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Across the Threshold
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We were formed in January 1980 in the basement of the drummer's house in DeKalb County, Georgia. We debuted on December 6, 1980 at the Christmas dance at Shamrock High School. In the summer of 1981, we recorded two songs (In the Name of Rock and Roll and Queen for a Day) at Monarch Studios in Alpharetta, Georgia and submitted them for consideration by a local radio station (96rock) for inclusion in its Home Cookin' II LP. Out of over 1100 submissions, In the Name of Rock and Roll was one of the 12 songs selected for the album (released in the summer of 1982). In fall 1982, we recorded another eight songs at Monarch for inclusion on a demo. We disbanded the following year, but the 10 recordings were kept by our producer, Steve Starnes, and Monarch's engineer, Larry Turner. Steve and Larry were able to successfully digitally transfer the surviving copies of these songs to CD in 2007, and after obtaining the necessary U.S. copyrights, we were able (finally) to distribute them under the Catapult Distribution label to digital download sites like iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, emusic, and Amazon on June 1, 2009, where they are currently available for sale to the public.
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Genre
Metal • Heavy Metal
Charts
Peak #88
Peak in subgenre #33
Author
Music by Clay Hayes, Lyrics by Brett Hart
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1982, 2007 by Clay Hayes and Brett Hart
Uploaded
July 20, 2009
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MP3 5.3 MB • 128 kbps • 5:48
Story behind the song
This song was written at a turbulent period in world history (that has not changed that much) when individuals were losing their individuality over mass geosociopolitical issues. Brett Hart picked the top two hot societal issues of the time -- race relations and abortion -- and used them lyrically to point out how meaningless it is to the individual (who should choose for himself/herself whether they will or won't be bigoted/non-bigoted or pro-choice/pro-life, conduct his/her life accordingly, and accept the benefits/consequences of his decision or change his/her mind) to waste an entire life (or the best years of it) preaching, parading, protesting, or passively resisting what "society" or a particular subdivision of it is doing or trying to do. Once the individual crosses that "threshold" (from societal pressures and obligations to free-thinking, free choice, and individual responsibility), the individual will experience a much happier existence. In today's society, one of the most ad nauseam phrases is "There is no 'I' in 'team.'" This song's moral is a response: No, but there's a hell of a lot of "I"s in "individuality."
Lyrics
Hiding in the darkness theres a soul that cant be seen Either black or white it makes no diffrence to me. Standing at the edge of time, looking to the dawn, Nice to see the naked world with its colors on and on and on... Happy in its prison, a soul seeks no release, One or two months go by, all is quiet peace. Then a forced intrusion and a lynch mob plays the game, If the warden gives her permission, who the hells to blame? If a fire is in you burning, take care to keep it small. The world will keep on turning if youre dizzy, you will fall... Chorus On and on, where all but fools may know, On and on, across the threshold we will go. On and on, where all but fools may know, On and on, across the threshold we will go. Standing in the sunshine, darkness ever down Summers sitting on his throne and wearing Winters crown! Seasons stopped in midstream no complaint at all! Its the wish of every soul who heeds the thresholds call... Those who seem amazed, take advice from those who try: Youre here for many days, live a life before you die! Chorus
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