World Slavery

Lyrics + vocal arrangement : Sean Lang

Song composed and produced by : André C. Kalipke

André : Our most varied and experimental work. A few of the music parts are to be taken with a grain of salt. Consequently it's probably our only song that doesn't take itself seriously throughout.

Sean : This was partly the result of recording objects being hit and then playing them back at different speeds. André gave me the instrumental version in 7/92. It wasn't easy coming up with ideas for lyrics. It sounded like a mixture of something epic, foreign and turbulent. I decided on slavery and its aftermath as a concept and we recorded the track in 8/92.

(Please also read the author comments of "The Band Introduces Itself" (vocal and recording quality, etc.)...). Lyrics - see below.

WORLD SLAVERY

Was a long way to this place

I long again to see the face

A simple man, but not a judge

Never need to hold a grudge

To this land was a long way

I long again to see the day

Never had to judge the other

Never once betrayed my brother

Trapped us in the net of our own enemies

Brought us from there for a penny a piece

To bring us across the waters to a land

And sell us to the farms as the helping hand

Landed in a new place

Let this from my mind erase

Lived in cities' grime while playing in urban crime

Never knew the score and I won't take it no more

Came from a long way and I long to see the day

Came to a new place - let this my mind erase

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