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Shield Against The World

from MCAEP by Balance Lost

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It turns out the revolution will be broadcast
Gill Scott-Heron clearly forgot to forecast
The advent of the internet and smartphones
And whatever gadget's waiting for us next

You won't have just one source of information
We all transmit our own radio station
Though there's a chance that nobody's listening
The PRS will track you down somehow

We've only come a fraction of the way
We've only come a fraction of the way
When I wake I don't want to go right back to normal
Cos it's my only shield against the world

All governments will slowly open their eyes
All class-A drugs will one day be legalised
So you will be able to skip out in the break and lose yourself on skag
And a support group will be there for you when you bounce back

All the pizza, darts and porn that you can download
1 more self-facilitating media node
And Louis Walsh would change the paradigm to make some cash
But he didn't cos it's just soooo Masterchef

We've only come a fraction of the way
We've only come a fraction of the way
When I wake I don't want to go right back to normal
Cos it's my only shield against the world

Either Private Eye or Charlie Hebdo
Will manufacture sepia-tinted photos
Of Kim Jong-un and Abubakr Shekau in a passionate embrace
In the words of Alan Partridge "Kiss my face!"

(Airline) Executives accept their nuts or go to jail
Terrorists will send each other anthrax in the mail
Some people think the Berlin Wall is in Beijing
I still don't think stupidity will win

We've only come a fraction of the way
We've only come a fraction of the way
When I wake I don't want to go right back to normal
Cos it's my only shield against the world

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from MCAEP, released July 20, 2015

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Catchy guitar and synth pop with drum machines and samples. Currently residing in Kyoto, Japan.

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