Story Behind The Song
The war on terror....
Song Description
A reflective view of what can happen (for the best of reasons,often) when the state sees threats from would be terrorists or those it feels could be terrorists. It raises the issue of civil rights and their balance with the needs to protect a nation from extreme threats........
| Song Length |
6:33 |
Genre |
Rock - Easy Listening, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Stressed, Troubled |
Subject |
Power, Civil Rights |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE (CONFIRMED ALBUM VERSION))
WORDS:Roger Antony Carter
Music:& Vocals Barry David Butler
(Cue Music....................dark...slow....heavy)
..........................................
(faintly)(sotto voce)
can you hear me?
can you hear me?
(pause then)....
can you? Can you hear?
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
LISTEN, YOU MAY CATCH WHAT I'M SAYING
oh, hear me...........
Even hear the sound of me prayin'
can you hear me, can you hear me
can you hear what I am sayin?
(slight pause, then)......................
listen now, you may hear me praying then:
verse:
Inside these four walls
Fear plays out its game
Heavy doors and bright lights
The State is Proclaimed
They came in the night
Without any warning
Before the chill glow
Of a threatening morning
Hey, can you hear me
........What I'm saying
Listen...you may catch
The sound of me praying
How am I wrong
What was my crime
I cried for freedom
A cry for all time
(an echo through time) Alternate
Blank faced and tight lipped
They read me my rights
Then bundled me out,
Way outa sight
Now...they promise a cure
To clear my delusions
Just the slightest discomfort
The mildest intrusions
(Repeat Chorus)
Recant and conform
They whisper their Mantra
insistent, unending
They ask...why can't ya
And what I have done
They claim without reason
I cannot carry on -
They call it treason
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
They take my ID
break me, remake me
Remove all I am
Decide who I'll be
They're gonna alter my mind
In the name of the state
It's good for the Nation
to remove my mistakes
(Repeat Chorus) and fade
Make me like the other clones
Turn me into a mindless drone
Seems like my cover's blown
All my secrets are now known (spoken monologue)
Now the way is being shown
A captive in a twilight zone
All in the name of the state.
(c) roger antony carter 2003
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