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Overvalued Ideas

by Shaking Chains

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Trust the Wizards This is great! Favorite track: I must confess.
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martin corey I was only 30 seconds into I share your fear, when I felt a grin begin to creep across my face. I haven't felt the like for 12 months or so. Lovely baritone voice, quirky instrumentation, lyrics like: I'm a beacon of hopeless regrets. Fabulous. Think The Monochrome Set but way better. Favorite track: Bumper sticker patriots.
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1.
Don't provoke just look away Leave injustice for the scales to weigh That's how the story went Fending off the argument Until the case was made If you have a good grasp of history I share your fear Riding high above the law You fail to see what they have got in store A vision of the past Uncertain futures built to last So let's leave this place and go outside Scurry back into the womb to hide Life washed up on the shore We cannot reconnect the chord It's hard to comprehend But if you have the good grace to at least pretend I share your fear Don't masturbate or you'll go blind Conceal the fate of all mankind Don't provoke just look away Leave injustice for the scales to weigh That's how the story went Feeding off the arguments Well they're hoisting up the butchers rag Representing all we never had It's flying at half-mast For those who sacrificed the facts Lest we forget Again and again and again I share your fear Don't masturbate or you'll go blind Consume the hate of all mankind
2.
Chosen one 02:26
Kerching! I think I hear a higher calling There goes the chosen one Without his seatbelt on He feels he has no choice Inside his head there is a voice It screams “I’m lonely let me out " And schemes to keep the neighbours out It dreams of being heard one day The immigrant is here to stay “Although I am a sentient My credentials are evident My seed should be spread far and wide Inseminate the countryside" It burns the smoking hills of fire And yearns with passion and desire The urns that overflow with ash Are nothing compared to the cash they earn The fire raged and spread As people made their beds They sleep engulfed in flames Whilst underground infernos blaze Here come the chosen flock Fighting with all they’ve got Suspicion and belief And promises of tax relief Kerching! I think I hear a higher calling
3.
When the wheel stops spinning the closer you get No more bets No more bets I'm a dirty old dog chewing on the forceps Forever breaching at the womb Got a perpetual rocking motion at the base of my spine I'll raise my leg and piss on the moon So you better get in line I'm a tightrope walker of the lowest order Wear a noose loose around my neck Sometimes I stumble, sometimes I fall I'm a beacon of hopeless regrets So you better get in line When the wheel stops spinning the closer you get No more bets No more bets Got plague pitted eyes and a funeral suit smile Wear it out every once in a while Ridiculed don't be fooled by the fraudulent laugh It's just self-medicated denial So you better get in line When the wheel stops spinning the closer you get No more bets No more bets
4.
You’ve got a lot of reasons to live Don’t try to fight the urge To scratch your itch On this position you’re alone Just another case of a smiling face That aches to spite its nose It’s hard sometimes To recognise yourself But nevertheless I must confess And do exactly what the judge and jury says I must confess But like a coward from the lowest orders once said Be bold A new prognosis comes to light Each timer you pry Out of mind and sight The voices strike up in the dark And if you strain you’ll hear the pain Of a person, faintly, going insane It’s hard sometimes To analyse this part But nevertheless I must confess And do exactly what the judge and jury says I must confess But like a coward from the lowest orders once said Be bold
5.
Why did you light the match Set fire to your bed? I wanted to see the fire bobbies Were you listening to the TV screen Or the voices in your head? I wanted to see the fire bobbies I won’t unclench my fists because I’m not a liar Crumple up the paper Toss it in the fire The view from the valley is a state of mind Please change the world this time What fettle bonnie lad? Did your teachers tell you son? Don't ever play with matches I wanted to see the fire bobbies Just wait till you dad gets off the ward Just wait till he hears about this I wanted to see the fire bobbies I slowly lost my wits and then I fell into the mire Crumple up the paper Toss it in the fire The view from the valley is a state of mind Please change the world this time What fettle bonnie lad?
6.
