THERE’S A GOVERNMENT WHIP
CRACKED ACROSS YOUR BACK
WHERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY
IS DON’T LISTEN ATTACK
SEE THE BLOOD RUN DOWN
IN YOUR BUSHWHACKED TOWN
REVOLUTION IS THE GIMMICK
OF A JOKERLESS CLOWN
ANOTHER VOLLEY’S JUST THE AMMO
FOR THE TAXMAN’S GUN
TALK, DON’T TALK IF YOU’VE NOTHIN’ TO SAY
WALK, DON’T WALK IF YOUR FEET DON’T KNOW THE WAY
Chorus
IN REQUIEM FOR A DYING SONG
HEAR THE SHIMMY AND THE SHAKE
FROM A FUTILE WAR
WITH THE SUN THAT LIGHTS THE DAY
BRINGS THE DARKNESS AND THE PRIZE
OF ANOTHER GREAT SHAME
BUT WITH YOU MY LOVE, WITH YOU MY LOVE
WITH YOU I WILL RETURN
IN REQUIEM FOR A DYING SONG
GRAB THE BARREL BY THE FACE
SHOOT THE ORDER, RELEASE
SHOVE THE BULLET IN YOUR POCKET
TURN AWAY AND RETREAT
SEE THE TERROR IN THE EYE
OF A BLOODSHOT CHILD
WITH ONLY RUBBLE IN HIS BELLY
AND THE PROMISE OF LIES
OPERATION LIBERATION, TELL ME YOU CAN DECIDE
TALK, DON’T TALK IF YOU’VE NOTHIN’ TO SAY
WALK, DON’T WALK IF YOUR FEET DON’T KNOW THE WAY
Chorus
AGONY FROM EVERY CORNER
ON EVERY STREET
IGNITE THEIR LOSS OF SELF
WITH THEIR BITTERNESS… EXPLODE… EXPLODE
What a band! Check out their YouTube-channel for good tunes and some really cool videos.
I was supposed to see them live in a month or so, but due to Covid-19 it has been postponed. The good thing about that is that I still can look forward to the concert.
(Edit: Thanks for adding all their releases to Bandcamp! 😀) Anders M. Nordli
One of the best concept albums ever. This dynamic, searingly personal portrait of a troubled man's life is may be nonfiction, but the bruising lyricism and unflinching, often abrasive noise-folk clatter have the weight and power of a masterfully-written tragedy. The album's highlight, "I Love You Like an Alcoholic," is a tender duet of battered beauty, a fragile glimpse of heaven from the gutter that's worthy of Tom Waits. For a record like this, I have no higher praise. K.R.K.
Irish act Perlee used lockdown time to develop demos into this raw, but lovely collection of tuneful alternative folk songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 27, 2020