Hall Of Mirrors
Liner Notes
It's a general election here in the UK today, and I'd just got back from the polling station when I sat down to write this one. You can probably tell. This one's built around me playing a Squier #strat into a #chasebliss Mood Mk 2 pedal, then going nuts with my #warrguitar through all the effects and then dropping into #playwithdelay mode for the solos on my Parker Fly. I'm in #fullproduction #prog mode, as always.
Edit (5th July): I wasn't happy with the bridge. Or the guitar solos. Or the vocals in the chorus, or the bass, or... and...
So I went back and changed them all, because that's how I roll.
Lyrics
It feels like I have suddenly been stuck in some demented game
And every single person on the television looks the same
All of them are wearing the exact same empty-headed smile
You know what lurks behind it will undoubtedly be something vile
prechorus:
The end result's decided
long before the count begins
And as long as we're divided
It won't be us who wins
No need to wonder how your empire's fall is going to begin
You'll be informed about it by a person with a stupid grin
The situation ought to have us fearing for our wretched lives
The world is being run by Stepford husbands and their Stepford wives
chorus:
Governments and corporations vying for control
Each giving the impression that they want to sell your soul
The planet is in crisis and all hope is fading fast
Please break this hall of mirrors, before the die is cast
The golden age of statesmanship is over, it's just dead and gone
Is it any wonder that we're losing faith in what goes on?
These days, we know that 'time to make a difference' is just a lie
The only change in policy is just the colour of their tie
bridge:
You might be picking up the clues
Of who it is who's always going to lose
I guess I simply want the chance to choose
Not to ever have to watch Fox News
Why have we forgotten how to choose between what's right and wrong?
And how come Mister Trump is not in prison, where the man belongs?
We've been given a grenade and someone else has pulled the pin
Everybody loses when to lie is not seen as a sin
Comments
You're right, though.
Really great ominous production.
Haha awesome solos with the Delay!
Yeah, this is so great.
Great lyrics, and I really dig this arrangement. Super dark, almost like a yacht rock version of a doom metal track.
I like the switch to phone voice in the PC. Makes it really stand out. And of course you build the tune so it just starts to shake your bones. It's cool!
The music sounds good, especially the motion in the rhythm section.