Slow, r'n'b-like with rich vocals and strings.
Cactus Juice isn't a band, it's a name for all the bits and pieces I do that don't fit into any other project. I'm a musician, not an engineer, so no apologies for the sound quality.
Check out for an earlier, totally different experience of thrashy acoustics and overdriven mandolin.
Story behind the song
Two sources of inspiration - both books: "Dónde el corazón te lleve" by Susannah Tamaro and "All the President's Men". Don't ask me how they ended up in the same song but it seems to work just fine.
It's a commentary on individualism: its attractions and its failings.
ADDITIONAL ARTISTES
Thanks to Paul Ankers for coming up with the initial drum and guitar groove.
Lyrics
INDIVIDUALS
(c) 1996 D Clee
(individuals one and...)
Could it be hundreds, could it be more?
So many smiling faces.
| Em D C / | 4x
Maybe they're happy, maybe they're high,
Maybe they're all just living a lie.
| D / / / | Em / / / | C / / / | C / / / |
Don't need a reason, don't need a cure,
Just need to live your life.
Be true to your heart, be true to your soul,
Be true to the journey that leads to your goal.
| Em D C / | 4x
-- stop --
They say you can't do this, they tell you it's wrong,
But they've been doing it all along.
Evasion of taxes, trafficking guns,
Cash in your options, take the money and run.
| D / / / | Em / / / | C / / / | C / / / |
Strip out the assets, run down the State,
Provoke the divisions and whip up the hate.
United we stand but divided we fall,
Individuals, one and all.
| Em D C / | 4x
| Em D C / | 8x
Give me no half-truths, tell me no lies,
You'd never make an actor.
Show me some hope, show me a start,
Show me a sign that touches the heart.
| D / / / | Em / / / | C / / / | C / / / |
Don't need a reason, don't need a cure,
Just need to live your life.
Be true to your heart, be true to your soul,
Be true to the journey that leads to your goal
| D / / / | Em / / / | C / / / | C / / / |
Cos they'll try to distract you, turn you aside,
All of those glittering prizes.
United we waver, ready to fall,
Individuals, one and all.
| Em D C / |
