A dark theme of conspiracy and hidden power, and an exhortation to rise up and challenge the resulting state of fear. Influences include King Crimson, Metallica and the series of books ‘A Tune A Day’.
lyrics
This world in which we're living,
It's all based on sinning.
The government watch with their thousand eyes.
The state of fear, the restless nights,
Our minds forever being fried.
It's been said, they've all lied.
They plot, they plot from underground,
Sitting on their golden mound.
Sharing with none, they do it for fun. It's unjust.
It's all for the Ministry, it's all one big industry
Surrounded in mystery, we need the epiphany.
Wake up, people, from the bloody tyranny and be one.
The blissful side is all you hear,
But nothing comes from the puppeteer.
Your body aches, your mind tires
'Cos the shadow man pulls you down with wires.
The fire in your belly waits to erupt.
'For Queen and country?' - it's all corrupt.
Open mind's eye, let the world see why
The people at the top they all need to cry.
Sharing with none, they do it for fun. It's unjust.
It's all for the Ministry, it's all one big industry,
Surrounded in mystery, we need the epiphany.
Wake up, people, from the bloody tyranny and be one.
credits
from State of Fear,
released March 19, 2021
Lyrics by Orange Cutlet
Zen Angry - screams
Joe Garrett and Dr Gloom - musical consultancy
Sinister Cutlery is a side project of long-term Kitchen Utensils members Neil Cutlery and Mark Sinister. Mark participated
in the home-build synthesiser movement of the late 1970s, and intends to learn to play all of his keyboards one day. Neil is a drummer-turned-guitarist, and it is debateable whether he should have stuck to just hitting things....more
Where it all began, this is perhaps more of historical than musical value. Kitchen Utensils' sole live gig from 1982; don't think for a minute that this reflects the quality of the current material! Sinister Cutlery