Red Union

(2006) Black Box Recorder
01. W.M.D.
03. Two feet down
04. Disagree
05. Operation certain death
06. Uncle says
07. There is power in a union
08. American soldier
09. Loaded gun
10. Party people
11. No lesson learned
12. Constant state of war
13. Radio, radio (Elvis Costello cover)



01. W.M.D.

I am all alone,
and I need someone to stand here by my side
someone to watch my back a sidekick
a shield a hammer and a helping hand
to stand firm for what is right

And I see you walking down the street
with your pockets full of TNT
Putting an end to all this misery
Oh, I'm telling you -This will be the blast

CHORUS
I've got a weapon of mass destruction
inside my head
Weapon of mass destruction
and alert status red
You and I, we are the same,
we both got what it takes
we just have to kick it till it breaks

And I am scared,
but not as much as when I was alone
now there are four hands clenching fists
And they will see,
there's nothing that the two of us can't do
we'll bring their fortress down

They can send their dogs to sniff
there's nothing they will find
cause it's not in hidden storage
it's deep inside my mind



03. Two feet down

This week has been goin' rather slowly
just like those one before but I am never sure
just what tomorow carries for me
could be there something more than TV and alchohol

please don't tell me, my life's an dead end streak
and everything I did in vain
I have my share dissapointment and despair
and it's my game and I wanna' play

With my two feet down on a shaking ground
nothing's certain but uncertainty
It's a one of ways to save the day
like I, I still belive
you know that I, I still belive

Finaly I'm getting used to failing
It took a lot of years, but now I got no fears
and I saved my soul, my ship is sailing
the sky is getting clear
and better days are near

so please don't tell me, my life's an dead end streak
and everything I did in vain
I have my share dissapointment and despair
and it's my game and I wanna' play

With my two feet down on a shaking ground
nothing's certain but uncertainty
It's a one of ways to save the day
like I, I still belive
you know that I, I still belive

With my two feet down, down, down

With my two feet down on a shaking ground
nothing's certain but uncertainty
It's a one of ways to save the day
like I, I still belive
you know that I, I still belive
oh trust me I, I still belive in nothing



04. Disagree

If you are sleepless just like me
if you’re gripped by anger fear and shame
If you see things others can’t see
Or they see but they don’t seem to care
Tell me what makes you feel alright
tell me what makes you feel alive
I feel good when I’m not on their side
I just wanna take them for a ride

Disagree, disagree, disagree
with the rest of the world
Disagree, disagree, disagree
how I like that word!

If you’re an asshole just like me
self-sufficient narcissist who dares
with sense of justice buried deep
underneath the layers of blind hate
Tell me what makes you feel alright
tell me what makes you feel alive
I feel good when I’m not on their side
I just wanna take them for a ride

And every night becomes a struggle,
I’m counting scars instead of sheep
then it isn’t any wonder
that I’m growing out of sleep
I take my anger and frustration,
without a medicine
Without a handful of pill
Sanity against dementia
And another night to kill...



05. Operation certain death

Can you believe that we believed
there are good times laying ahead
There is a sun behind the cloud
and new thought in their heads
But the evil goes for another round
and the life's still somewhere else
This is gonna be a battleground
And we don't see any sense

Do you wanna go with me
Operation certain death
A Lonely voice of sanity
until our final breath

Now again we are on our own
So let's bring on the sound
Set your guitar on rapid fire
shoot the boredom to the ground
Evil turns another round
and the song remains the same
if it's gonna be a battleground
then we're still in the game

Cause we don't believe
a word they say
Our future wasn't yesterday
And we stand against the things they do
They're not fooling me and you



06. Uncle says

The scenery sets as we’re slowly sliding
Through the small town up in the north
the place - his van, I sit beside him
and now he’s opening his part, he’s telling me
See all these people, we gave ‘em too much rights
and now it’s all coming back
And I could tell him
but I don’t wanna fight
I’ll turn the music up and just sit back

He reacts to certain colors
and one of them is red
he talks about the folks in power
“it comes as no surprise the guy is dead”
Out in the open road
there’s nothing to do but drive
and I’m OK with you
if you will help me kill some time
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
what you want and I won’t mind
You’re the one who’s driving so it’s fine
Tell me who you hate the most
How we’re the best of all the nations
Today I’ve sent my brain off on vacation

He is sure that I don’t like it
But there’s still time for me to learn
He once was young, he knew everything
and when the time comes, I’ll make the right turn



07. There is power in a union

Would you have freedom from Wage slavery,
Then come join the grand Industrial band
Would you from mis'ry and hunger be free,
Then come, do your share, lend a hand

(Chorus)
There is pow'r there is pow'r in a band of workingfolks,
When they stand hand in hand,
That's a pow'r, that's a pow'r
That must rule in every land
One Industrial Union Grand.

If you like sluggers to beat off your head,
Then don't organize, all unions despise.
If you want nothing before you are dead,
Shake hands with your boss and look Wise.

