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Drinks in Helsinki

The first video of our seven day campaign where we will write and record a new song each day based on the newspapers headlines...

Today we picked a story featured in The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/what-ndash-and-where-ndash-n...

Lyrics:

THE WIRE

so its your right to know
now its there for the take, on show
pledge your heart for Assange today
and get the fire fights underway

its inviting
words indicting
draw you in
its so exciting

we could overturn their stones
we could let it go unknown
but put your (glory aside)

letters lost along your page
are names that chose to hideaway
but somewhere crosshairs line up too
and now the targets are in view
stand down (put your glory aside)

they will promise you a home
but you cant see through a smoked window
how could trust ever work one way
if your lost in a shade of grey

its dividing
who's enlightened
cuts you take from
truths they're hiding

they could overturn their stones
or they could let it stay uknown
but put your (glory aside)

letters lost along the way
were never for your eyes to lay
they'll feed you til your full enough
thats when your questions fade to dust
stand up (put your glory aside)

Day 1 - The Wire

Day 2 of our 7 songs in 7 days campaign.

An important story we're covering today.  

Covered in The Sunday Times the story inspired us to write about how our government have been propping up the Gaddafi regime in previous years.

In effect, helping to build the monster he is today.

Day 2 - Little Beast

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The third video of our seven day campaign where we write and record a new song each day based on the newspapers headlines...
Today we picked a story covered by The Independent:
&lt;a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/top-h...
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/top-h...&lt;/p&gt;

Lyrics:

In the midday sun
the kids they play with guns
notes on the streets on the doorstep of the slums
boarded up windows
that they cant see through
hide the apathy of the ones that lead you
as debris falls in cities drowned in debt
door signs open but are dripping inneglect
every morning waking
the people and the patients
are waiting on the word that decisions have been taken

so dont save just yourself
when walls are shouting for help
and there is no cure for time that works

as sand dunes fall from the pillars of the school
the whys are ringin

Day 3 - Hourglass

Day 4 of our 7 songs in 7 days campaign where we write record and produce a new song each day based on a UK national newspaper headline from the day.

Todays choice was The Guardian.

Headline: BROKEN PRISON SYTEM TO BLAME FOR RIOTS - KEN CLARKE

Link to the story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/05/kenneth-clarke-riots-penal-system

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LYRICS:

embraced by canopies I tread
through a forest
my only company my breath
when I lay still upon the ground
I hear the talking
and as the breeze brings in what's said
I sense the rage and tempers flare
something prompts me to dare
something i crave

I climbed up to the hills incensed
by an aura
of smoke and violence in the air
and there I saw
something so new
burning towns and flames
could I find here like minded friends?
or long lost brokers of despair?
what is remorse and forced regret?
in my eyes only as a guess 

Day 4 - Pharos

Day 5 of our 7 songs in 7 days campaign:

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Nearly ten years on from 9/11...

HEADLINE:
An Afghan life, from taliban fighter to U.S contractor.

Link to article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/06/9-11-taliban-fighter-us-contracts...

LYRICS:

coals of a past time
are still warm
today I'm marking out the steps
to move on
navigating through the way
that I've carved
on dry lakes I placed the boat
and its hard

and as I try to find the place
I thought about
dams are falling at my feet
I dont have the time to
watch them melt away
high enough to mask
the view of what to do
and what I hoped
was almost over starts again
yes I try to find the place I thought about
dams are falling

days stand so still
signs are concealed
my fight wears thin
my eyes a field

ascending lights of a new day
and I feel sure
my chance is there again to take
and I feel strong
as I slip through a place I've found
under shade
my footsteps faulter in the mud
that they've laid

Day 5 - Dams

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Day 6 of our 7 songs in 7 days campaign... and shocking revelations come from The Sun!
HEADLINE:
COWELL: MY THREE-IN-BED SECRET.
The shock is that this story actually made it to a front page...
...but anyway, a great excuse to write a song about Simon Cowell
LYRICS:
So everybody take your seats
for god will now grace your TV
to simplify your soul
he'll lead us from our unkempt lives
we're dull and deprived
until our faults are polished through
what Simon says goes
you know, applaud, oblige
and you're reborn alive

Simon says its time for bed
what to do
do what he says

with an unrelenting charm
and cynic smile he's armed
he'll have you marching to his beat
you wont know why you're drawn
and disciples in tea rooms
are caught inside the show
who is this man that you look to
what Simon says you can't ignore
youve tried before to hide
so close you find you fold

Simon says get in my bed
what to do 
do what he says


Day 6 - Simon Says

Day 7 - The Times. 

Headline: 
TEN YEARS ON, BLAIR SAYS IRAN IS THE REAL ENEMY. 

Story:http://juliesthinktank.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/tony-blair-%E2%80%93-ten-years-on-iran-is-the-real-enemy/

The final song of our 7 songs in 7 days campaign. Please check out all the previous songs from the 7 day project and follow us here:

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Lyrics:

he's an old friend of mine
he waited on me all the time
we used to see eye to eye
and I never talked in spite
I fell on backheels most times
some worry carried through the years
rumours circled up to me
soon enough confirmed my fears

yeh he was a friend one time 
but now he's got me asking why
he chose
to turn his back on how i tried
to lead us to a common ground
and home

years went by without a call
I smiled upon what we built 
word made its way to me
that in the town blood was spilled
I wondered how could this be
knowing there's no hatred here
as I reached the blood stained street
an old friend was waiting for me

he's an old friend of mine
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