Your alarm call, people! A production that nods in a few ways towards Manchester, and in particular New Order and the guitar sounds created by Jonny Marr for Electronic. I wanted to create a real up tempo rousing song that would open a show, or indeed an album, and this was it. The lyrics about self-belief (a common theme in these songs) are borne out of several years of hardship at ‘the factory’ and are really more a note to self than anyone else.
lyrics
Wake Up And Believe!
Starting up, starting out;
Gold in the soul, hope in your doubt,
Looking up, looking in;
No better ending for you to begin, baby.
Don’t take the path that leads from your road,
You gotta find your own way;
Take or leave, sink or swim, fight or flight, love or anguish.
Getting out, getting free;
You’re no fool, you just dare to believe,
Stepping through, walking to
The thin line no-one else drew for you.
Don’t take the path that leads from your road,
You gotta find your own way;
Take or leave, sink or swim, fight or flight, love or anguish.
Don’t see it, wake up and believe,
Wake up and believe it’s for you.
Don’t see it, wake up and believe,
Wake up and believe that it’s true.
Making out, making do,
Make the most of all you can do.
Keep ahead, keep your head,
No shame when you’re no longer being lead, baby.
Don’t take the path that leads from your road,
You gotta find your own way;
Take or leave, sink or swim, fight or flight, love or anguish.
Don’t see it, wake up and believe,
Wake up and believe it’s for you.
Don’t see it, wake up and believe,
Wake up and believe that it’s true.
credits
from Uneven Slices Of Sky,
released December 16, 2015
Written, recorded, performed and produced by Iain Clarke
Hailing from Leeds, West Yorkshire, and now residing in Wakefield, a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in his own right,
Iain has played with well received Yorkshire bands including Hobson, Ringo and the Wolf, Late Arrivals Club, Crossland Fold and Nine Violets as well as releasing an album with respected New York artist Marc Teamaker and songs alongside Craig Buchannan as 2018 BC....more
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