Always The Same
Lyric
Granny lives by gaslight these days,
Power cuts the options away.
Men of money say to us,
Leave it to the prosperous.
Stockholm-under-Thames is safe,
From grace.
Lie ‘til you’re blue in the heart,
Love doesn’t tear us apart.
It’s always the same,
Line up the next one to blame.
And it’s always been the same,
Here.
Still she reads her hate mail with glee,
Burning all my bridges for me.
Aussie rules for patriots,
Freedom’s just for idiots,
Times they are a-staying still,
For the shill.
Lie ‘til you’re blue in the heart,
Love doesn’t tear us apart.
It’s always the same,
Line up the next one to blame.
And it’s always been the same here
Yeah it’s always been the same,
Oh and I can’t believe the news today,
Hit the cross it goes away.
Winston lives in us again.
Time is running out for her fast,
Answers never lay in the past.
History is always changing.
Facts are just for rearranging.
Old dogs never learn new tricks,
Nothing they would like to fix.
They just lie out in the sun,
‘Til you’re blue in the heart,
Love doesn’t tear us apart.
It’s always the same,
Line up the next one to blame.
And it’s always been the same here
Yeah it’s always been the same,
Yeah it’s always been the same.
Story
The English speaking world (and quite probably beyond) has a terrible issue with the media controlling the agenda and, basically, brainwashing the public. I think the lyrics are self explanatory and not even thinly veiled. Although I will say, Winston – in this instance – is from a book.
This came together very quickly, written specifically for the album. No idea where that intro guitar came from and I have no recollection of working on it!