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Television Glamour

by Charlywood

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I had to express the sense of urgency and emergency that I felt whenever I looked at the headlines.
I was frustrated by a sense of individual powerlessness; what can a songwriter do? The attempt to express these feelings resulted in this song. It is a call, a call to action aimed at myself as much as everyone else, but also a call for connection because I needed to feel like I am not alone in feeling this way.
And for the first time it is not my biggest hope that people like the video to this song, I would prefer that it makes them angry, because there is so much going on in the world that should. There are already more than enough entertaining distractions. The fact is that we are all part of a system that is manipulating and exploiting us while destroying the planet we live in and a lot of people don’t seem aware of that”
Since I started working on this song at the end of 2018, the #climatestrike and #fridaysforfuture and #extinctionrebellion movements began so that was a loud answer to a lot of the questions I had and a pretty big relief if I’m honest.
Reaching out to people is always a factor in songwriting but this song is the strongest expression of that need for connection that I have ever produced.
Can you relate?
Check out the video youtu.be/6lKEZrfrDpQ

lyrics

Swear you gotta start doing something
The evidence outta do
Tear yourself apart for some judgement
I got a bleeding heart cause I’m better than you
I know what you’re becoming
I saw what you do
Can’t believe we’re all still discussing
I told you from the start what a television glamour can do

To someone who’s risking nothing
You know that it’s you
So can you relate?

Sing your serenade to be trusted
A fabricant through and through
Scary just how hard we’ve adjusted
Just read it off a card, doesn’t have to be true
Just take the rubbish as instructed
Then you take your cue
Cheer because it’s all so reductive
I told you from the start what a television glamour can do

To someone who’s risking nothing
You know that it’s you
So give up your comfort crutch if that’s what’s putting you through
Could you be assisting something?
You know that it’s you
But can you relate?

It’s on you
Guess you’re admitting nothing
To get you through
Could you be missing something
Its old news
Could you be assisting something
To get you through
I told you from the start what a television glamour can do

To someone who’s risking nothing
You know that it’s you
So give up your comfort crutch if that’s what’s putting you through
To someone who’s risking nothing
You know that it’s you
So give up your comfort crutch if that’s what’s putting you through
Could you be assisting something?
You know that it’s true
But can you relate?

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released September 6, 2019
Lead vox & Guitar: Andrew Charlewood
Lead guitar: Fabian Lewey
Bass: Simon Müller
Guest drums: Raphael Schuster
Produced by Andrew Charlewood & Charlywood
Mixed by Alex Lausch of Listen Careful studios Vienna
Mastered by Martin Scheer
Cover art by Andrew Charlewood
Photo by Igor Stevanvic

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