Wheels EP

by Lost Shadow

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This EP is based around songs about the symbol for the failure of our generation - cars.

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released 08 June 2011
All songs written by Johan Bengtsson, except Wheels written by Anders Bengtsson, and One man a guitar written by Johan Bengtsson and Anders Bengtsson. Arranged, programmed, performed, recorded and mixed by Lost Shadow at Phonocratic Records. Produced by Lost Shadow. Mastered by Lost Shadow at Phonocratic Mastering. Cover design by Johan Bengtsson.

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Track Name: Wheels (Radio Mix)
There is change in the air you're breathing
The thermometer seals what you have feared
That the global warming's here
Take a look at the world around you
Take a look at the sky and at the light
And the warmth that stays inside

As the temperature slowly rises
There'll be rain where there's but only there
So the deserts will expand
And the weather will show its powers
There'll be flooding and rain and even more
Of the things New Orleans saw

Somehow, wheels are spinning 'round
Wheels are spinning 'round
Wheels are spinning 'round

Now we all have agreed it's happening
Still, the question remains what can be done
If it's already begun
There's no magical innovation
That can hold the effects of greenhouse gas
So enjoy it while it lasts

Somehow, wheels are spinning 'round
Wheels are spinning 'round
Wheels are spinning 'round

The time we had
Enjoy it while it lasts

So far, you drive your car
Hundreds of miles
You run away
Hiding from the hurricane's eye
The storms are coming now
Frequent and fast
Oh, the weather's gone so crazy
Since the world got heated up
Oh, glaciers started melting
Polar ice caps growing thin
Oh, it'll sure be nice and cosy
If you're tall and like to swim

The time we had
Enjoy it while it lasts
The time we had
Enjoy it while it lasts

The time we had
Enjoy it while it lasts
Track Name: The Problem With Democracy (Infiltration Mix)
I'm lying on the highway
With my head down in the tarmac
Suppressed by the machines passing
Above me
A gun points at my head
I've got a warhead in my stomach
And they're aiming at me
Through their windscreens

Though I take count
In the mud
I'll come back
For your blood
You still move along the highway
Driving for escape
But there's nothing left
That going to stop it

The problem with democracy is you
And you, and you, and you
And you, and you
And everybody else
Who doesn't know their own good

They're tearing down my forests
Polluting all my water
Driving their machines
In my direction
They're killing off my children
By exploiting our resources
And burning up their gas
To warm their asses

And they dare
To proceed
But one day
They must concede
That the problems that we're facing
We're once in our own hands
But there was nothing that
We did to stop it

The problem with democracy is you
And you, and you, and you
And you, and you
And everybody else
Who doesn't know their own good

It's you, it's you, it's you
And you, and you, and you
And everybody else
Who refuses to take action

The problem with democracy is you
And you, and you, and you
And you, and you
And everybody else
Yes everybody else

It's you, it's you, it's you
And you, and you, and you
And everybody else
Yes everybody else

Denying the problems
We're causing today
Just wait till tomorrow
You'll see exactly what we'll face
Track Name: One Man A Car
Every night I see the cars
On the roads they're driving down
A steady queue, rolling on
The streets of my hometown

Behind most wheels there's a lonely man
In his later middle-age
But once in a while a woman
Or a family in their cage

The argument is that
If you sit in endless lines
You save your time and wisdom
And could get home in time for wine

So every morning, every night
These people burn our gas
Emptying resources
That was meant to last

One day flowers will blossom through the tarmac
Where the cars are rolling today
And once in a distant future
Trees will grow in the ruins of our cities

Every night I see the cars
Steadily rolling on
Unaffected by the price of oil
Or the taxes put upon

'Cause everybody needs their car
To go from here to there
A behaviour destructing
The entire biosphere

But one day flowers will blossom through the tarmac
Where the cars are rolling today
And once in a distant future
Trees will grow in the ruins of our cities

What is it with cars that turns sane human beings
Into creatures of arrogance and hate
That dishonours their natural feelings
To go faster in their respective lanes

One day flowers will blossom through the tarmac
Where the cars are rolling today
And once in a distant future
Trees will grow in the ruins of our cities

That day flowers will blossom through the tarmac
Where the cars are rolling today
Nature will hold a quiet celebration
While trees start growing in the ruins of our cities
Track Name: Venom
I see them every morning as they're driving down the street
I see them at McDonald's as they're passing by to eat
I see them at the bus stop, as they're standing in the way
I see them causing trouble, and quickly run away
I see them at the highway, risking other people's health
I see them on the backstreets, as a sign of higher wealth
I see them in the city, jamming all important roads
I see them all polluting, until this freaking world implodes

It's a venom!
It's a venom!
All these cars surrounding us

And it's deeply buried in the culture that we built
Buried in society and thus no-one's feeling quilt
It doesn't really matter, what you say and what you do
Because once the industry finds out, they'll be bribing or killing you
And no-one ever talks about the million of deaths
That is caused by this so-called freedom, killing more people than meth
As if that was not enough, we are burning up our oil
Regardless of the consequences and the planet that we spoil

It's a venom!
It's a venom!
All these cars surrounding us

It's a venom!
It's a venom!
All these cars are killing us
Track Name: Zwischenzug
This moment in time
Where our civilisation stand
Is just a phase passing by
An intermediate move, while grand

And we know what we do
And we know where we're heading
And we know that we're doomed
But we still move on

The things that we do
And the things that we consume
Takes away more than they return
This is a strategy that is doomed

Take a look around
At the place in which you're living
It is just a phase passing by
An intermediate move you're given

And we know what we do
And we know where we're heading
And we know that we're doomed
But we still move on

And we know what we do
And we know where we're heading
And we know that we're doomed
But we still move on
Track Name: Wheels (Long Version)
There is change in the air you're breathing
The thermometer seals what you have feared
That the global warming's here
Take a look at the world around you
Take a look at the sky and at the light
And the warmth that stays inside

As the temperature slowly rises
There'll be rain where there's but only there
So the deserts will expand
And the weather will show its powers
There'll be flooding and rain and even more
Of the things New Orleans saw

Somehow, wheels are spinning 'round
Wheels are spinning 'round
Wheels are spinning 'round

Now we all have agreed it's happening
Still, the question remains what can be done
If it's already begun
There's no magical innovation
That can hold the effects of greenhouse gas
So enjoy it while it lasts

Somehow, wheels are spinning 'round
Wheels are spinning 'round
Wheels are spinning 'round

The time we had
Enjoy it while it lasts

So far, you drive your car
Hundreds of miles
You run away
Hiding from the hurricane's eye
The storms are coming now
Frequent and fast
Oh, the weather's gone so crazy
Since the world got heated up
Oh, glaciers started melting
Polar ice caps growing thin
Oh, it'll sure be nice and cosy
If you're tall and like to swim

The time we had
Enjoy it while it lasts
The time we had
Enjoy it while it lasts

The time we had
Enjoy it while it lasts