New Model Army new album - Unbroken.

[condemned2bfree]

New album from NMA. Great production, scathing poignant lyrics as expected from them. 

 

 

 

 

I did nothing wrong, I did nothing wrong
I was always straight and honest as the days were always long
I loved the job, I loved to help the people

I did nothing wrong, they found me in the morning
Asleep in a sea of paper, coffee stains and bits of paper
Failed sums and bits of paper and nothing still resolved

Tick the boxes only, only ones and zeros
Only tick the boxes, winners and losers only
Only right and wrong, innocent or guilty only

I stare at numbers and stare at the screen
I stare at numbers and stare at the walls closing in
I stare at numbers and stare at the screen
I stare at numbers and stare at the walls closing in

Machines do not lie, machines cannot lie
The company men arrive, business suits and poker faces
I offered what I could, but I am under suspicion

Must be, Somebody knows what’s going on, somebody isn’t saying
The strategies of money, multiply with others paying
And everything decided higher up the chain

I stare at numbers and stare at the screen
I stare at numbers and stare at the walls closing in
I stare at numbers and stare at the screen
I stare at numbers and stare at the walls closing in

The circuits, the logic, it follows, it follows, it follows…

 

That if you like that you’re going to love this
If you bought that, you’re going to buy this
If you followed that, you’re going to follow this
If you agreed with that, you can agree with this
If you like that you’re going to love this
If you bought that, you’re going to buy this
If you swallowed that, you’re going to swallow this
If you agreed with that, you can agree with this

And oh, the numbers game and the losers to take the blame
And the acrid smell of fear, it seeps in everywhere

I did nothing wrong, I told them in the courtroom
Now the sound of prison metal, the sound of closing gates
And worst of all, the sound of footsteps receding.......

 

Can't understand why NMA are not bigger than they are.

[Nova Carmina]

4 hours ago, condemned2bfree said:

 

Can't understand why NMA are not bigger than they are.

 

Luck and timing, as with most things . . . I loved "White Coats" back in the day!

[XanaduSuperConductor]

7 hours ago, condemned2bfree said:

Can't understand why NMA are not bigger than they are.

I think one of Spotify or Wikipedia alludes to the same thing.

They don't fit strongly into any 1 box musically-speaking which is probably one of the main reasons.

 

Love all the albums I've got or heard - e.g. Ghost of Cain, Impurity and Strange Brotherhood (maybe another). I must check out all the others I've missed plus this new one.

[condemned2bfree]

New Model Army - Language.

 

Give me salt, give me sugar, give me what I crave
A way to see how the animals see
Give me a story where the good people win at the end
I want a room with a view over a world on fire
Never try to second guess the heart’s desires in disarray
But the words will give us, they’ll give us away

 

The language of love will bring us love
The language of war will bring us war
The way that all the words become true
The way that all the words become true
The language of love will bring us love
The language of war will surely bring us war
We choose it, we own it, we choose it, we own it

 

 

Down from the sky they were coming – in this vision of the screaming cacophony of the wild hunt – let them pass, let them go – it would be the worst trip you’ve ever had, because if there’s one thing for sure, it’s that the pursuit of happiness will drive anyone mad. So let them go, careering and screeching through the world with the heads of the guilty on spikes paraded out in front of a sea of waving flags

 

 

The language of war will bring us war
The language of fear will bring us fear
The language of lies will bring us lies
The language of love will bring us love

And everything that touches anything makes a sound
Sometimes all you want to do is scream
We all had our chances and we know that we blew it
And so we live with the lie even though we see clean right through it
And in your beautiful eyes I can see the manifest forming
It’s the things that you fear the most that you’re going to make happen

 

 

The language of love will bring us love
The language of war will bring us war
The way that all the words become true
The way that all the words become true
The language of love will bring us love
The language of war will surely bring us war
We choose it, we own it, we choose it, we own it
We choose it, and we own it