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Primal Scream - Deep Dark Waters (Official Visualiser)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Primal Scream
Primal Scream
Performer
David Holmes
David Holmes
Loops
Bobby Gillespie
Bobby Gillespie
Vocals
David Wrench
David Wrench
Programming
Andrew Innes
Andrew Innes
Guitar
Jay Bellerose
Jay Bellerose
Drums
Davey Chedwidden
Davey Chedwidden
Percussion
Jason Falkner
Jason Falkner
Bass
Perry Vale House Gospel Choir
Perry Vale House Gospel Choir
Background Vocals
Darren Morris
Darren Morris
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Holmes
David Holmes
Songwriter
Bobby Gillespie
Bobby Gillespie
Songwriter
Andrew Innes
Andrew Innes
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Holmes
David Holmes
Producer
Michael Harris
Michael Harris
Recording Engineer
David Wrench
David Wrench
Mixing Engineer
Matt Colton
Matt Colton
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Echoes from the past
Day by day reminders
We swore, "They shall not pass"
I fear the worst shall surely find us
The future bent and spent
In dark enlightenment
The people, they have spoken
The serpent's egg cracked open
Bodies washed up on the beach
Children drowning out of reach
Hear the children cry
[Chorus]
This ship is sailing
Into deep dark waters
All systems are failing
We go like cattle to the slaughter
To the slaughter
[Verse 2]
Shadows from the past
Cancelling the future
We thought we'd seen the last
Of the Euro high class butchers
The fate of mice and men
We're sleepwalking again
Into a mess of our own making
The barricades are shaking
This time in business suits
Not in helmets or jackboots
Pull the trees out by the roots
And shake the ground with thunder
[Chorus]
This ship is sailing
Into deep dark waters
All systems are failing
We go like cattle to the slaughter
To the slaughter
[Verse 3]
Our fortress continent
Our values torn and bent
We bomb and when they run
We tell them, they can't come
Just like in World War Two
We showed no pity on the Jews
We othered them as well
Abandoned them to hell
They're not welcome here
Send them all back there
Where's the enlightenment?
Our crime, their punishment
Our fortress continent
Built on colonial theft
Our European mess
[Chorus]
This ship is sailing
Into deep dark waters
All systems are failing
We go like cattle to the slaughter
To the slaughter
[Verse 4]
Gangsters in uniform
Praying for the coming storm
Judeo-Christian soldiers
Waiting for the orders
To storm the citadels
Fight the infidels
Make a martyr of your son
Teach him how to shoot a gun
Pack his schoolbag with a bomb
And keep praying to your God
Because God is on your side
Will your life be sacrificed
To an old man in the sky?
But to meet him you must die
[Chorus]
This ship is sailing
Into deep dark waters
Wise men are bailing
We go like cattle to the slaughter
To the slaughter
Written by: Andrew Innes, Bobby Gillespie, David Holmes

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