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Old 10-14-2006, 08:29 AM   #1 (permalink)
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HEAR IT AT

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/PIZZALOVESEVERYBODY


We sail, 100 men of desperate mind
We hope from sea to land we'll be delivered
My prayers, once peaceful in my head
This last week have been coming as a fever

This is not for glory
This is not for fame
We came from the depths of poverty
Hoping life would change
This is not for ego
Nor for vanity
A proud man would not place himself
At the mercy of the sea

So many miles
So many miles
To this cage-like boat
Unreconciled
I'm feeling sick
And barely sane
We came this far
With just one aim

We came here
To colonise
We see this land
Through hungry eyes
We will take
What we can take
Now our ethics and god
Are far away
So far away

Finally we meet ground
I touch the rocky soil and say
This land belongs to me, I will accept no other owner
To keep it, I will do whatever it takes

For I have never owned
My own patch of earth
And now I've earnt the privelige
And I know it was worth
Every second of the journey
Every storm we had to meet
I left my home with nothing
Now I've a fortune at my feet

So many miles
So many miles
And now we're free
Of rank and file
Such freedom
We have never known
In mapless lands
We make our homes

We came here
To colonise
We see this land
Through hungry eyes
We will take
What we can take
Now our ethics and god
Are far away
So far away

I staked my claim over land that was not mine
And prayed this act of theft, would be forgiven over time
I staked my claim over land that was not mine
And prayed this act of theft, would be forgiven over time

We quote the past with sense of shame
Expansionist villains sully a nations name

But all of histories evils have brought us to today
Misdemanours of the past have put food upon your plate

So many years
So many years
Now disease and hunger
Are distant fears
And our forebears
Easily disowned
We don't acknowledge
What we owe

To renounces their evils
We would be hypocrites
While we are cradled
By the benefits
When you grip that mobile
In that righteous fist
Remind yourself
"It was exploitation paid for this"
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When Pete plays it is 100% live , your music if that's what you call it doesn't sound so good either? so you can't really critercize can you ?

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Old 10-18-2006, 08:55 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Buuuuump.

Read the song, kill the song, shred it and put it in a sandwich. I don't care what you do with it, but we do put them here for some kind of critique, you know.

Be bastards if you want. Slate me like a Roman roof. ANY input. Its all good.
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Old 10-18-2006, 09:07 AM   #3 (permalink)
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The lyrics are good, however, without hearing the music to it it seems as though there are too many verses, that unless you change the sound the many of the verses that it would start to get repetitive. But I do like the lyrics, when I was reading the first part of it I was reminded of something Thursday would write.
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Old 10-18-2006, 12:18 PM   #4 (permalink)
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The lyrics are good, however, without hearing the music to it it seems as though there are too many verses, that unless you change the sound the many of the verses that it would start to get repetitive. But I do like the lyrics, when I was reading the first part of it I was reminded of something Thursday would write.
Really? Who are this Thursday? That sounds like something Ethan may have recommended and I hated...
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Really? Who are this Thursday? That sounds like something Ethan may have recommended and I hated...
He probably did, Thursday is kinda post hardcore-ish myspace.com/thursday. A lot of their lyrics tend to follow a story/plot, which is kinda what yours did.
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I listened to some Thursday on the net on the net and certainly didn't hate it. Some was screaming which I didn't especially enjoy but they seemed to play it very well, and the bits where they weren't screaming were very good.

And, yeah I do try to tell a story in my lyrics if I can and if I think it helps get the point across.

Probably I'll remove the last verse and chorus from it for recording and will only put in the last verse and chorus occasionally when playing live if it works in the setup (i.e. if I have my synth it could break down to just synth and vocals at the end and have a slightly altered vocal melody etc.) That's be enjoyable to do, because the song is complete with just two verses and two choruses and means something different with the extra verse and chorus added. So maybe it'll **** with people's perception of the message of the song.
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Yeah, I always like when bands play extra verses to songs live, like add verses that weren't on the album.
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Really? Who are this Thursday? That sounds like something Ethan may have recommended and I hated...
<.<

I like it quite a bit, tell me if you're going to record it.
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I like it quite a bit, tell me if you're going to record it.
I'll record it when that damn mic adapter comes through from ebay!

As for the not liking most of your recommendations thing... its true. I've listen to the majority of the bands you've suggested on here and most of them I just can't get my head around. Not for want of trying.
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Its fine, that comment made my day cheerier anyway. *is weird like that*
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