Under Heavy Manners

from Retrospective: 2013 To 2019 by Slow Faction

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They’re closing down the clubs, they’re closing down the city
As they build another shopping mall
They’ll keep us dumb with the muzak on
As we buy stupid things we don’t need

Reality show make us famous for a day
Become a D-list celebrity
The emptiness of our hopes and dreams
Is this all we ever want to be?

And we all sit at home and pray to the West
To our false God, Democracy
They pretend our opinions really count
We pretend that we’re really free
Now it’s time to turn the television on
As darkness falls we won’t go out again

There’s a media blackout on the voices of dissent
As they lead us to another war
There’s a bogey-man bearing arms from the West
They deny that it’s all about oil

There is a real war, but it’s not the one we think,
It’s the one waged by the rich upon the poor
With insatiable greed they’ve taken everything
And now they’re coming back for more


They’re wiring every town and they’re wiring every street
So they can monitor us everywhere we go
With CCTV and satellite spies
We know we can never be alone

MI5 are being tasked to listen in
As they erode our civil liberties
But what do we care if we’ve lost our rights
As long as the television’s on…
We’ll never take the streets again
- Wake up look around we’re under heavy manner
- There’s a water cannon waiting and it’s paid for by our taxes
- Let’s tear it all down that’s the only solution
- They call this freedom but it doesn’t apply to us!

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from Retrospective: 2013 To 2019, released May 28, 2020

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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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