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Radio - SSG4 Week 28
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Submission for guitarnoise.com's Sunday Songwriters Group, year 4, week 28. The theme: 'Radio'
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Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Rock
Charts
Peak #472
Peak in subgenre #66
Author
Robert Gowland
Rights
2006
Uploaded
May 20, 2006
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.6 MB • 128 kbps • 2:50
Story behind the song
Romeo Dallaire's book, Shake Hand's With the Devil, chronicles the UN involvement in Rwandan during the genocide. One thing he repeats is the power of the radio to promote hate and mobilize the mobs. This struck me, and challenged me to think about what messages I am letting the media suggest to me.
Lyrics
Verse 1: Our homes openned to you You sang us song When we hummed along You altered your tune A whisper at first Half truths to the wind Soak us in the sin We're doomed to rehearse Verse 2: You spill out your hate Dictate your demands We're raising our hands We hand you the state One voice above all You called to the hills We slaugher and kill You ushered the fall Chorus: You're making me You're shaping me You're turning me Into a killing machine You're all I hear You're all I know My sweetest dream My horror show Verse 3: You glide through the air You tear us apart We hear what you want You haunt our minds unaware You narrow our gaze Take aim with a word We killed a million in your name Chorus: Coda: Let's turn off the radio for a while Let's turn off the radio for a while Let's turn off the sounds bytes for a while Let's turn off what we want to hear now Let's turn off our favourite song Let's turn off the radio for a long, long while
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