Out On Top

from Green Screen by Chris Harris

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Rather than rushing to meet the target of fifty songs for Fifty/Ninety: The Prequel, I kept working on songs until I was happy with them. This particular song was rewritten and rerecorded several times as I removed some of the more clunky lyrics, and I reckon the extra effor paid off.

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You know they're out there from the mess they leave behind
They could make things better but they're not that way inclined
If they don't see the value, they just burn it to the ground
They love to raise their margins when it's morally unsound

Won't run out of money
But we're running out of time

They keep pretending that the party never stops
They'll burn the planet just so they come out on top

With no resources everything comes to a halt
Claim market forces, not behaviour, were at fault
No surprise that some of them are making plans to leave
It's hard to run the planet when you find it hard to breathe

The way they carry on has simply no defence
They made their fortunes by denying common sense
Don't care how many generations they've betrayed
All that matters is the lovely profit that they've made

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from Green Screen, released July 7, 2021

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Chris Harris Bristol, UK

I'm still trying to get the music I record to sound like the version I can hear in my head. To do this I've ended up playing every instrument I can get my hands on. These days, I'm closer to "That Sound" than I used to be, but the journey continues.

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