Slave of Days by Dark Company, from the album Mind Dance.
Lyrics by P. Greatorex. Music by G. Davies/P. Greatorex/S. Lock.
Copyright © 2015 Wud Records. Copyright ℗ 1999 Explicit Music/Rotgut Records.
Performers: PJ Speed - vocals Zak Black - guitars Maxx Damage - bass Sven Stiglund - drums
SLAVE OF DAYS So low you really can’t be seen So low drifting in a dream So low locked in your mind Hiding from the people that you left behind
Geometry is measuring buildings of force Crescents and circles through twilight they walk Cameo cutbacks of everyday life Cutting out the pictures with my sharp little knife
So low you really can’t be seen So low drifting in a dream So low locked in your mind Hiding from the people that you left behind
I can’t taste the people they are melting away In brushed out rush hours twice a day And suicide surgeons inside their heads Slice up reality both living and dead
So low you really can’t be seen So low drifting in a dream So low locked in your mind Hiding from the people that you've left behind Hiding from the people that you've left behind Hiding from the people that you've left behind Hiding from the people
Fun Facts: Slave of Days is a song in the key of B. It only has three chords - A, B and F#. If you don't like playing bar chords, you can transpose it down to A and play just G, A and E, or to D and play just C, D and A. We always loved the raw punky energy of this song. ‘So low’ refers to keeping your head down and remaining out of sight, rather than suffering from depression. The references to geometry and shapes come from visualisation exercises to practice when studying the Kaballah. This is a song about the happy and bewildered misfit, looking in from society’s ragged edge.
See also: http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/dark-company/mind-dance http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/dark-company/mind-dance/slave-of-days https://soundcloud.com/wud-records/slave-of-days?in=wud-records/sets/dark-company-mind-dance-demos http://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/ https://twitter.com/Dark_Company https://twitter.com/WudRecords
Email: darkcompany@wudrecords.co.uk