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Life Sentence

from The Brixton Tapes by Slow Faction

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Life Sentence
So you wake up every morning
Feel as if you’re body’s made of lead
The sleeping pill you had last night
Has left that deadened feeling in your head
So now it’s off to work you go
Another day another dime
Stuck in the traffic jam
You always feel you’re running out of time

So now you’re on your own – and all the lights are red
You know, it’s true – no one lets you through
Everybody acts the same

Now the dreams of youth are gone
All that’s left is that which you’ve become
Sainsbury’s on a Saturday
A lottery ticket’s your idea of fun
So now as you get older
Nothing learnt, you haven’t got a clue
You take a look around you
Everyone seems happier than you

So now you’re on your own – and no one seems to care
At all – about you, muddling through
Everything just stays the same

And you think of all the things you could have been
The many wonders of the world you might have seen
What you want – you never had – and what you’ve got....
You just don’t want

So you’ve had the drink and drugs
You’ve even tried the concept of free love
You’ve surfed the consumer wave
Everything you saw you had to have
Then came the weekly sessions
Spending all your money on a shrink
Lie back and think of England
Tell the nice man everything you think

How you’re on your own – and no one understands
At all – about you – the things you want to do
How you just want to change

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from The Brixton Tapes, released November 17, 2014

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“Slow Faction is a 1st generation-influenced punk band with a real London 77 sound. The aim of Slow Faction is simple – to make the music they want to hear; politically-charged songs with big hooks and choruses, reminiscent of the 1st wave of British punk. Slow Faction’s live sound has been described as a cross between The Clash and The Buzzcocks.” ... more

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