Story Behind The Song
The words to this song came to me during the summer of 2004 while commuting to and from work. I would take public transportation to work from time to time, and over the course of a few weeks I found myself thumb-typing these words into my Blackberry.
The music is derived from a finger exercise I had developed on the guitar, for which I heard the foundations to this driving groove inside my head. That guitar part is represented here by the recurring Mellotron motive. Over the course of a week or so in late October/early November 2004, I came up with the foundation groove in Reason, and then recorded and refined the vocals in Logic Pro.
Song Description
A litany of common slaveries in which we find ourselves
Song Length |
4:38 |
Genre |
Electronic - Trance |
Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Distressed |
Subject |
Slavery |
Similar Artists |
The Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel |
Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Slave to life
Slave to god
Slave to traffic
Slave to my job
Slave to workout
Slave to sweat
Slave to taking all that you can get
I live to serve
I die there, too
Heavy habits, lots of nerve
Indentured servitude
Slave to TV
Slave to cars
Slave to food
Slave to sleazy bars
Slave to sex
Slave to strife
Slave to work
Slave to my wife
I wear these chains
I choose them well
With passions and obsessions
I decorate my hell
Slave to gossip
Slave to news
Slave to virtue
Slave to booze
Slave to stasis
Slave to change
Slave to normal
Slave to the strange
I wear these chains
I choose them well
With passions and obsessions
I decorate my hell
Lyrics (c) 2004 by Michael Fisher
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