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The Saltire / Majestic Masses

by Fotzepolitic

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1.
The Saltire 04:07
A familiar face That you don’t recognise I knew the real St. Andrew A Parliament can’t change my mind Like the Cromarty Firth He’s always by your side So cut us free into the North Sea And leave the despots behind I have got to let you know I have got to let you know I will always be on your side As the Saltire flies A Hebridean Isle A Clynelish bottle Or as far as I can be From the House of the Lords No modern Highland clearance In a subtle new fashion I will meet you in George Square Armed with love and passion I have got to let you know I have got to let you know I will always be on your side As the Saltire flies So, take a stroll though Weir’s Way There’s still so much to see We’ll protect our future By teaching ‘Chomsky’ in our schools Teach ‘Chomsky’ in our schools Teach 'Chomsky' in our schools
2.
A wasted day and a wasted night Everything changed by the time you’d arrived The empty words, the hyperbole The blatant lie of democracy The constant fear and moral disguise Or the chance to build better lives? Maybe we all want the same things? Do you count your money or your blessings? Maybe one day we’ll all realise It was already broken It is already broken They will crush you in the comfort of your own home Then we’ll pay a fortune to repeat it all The heart-string/purse-string choreography Is the germ warfare of our 'democracy' You’re on your knees in this austerity And ‘The Vow’ of change is a mere fallacy I know we all want the same things But some of us hide and some of us scream The Beat(en) Generation have realised It was already broken It is already broken It is already broken It is already broken If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention It is already broken It is already broken You've only got yourself to blame You've only got yourself to blame It is already broken It is already broken
3.
I need a new addiction One that cures the one before And all those fatalistic flaws I need a new obsession Something real, to pacify the failings And all that they’ve tried to steal With every passing year, passing year Making a soul austere, soul austere With every passing year, passing year Making a soul austere, soul austere I need a new addiction One that cures the one before and the one before And all those poisoned thoughts I need a new diction, a new alphabet To find some words to describe all this holy fucking mess There’s no pride before the fall An end stuck on repeat A new collapse of progress Where no more ends can meet With every passing year, passing year Making a soul austere, soul austere With every passing year, passing year Making a soul austere, soul austere These walls heighten But you never really tried to climb them These walls heighten But you never really tried to climb them With every passing year, passing year With every passing year, passing year

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Debut double single from Fotzepolitic with exclusive bonus track 'Forward to Square One'.

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released August 26, 2015

Written by Robertson/Willox/Daniel
Recorded and mixed by Les Willox
Backing vocals by Louise Quinn
Original photo of Tom Weir taken by Eric Drew 1967

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Fotzepolitic Glasgow, UK

Doug Daniel on Bass Guitar.

Richey Robertson on Vocals, Words.

Les Willox on Guitar and Synth, Drum, Programming and Computer.

"Fotzepolitic have a deep-layered complex sound with an emphasis on the electronic, which is dark and bleak and with strong views on the science of government"
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