Facists was the last song written for The Early Years. The song started with the introduction – picking out notes from a chord and adding in a harmony – and the main riff developed out of that. I had in other songs discovered that adding a sort of lead guitar riff in background added color to a song and I continued that theme with this song. I also played with a changed tempo during the song. The lyrics and topic came last and I chose to sing it in a lower – almost speaking voice with multiple overlays – some spoken to give it depth…
It’s up in the air
It’s hanging around
Nothing we can do
Nothing at all
The world’s gone crazy
The world’s gone mad
People seem to be angry
Others are just sad
30-word sound bytes
Are all they can share
At three in the morning
They spill their feelings
People don’t listen – not any more
People don’t trust us – people no longer care
The fascists are coming again today
I though we had defeated them
But they never went away.
The song is plainly about the election of Donald Trump and the rise of the alternative right – facists – the misspell is deliberate as it is a play on Trump’s politics and his massive ego – he loves himself and twitter. It’s about Brexit and the rejection of common sense. It’s about anger and distrust – of the news, experts and everything else…..
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