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Alight, so a few days after posting my last track "The Pain" I received an offer MJ's very own rsorensen to lay down some vocals. I naturally jumped on this offer and here is the resulting song.
Ridd came up with the idea of writing the song about the Son Tay raid from the Vietnam War. The theme fit and added some power to the track. Here is some info on the raid: www.psywarrior.com/sontay.html
The completed song came out great and Ridd's vocals worked perfect (Thanks man!) Enjoy
If you haven't checked out Ridd's work yet take my advice and do so - you'll thank me. www.macjams.com/artist/rsorensen
Ridd came up with the idea of writing the song about the Son Tay raid from the Vietnam War. The theme fit and added some power to the track. Here is some info on the raid: www.psywarrior.com/sontay.html
The completed song came out great and Ridd's vocals worked perfect (Thanks man!) Enjoy
If you haven't checked out Ridd's work yet take my advice and do so - you'll thank me. www.macjams.com/artist/rsorensen
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Lyrics
"Prisoners of War" (lyrics by rsorensen)
We lay our rifles at our feet
And throw our hands up to the stars
The war has ended for us now
We cannot fight them behind bars
They swear in language we dont speak
And throw us in a tiger cage
They don't let us go to sleep
But we would not sleep anyway
Chorus:
We are prisoners of war
We've become unknown soldiers
We've been listed M.I.A.
Fighting for the U.S.A.
They stretch our joints with burning rope
And try to make us confess lies
Their dogs eat better than we do
But we subsist on stale rice
And we will fight captivity
We will get out of this hole
Soon our troops will set us free
And we will be heroes at home
Chorus
They finally came for us that night
The sky was clear and full of stars
Their rifles fired into our camp
They came down fast and came down hard
The fireworks lit up the dark
The smoke of gunfire filled the air
But when that thick smoke had all cleared
They searched our camp and we weren't there
Chorus
We lay our rifles at our feet
And throw our hands up to the stars
The war has ended for us now
We cannot fight them behind bars
They swear in language we dont speak
And throw us in a tiger cage
They don't let us go to sleep
But we would not sleep anyway
Chorus:
We are prisoners of war
We've become unknown soldiers
We've been listed M.I.A.
Fighting for the U.S.A.
They stretch our joints with burning rope
And try to make us confess lies
Their dogs eat better than we do
But we subsist on stale rice
And we will fight captivity
We will get out of this hole
Soon our troops will set us free
And we will be heroes at home
Chorus
They finally came for us that night
The sky was clear and full of stars
Their rifles fired into our camp
They came down fast and came down hard
The fireworks lit up the dark
The smoke of gunfire filled the air
But when that thick smoke had all cleared
They searched our camp and we weren't there
Chorus
wrote those lyrics? They're incredible. Nick, your guitar/bass/drum/keyboard work fits great with Ridd's vocals. Great Job, I really enjoyed listening to it.
-Chris