter with it all your soul if you choose to
Just keep your distance on that path so no one close will lose you
I miss you more
Trust issues are real
In a field with double agents falsifying deals
That appeal to the fearful and dispossessed guests
In this constructed mess controlled by the best minds
Best of times, worst of times toes in line
Mind control symbols can you see the signs?
The attack came sooner than most analysts had expected and was launched the pentagon says
In response to credible intelligence about the whereabouts of members of the Iraqi leadership
We woke up and it was still the night before
We’ve braved a new world since 1984
We’ve been here before
We’ve been here before
Trying to make a classic like it’s 1994
USA World Cup we already know the scores
We’ve been here before
We’ve been here before
We've been here before in a Gregorian calendar
Same old grievances just a new manager
We’ve been here before
We’ve been here before
Breaking bail conditions, impeaching politicians
Rioting in prisons, just stop and have a listen
We’ve been here before
We’ve been here before