Come, all ye workers, from every land,
Come, join in the grand industrial band
Then we our share of this earth shall demand.
Come on! Do your share, lend a hand
...there’s a power in the union!



08. American soldier

There's a million desperate people
and a country in a mess
superpower's ever ready
for a bloody game of chess
And the pressure's getting higher
They want government to fall
soon the star-spangled banner
will fly above them all

American soldier threatens world with a gun
while the stars and stripes are blocking the sun
American soldier guarantee of peace
American soldier businessman of war
doesn’t know what he’s fighting for
such firepower needs no excuse

10 years of occupation
we’re in for 1000 more
we traded the cruel dictator
for an endless civil war

We're no longer in the headlines
our suffering's last year's news
no one cares if it's a bomb blast
mass slaughter or a truce

Foreign policy, ensure supremacy
enforce democracy, put weapons to the test
we’re all expendable, we’re all collateral,
US confederal
Let’s spin the globe and see who’s next?



09. Loaded gun

This is the point of no return
you've got nowhere to run
nowhere to turn
So, c'mon now you used and abused
Come on now -explode and burn
Chorus:
Look what you've done
you destroyed me for fun
I won't shut up and I won't run
Look what you've done
you destroyed me for fun
now I am a loaded gun
No emotions, no control
I won't do what I'm told
nothing to lose, nothing to hold
my mind is poisoned
my world is sold
Chorus...
Loaded gun is one the loose
pointed right into your head
this gun has no choice to chose
this gun wants to see you DEAD
Chorus



10. Party people

I lost a will of my own when I was five
ever since then I’m not sure if I’m alive
I went to school but I didn’t learn a thing
and I don’t care what tomorrow will bring

Give me some drugs
cause I can still see reality
war crimes and fucked up economy
gimme some or I will start to think
Play me something boring and repetitive
all music needs to be a sedative
I just wanna dance all night long

I’ve got no purpose I’ve got no goal
with special interest in nothing at all
I did my best to turn out like this
not aware of all the things that I miss

Whole world is a Disneyland
I’m more stupid than yesterday



11. No lesson learned

another day of broken promises
our little games behind (childrens backs)
our petty lies brings sunshine to our lives
yet we pretend our ..............

It seems like everyone helps everyone
when I think ....................
just having fun with all that's been said and done
that we don't get but we deserve

dust to dust, there's no much rust
just standing at betrayal

heads are rolling in the shadows where we hide
our ...... are tied, we're not afraid to use them
word is spoken but there's no turning back
'cause ........ for attack, the crossbows come in hand
for whome this arrows are intended

another day, another victory we're getting
.......................
It makes me sick just trying to ......
the ship we sail .................
......... is at my throat it never matters who
we ........ eachothers out cause that is what we do
...................... pouring down
just counting days when It's all through

day by day, same games we play
wake me up, when it's all over

yesterday I had a dream can you tell me what it means
we were shaking hands with everyone we meet
is there anyway to break from this hell that we create



12. Constant state of war

We’re in the constant state of war
it makes no sense, it takes us nowhere
and though I longer hear the sirens call
I still know that it’s not over

We move in packs, find safety in the numbers
We scan the streets for signs of danger
Eyes at the back of your head,
one second and you’re dead
Evil lurks in the face of stranger

Out in the streets singin’ rebel anthems
down in the trenches yellin’ battle songs
Bombs and broken bottles flying thru the air
Choking on the tear gas or in the city smog

There’s too much tension in the air
Too many sins, too many scores to settle
New generation on the way,
fed with lies and waiting for the day
to release the hate and take the final battle

Chorus...

Stick a showel in the dirt
and you will find the legacy our parents
parents left behind
our parents left behind for us

And I listen all day what the media say
Xenophobic propaganda and the bullshit debates
Brain dead scholars, with outdated cliches
Priests, crooks and generals, heads of states
It’s just a right-wing freakshow on public display
We’re back to good old 1991



13. Radio, radio (Elvis Costello cover)

I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial
doing anything my radio advised
with every one of those late night stations
playing songs bringing tears to me eyes
I was seriously thinking about hiding the receiver
when the switch broke 'cause it's old
They're saying things that I can hardly believe.
They really think we're getting out of control.

Chorus:
Radio is a sound salvation
Radio is cleaning up the nation
They say you better listen to the voice of reason
But they don't give you any choice
'cause they think that it's treason.
So you had better do as you are told.
You better listen to the radio.

I wanna bite the hand that feeds me.
I wanna bite that hand so badly.
I want to make them wish they'd never seen me.

Some of my friends sit around every evening
and they worry about the times ahead
But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference
and the promise of an early bed
You either shut up or get cut up;
they don't wanna hear about it.
It's only inches on the reel-to-reel.
And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools
tryin' to anaesthetise the way that you feel

Chorus

Wonderful radio
Marvelous radio
Wonderful radio
Radio, radio...