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Single number 2 is the dystopian ‘BOW (Brave Old World)’. Despite the title and theme of the song, this was not recorded during the lockdown, it was instead made out of endless phone calls and file sharing between Flavio and Chris Shape, as well as recording sessions scattered over the years with the full band starting as early as 2014. The long, antsy intro sets the path for a track with a title and a set of lyrics perfectly fitting in the current climate even if produced in much ‘better days’.
lyrics
BOW (Brave Old World)
Brokers agencies rule the globe
welcome to a new Orwell's 1984
or if you prefer to Huxley's “Brave new world”
I feel lost and disoriented
No Press freedom, just lobbies' death sentences
We cannot decide on our own
the Will of economy is the new and only God
Teach us Chile and Salvador Allende
it wasn't enough “El pueblo te defiende”
Time has come to decide who to be
my choice is obliged
I just can be Winston Smith
for I hate the Big Brother
and his fucking new twins
A different level of awareness
maybe it will lead me to a strange kind of madness
that makes me struggle through pain
it's something you cannot buy in a mall market chain
Something deep inside of my soul
that could even kill me with this fucking new god
credits
released July 26, 2020
Written and performed by NKOS
Produced by Chris Shape
Final mixing and mastering Maurizio "Icio" Baggio
@ La Distilleria - Produzioni musicali
Released on Beatbuzz Records
Published by OML Sync
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