Voltage in the Wire

Voltage in the Wire

Jazz inflected groove with a nod to music of the Middle East gives a dark and unflinching look at human frailty and the consequence of our choices.

Alt Rock, Soundtrack, Songwriter, Spoken Word, Dramatic, Hypnotic, Poetic, Gritty, Trip-Hop, World, Jazz, Noir

• Lyrics

  This small man goes bumpin' to the top
  where the sad man sits shattered and lost
  There were two men in the ring for a night
  Neither man had a stomach for the fight

  This blonde chick goes bendin’ for some cash
  where tha blue girl’s slippin’ roofies down the hatch
  both women with a leper’s luck to lose
  skippin’, flippin’ in some shiny shiny shoes

  When one turns on the other turns on the other turns
  When one takes a swing, takes a drink, takes another never learns
  When one turns on the other turns on the other turns
  When one takes a swing, takes a drink, takes another never learns

  Two kids wearing daddy’s pistol just for fun
  Swipen’ comics, Shootin’ bottles, Chewin’ gum
  One trips, loses balance, on the curb
  Nails the other, in the silence, not a word

  Two men, cutting corners, carved in steel
  Shaking hands, behind our backs, cementing deals
  Both, tongue waggers wielding armies, might and fire
  Set a scene, where no one will escape the voltage in the wire

  When one turns on the other turns on the other turns
  When one takes a swing, takes a drink, takes another never learns
  When one turns on the other turns on the other turns
  When one takes a swing, takes a shot, takes another never learns