Modern Slavery, by Highspeeddirt

Modern Slavery

by Highspeeddirt

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1.	Truth in the Pocket 04:27	lyrics	buy track
Truth in the pocket Verse: We swim in their sea of fallacies We sign with blood their policies They show us the inner qualities Of their agreement They’re good to fake integrity And to design an enemy Just to divert the heresy Of thinking people Chorus: They just tell you what to do What is bad and what is good Logic doesn’t matter They have something better Forcing words on you Truth in the pocket Verse: The jackpot is getting bigger But no-one is the winner And It’s just smoke and mirrors For your existence And when your life is branded And you take it for granted The dreams have been implanted Just to replace yours Chorus: They just tell you what to do What is bad and what is good Logic doesn’t matter They have something better Forcing words on you Truth in the pocket Bridge: Nothing is greater, Nothing is of more importance than to find, amidst the errors and darkness of this life, a shining Truth. Truth is the intellectual wealth of the world, sword and shield, the sacred light of the soul. How is truth to be known? Chorus: They just tell you what to do What is bad and what is good Logic doesn’t matter They have something better Forcing words on you Truth in the pocket
2.	Fountain of Youth 04:03	lyrics	buy track
Fountain of youth Verse: Time is flying Dreams are rising I'm realizing I stare at the horizon all day I'm a lion On an island In this silence I am my own tyrant I obey Chorus: Looking for you As winters go by But I'm hiding the truth Inside of my mind Flowing through life we don’t even realize it’s a short, short ride Verse: Love’s a liar Makes me higher Steals my time as I’m lost in the deep of your eyes All these moments That are flowing Will be frozen in my memory Unredeemed Chorus: Looking for you As winters go by But I'm hiding the truth Inside of my mind Flowing through life we don’t even realize it’s a short, short ride Post chorus: Life crusader I’m a sailor Always in search for the truth From the valleys to the mountains I'll search for the fountain of youth
3.	Yellow Leaves 05:20	lyrics	buy track
Yellow Leaves Verse: Wet shoes at sunset Remembering the good days -Soldiers are marching Raging winds of hate The whipping branches shake us -From the tree of life Chorus: Yellow Leaves From the trees we’re falling down one by one over the ground Yellow Leaves Boots are walking over, walking over us and the summer’s far to come Verse: Mist in the morning Hiding colours of the soul -my wounds are burning Thundering loud guns Your voice is getting thinner -Six feet below the ground Chorus: Yellow Leaves From the trees we’re falling down one by one over the ground Yellow Leaves Boots are walking over, walking over us and the summer’s far to come Bridge: Raging winds of hate The whipping branches shake us From the tree of life As my wounds are burning Soldiers marching on Your voice is getting thinner As we're falling one by one over the ground And the summer is still so far too come And the summer is still so far to come ... Chorus: Yellow Leaves From the trees we’re falling down one by one over the ground Yellow Leaves Boots are walking over, walking over us and the summer’s far to come
4.	We Don't Exist Anymore 04:43	lyrics	buy track
We don't exist anymore Verse: Hugging naked in the balcony at six o'clock Dreams and passions were the arguments of our talk A towel over our shoulders was the only cloth Chorus: We don't exist anymore It's just you and I, Separated by a wall We don't exist anymore you say the fault is mine and I don't know why But you’re wrong V Staring at the rain that’s bouncing off the window glass time is healing wounds of what remains when love is gone I wish I could say sorry but I don’t know where to start Chorus: We don't exist anymore It's just you and I, Separated by a wall We don't exist anymore you say the fault is mine and I don't know why But you’re wrong
5.	Modern Slavery 04:22	lyrics	buy track
Modern Slavery Verse: oh oh oh you're always in time to change your mind oh oh oh you're always in time to change your mind Add another item on the list it's just a candy for your eyes you end up enslaved to pay the bills it's just a trick for your mind you never look up above your nose your neck is slowly bending to your toes Chorus: Shiny junk that feeds desires, transistor dopamine. Eating other people's stories you're living in a screen. You have set your brain aside to worship the machines. Staring human, hypnotized it's modern slavery Verse: oh oh oh your face is populating the timeline oh oh oh your face is populating the timeline Add another photo on the list you're pretty good at faking smiles narcissism is the new disease only second to your lies you never look up above your nose except for trimming your eyebrows Chorus: Shiny junk that feeds desires, transistor dopamine. Eating other people's stories you're living in a screen. You have set your brain aside to worship the machines. Staring human, hypnotized it's modern slavery
6.	Daydreamer 04:07	lyrics	buy track
Daydreamer Verse: I remember I was 4 I had no plan to follow Only big dreams And your voice to fill the hollow I didn’t change so much When I was 31 Picked up my old guitar To be a superstar And nothing is impossible I’m gonna be an astronaut Chorus: You call me daydreamer You killed my self esteem but I grew up stronger The sky is the limit Verse: If I won’t touch the rainbow At least I will get closer The journey’s more important So I’m going further My heart is driving me on My eyes are open, I won’t fall Towards the horizon I always keep on trying And nothing is impossible I’m gonna be an astronaut Chorus: You call me daydreamer You killed my self esteem but I grew up stronger The sky is the limit
7.	Ordinary Man 05:59	lyrics	buy track
Ordinary Man Verse: Sitting on the couch watching tv Pretending to be free Spending money buying things shopping slavery begins Flabby sweaty bodies rushing far Dirty soul and pristine cars Wasting time at shopping malls Houses full of useless stuff Exhibiting brands and acting cool ( wont make you better, man) Chorus: I don’t want to be an ordinary man A lousy life is just a scary hell Fireflies in the dark Showing me new paths I don’t want to be an ordinary man I want to listen to my Tinkerbell Butterflies fly Inside my mind Verse: Waiting for a saturday to live The life that’s in your dreams Perpetuating this routines Drowning worries in a beer Heavy heads on sunday morning Still drunk to think Back to dull reality You’re your limit and your enemy

about

Seven songs that spotlight a few problematic issues of our times:

- Oppression vs Freedom of thought,
- Vanity and the wish for immortality ,
- War,
- Isolation/Separation at the end of a love story,
- Materialism and narcissism...

And the last 2 songs that scream and hope for our resilience and awakening, respectively.

credits

released July 10, 2018

Marco Maraschi - Vocals
Federico Dick - Bass Gtr
Stefano Motta - Drums
Domenico Santoro - Guitar

Music and Lyrics written by Domenico Santoro (C) 2017
Arranged by HighSpeedDirt
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Domenico Santoro

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about

Highspeeddirt Milano, Italy

Formed in 2001, after years playing live covers of the biggest hard rock bands, we finally started recording own songs.
'Playing Hard', was published 2012.
After 4 years, 3 marriages and a total of 7 sons from the 4 band members, our passion for music made us win laziness and find the time to write and record our new EP. Definitely more fecund than musically prolific ;-) But we don’t give up! ... more