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As Seen On CCTV

by Matt Parker

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1.
Tightrope 03:41
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Standing on a tightrope Stranded in midair Struggling to balance Mortality aware Scared of looking downwards As the drop below is much too far The pole is getting heavy Sliding through the hands Braced against the headwind Submit to their demands A sharp intake of breath precedes The muffled yelp and strangled roar (Chorus) Balanced barefoot on the rope Time to think about letting go But what lies below Taking two steps backwards And forwards only one Never reach the destination All progress is undone Forced to dance the moonwalk On a tightrope 40 metres high
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Public 04:16
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See that post? They see it too Tracking down your latest move Right or wrong, they don't care Intercepting as you share And I bet you feel secure at home Check the blinds you’re not alone (Chorus) Ever get that subtle feeling That they’re watching from behind Staking out your public persona Trying to get inside your mind To take control Watch your mouth, they’re listening in They have been where you’ve ever been Suit and tie, and dark grey shades An SUV, no ID displayed Behind the tree, the silhouette You didn’t see so just forget
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Raven 03:38
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If you get rid of me The tower will fall down Can’t wait to see the back of me Not hard to push around That's what you wanted all along But your prediction’s very wrong (Chorus) Taking flight the raven turns and then escapes Wraps its wings in an embrace That’s soon replaced You think you can dishonour me And maybe that's your plan I sympathise to some degree But expect the final stand I can see it in your eyes So it comes as no surprise Sticks and stones Can’t scar these brittle bones But the words they always sting When you say them
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Tongue 04:25
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Twisting and flapping Never making sense At the end of the argument Offered no defence Stacking the odds Before the debts accrue A sign of the times A case of déjà vu (Chorus) Tongue, bite your tongue Tongue Declaring the winner Before the race has run Like a kid let loose In the candy store Suitably rationed But left wanting more Addicted to shame Come to steal the show Can’t be hurt By what is never known Draped in the flag Never fringed with gold Follow the trail Down to Mexico Fortune favours The less than the brave Under CPR But still can’t be saved
5.
Greed 04:49
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This city is dangerous It cuts like a knife Traffic flowing down a one way street No time to fight Overtime not injury time Shots ring out on Kings Road Double blasts of shotgun Pay back what’s been owed (Chorus) The city's pulling free Break the shackles of greed And dare to disagree Mirrors life across the water And when the story's untold Always follow the gold Illegal influence But still no consequence Meanwhile in the suburbs Mr and Mrs Jones Keeping up with the neighbours Finance it all with loans Equity in the negative Sell the family car Not enough to stave off repossession Ride the wave but not too far
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Planet 04:26
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Looking back, travelled so far A green outline all that's left Floating off, no more sunset All the memories seem bereft Moving faster, increasing speed Boosters dropped long ago A silhouette against the starlight Much more time, now it's slowed (Chorus) Once more over the rainbow Once more into the sun Wide awake in the tiny capsule The countdown’s just begun Pressurised but with no air Docking control engaged A weightless dark relationship Connected via open space
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Medicated 04:10
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Drowning in a sea of pills Testing their performance Keep from slipping off downhill Accept this circumstance Jump right back in to the fray Expect reaction no delay (Chorus) Balance, it’s the new mantra Balance, the new prayer Balance, control the anger Balance, and repair Prick the finger with the lance Note the boundary readings Can’t afford to leave to chance Cauterise the bleeding Measured dose but mind the gap Navigate the hidden traps Before it was watching from the sidelines Before it was mainly sympathy Before it was waiting for the punch line But that’s before it affected me
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Sloth 04:15
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Woke up late again today Just in time to catch the matinee Filling up on TV Another coffee And a smoke Back to sleep until midday Ignore the morning cabaret Never met the postman Bills delivered But never read (Chorus) Stuck in the position A fading apparition The spark slowly ebbing away Time is for forgetting And nerves are for unsettling again It stays the same The satellite invades the tomb Illuminates the darkened room Stranded on the sofa Remote control Glued to the hand
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Vandal 04:00
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Scarf tied to hide the face Lurking in the shadows Entertained by every chase Covertly underexposed Tag it And admire it Then on to the next wall Fluorescent basement sign Hiding in the rat run Phosphorescent alibi Stylistic but overdone Tag it And admire it Then on to the next wall (Chorus) You’re just a vandal Just a vandal A petty vandal Sprayed your parting shot Within a cause you can’t control A stencil autograph As seen on CCTV A spray can epitaph Monosyllabic eulogy Tag it And admire it Then on to the next wall
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Emergency 05:34
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It's an emergency It's time to follow through This fateful spell This hateful shell This view If only you'd permit yourself To see the vision before your eyes The intervening years The fading cheers The garden full of wine (Chorus) A million voices calling out to me Timeless cries Dragged through history Chaotic laughter Formed from background noise Echoes across the void It's an emergency Our only chance is running out We roll the dice We pay the price We doubt And so we carry on Without a thought, without a sound With all the poisoning And the torturing We turn and face the crowd

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Written and recorded in February 2016 as an entry for the RPM Challenge

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released March 1, 2016

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