One morning as the clouds were gathering Beyond the heavens I did spy The halo of the moon was sliding As the sun bled from the sky My conscience clear my reason civil They carried me to jail Now I fear no intervention Will lead the guards astray The wild flowers started trembling As their roots began to rise And when the ground was desecrated Clouded tears fell from her eyes I said my dear, please be civil Accompany my trail For I fear no intervention Will lead the guards astray A blanket ban they could not censor How this trouble came to pass Now all the world will know their ventures Blazes of glory turned to ash I do not fear that death awaits me I know our time will come And time will tell of our intention To lead the guards astray As the lights grew dim I saw Heaven moving through the cracks As voices trickled in They said off the blanket boys There's a dead man coming through And we get no satisfaction From the turning of the screw
7.
Capital is more rational than Das Kapital Disorder We’re gonna show you how To control You must divide and rule until it’s time to go Take my advice the thumb screw vice Brings the spies in from the cold We poach Free countries The sun never sets On juniper and gin and Gunga Din Go fetch I didn’t lie (Going once) I didn’t lie (Going twice) I didn’t lie (Sold) Very much obliged Here come the Bumper Sticker Patriots We Titans spin the globe with a carving knife Fault lines To make the world go round We raise the flag Every time we fill a quota or a body bag Lines on the map spring a trap Like territorial toe tags I didn’t lie (Going once) I didn’t lie (Going twice) I didn’t lie (Sold) Very much obliged Here come the Bumper Sticker Patriots We vote Free country The sun never sets We sail upon the graves of galley slaves Amen
8.
Into dust 03:47
Scatter gunning barefoot Into a fountain of ignored wishes Frozen by the sudden dawn Staring at the sky in disaffection Paralysed we drown in our reflection Read unto your children and when they are sleeping Load the gun with your goodbyes Eager to demand your full attention Flash bulb eyes don't recognise deception To rise and fall like the splintered wheel Collapsing as it turns another civilisation into dust Into dust Advertised – underneath the static Everlasting life assured Alibis, false idols and fanatics You can hear them scratching at your door Can you hear them scratching at your door? Expanding like delirium Inside of the confession When you can no longer hold it in We all agree to disagree objecting In silent cries we rise from genuflecting To rise and fall like the splintered wheel Collapsing as it turns another civilisation into dust Into dust
9.
Pretty little pearl with a price tag on Gritting your teeth like an oyster shell What can be done about the sun Drying up the poison well? Lifeless species floating up Instead of drifting back downstream I’d give my life for an aimless wish But I’ll never die for a king or queen If you have a fear of living There isn’t answers for everything Don’t fret Your life is just beginning Long before the wheels fell off We all walked through the old school gates With eyes like Raskolnikov Expanding into empty space With minds of fire, dreams turn to smoke Rainclouds douse the flames The black dog barks until it gags Forever straining on its chain So build a fire in your heart Burn everything you’ve ever learnt There’s nothing sadder than regretting For fear of life and getting burnt If you have a fear of living There isn’t answers for everything Don’t fret Your life is still worth living When you find the joy of living You won’t need answers for everything Don’t fret – your life is just beginning

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A word from your sponsors:

“Human history is littered with occasional bouts of enlightenment. Brief pauses in the slaughterhouse production line. Fag breaks in the fabric of time.

Optimists believe the pendulum will swing back from the abyss any century now, although, lesser mortals could be forgiven, for thinking that we won’t make it past the next turn of the wheel…

Twisted desire to return to an imagined past?
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Misplaced sense of self-importance?
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Inclination to blame scapegoats instead of facing reality?
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And so it continues.

An endless stream of stupefied heads, trickling down the steps of Ponzi scheme pyramids - clogging up the hourglass.

Still, during moments of reprieve, it is important to remember - that when Rome burned and the lynch mob brayed - Nero picked up his fiddle and played…”

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released January 29, 2021

Shaking Chains were:

Jack Mahoney
Nathan McIlroy
Alex Solo
Jack Hardiker

Music by Shaking Chains
Lyrics by McIlroy

Produced by Jim Noir

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Shaking Chains Manchester, UK

Debut Album ‘Overvalued Ideas’ out 29th Jan 2021.

”The overvalued idea, first described by Wernicke, refers to a solitary, abnormal belief that is neither delusional nor obsessional in nature, but which is preoccupying to the extent of dominating the sufferer's life.”

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6391600/
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