War in Slow Motion

by Brighter Than a Thousand Suns

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Looking back at what was a very turbulent year, I can't help but feel that we’re not telling ourselves the right stories about what’s coming next, thus letting long-term problems become obscure, inaccessible islands in an ocean of present-tense distraction. This song is about how we need to be better at getting a good reputation with future-us and acting in such a way so that who we are now is worth the trust of who we will become.

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They captured god and now he's dead
Just pray enough to think you’re god instead
The sides you take are made to break
This grave injustice takes justice to the grave

Nothing has changed
Just sitting complaining
The monsters have awakened
This time no one’s faking

We are broken 
We’re all too lost to notice 
We are choking
 And all our gods are hopeless
Break it open
 Half the battle’s knowing 
The system that we've chosen 
Feels like war in slow motion

Take this filthy flesh and make it clean
Let freedom ring as long as it’s skin deep
So throw these stones and pierce this skin
To get to heaven, the preacher has to sin

Drowning in violence
On fire with silence
The science of compliance
Won’t quiet down the sirens

Why do all the things that matter most
Move way too slow?
Why do we have to lose our hope
Just to get some control?

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released December 11, 2020
Angelika Roswell: Vocals, Drums
Randy Roswell: Guitars, Synthesizer, Bass, Programming

Written, recorded, performed, produced, programed, mixed, mastered, engineered and arranged by Brighter Than A Thousand Suns.

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