155 BPM punk that sounds to me like the mid 90s West Coast punk that was pumped out by Epitaph. But I've given this a more political spin than tended to be the case for that stuff. I guess that might make it closer to Anti-Flag than Bad Religion, but I digress.
Ending is abrupt, I know. Drums are pretty basic, but then again, it's punk, so who cares.
It's a bit messy at the moment (which isn't necessarily an issue of course with this kind of thing), but my real question here is whether I should go the full on Anti-Flag route and add more breaks/stops/neck slides etc., or whether I leave it as a more raw "take it or leave it" thing. Also wondering about the structure, with the solo coming in the middle - is it too stop-start this way?
Suggestions of any kind are welcome (including how to end)! Left the track private for now, because it's not really finished and I have another bunch of tracks I'm working on in parallel. So it might be a while (or not) before I actually finish this one.
Verse
Em Em D A
G G D A
Chorus
G Bm D A
I must be well informed cos I'm on Facebook
I know this guy on Twitter, can't be a crook
He's hanging out with some very fine people
Who all know the truth, cos they are no sheeple
The president admits the government lies
If that's not compelling, what’ll open your eyes?
Let's go and stick it to the f-ing elites
That multi-billion tycoon speaks for the streets
Keep them uneducated
To keep them subjugated
And keep them willing to march on our orders
If they get decimated
It will be celebrated
Summon a bandwagon and all aboard her
The storm that is created
The lies that are inflated
Lay the seeds so they can justify torture
And when they've torn it down
And razed it to the ground
They'll have built their new world disorder
I know this guy and he is really well spoken
And even he agrees the system is broken
He drives a sports car and his family are rich
A perfect champion for the unprivileged
Makes the rules by day and a rebels at night
He'll give the system a jolly good fight
Let's go and stick it to the f-ing elites
That multi-million tycoon speaks for the streets
Keep them uneducated
To keep them subjugated
And keep them willing to march on our orders
If they get decimated
It will be celebrated
Summon a bandwagon and all aboard her
The storm that is created
The lies that are inflated
Lay the seeds so they can justify torture
And when they've torn it down
And razed it to the ground
They'll have built their new world disorder
We won’t be decimated, we won’t be subjugated
We won’t kowtow in the face of oppression
The lies disseminated, the hate that is created
Is the forebear of state repression
And kids of tender ages
Getting thrown in cages
Families torn apart at the border
That’s not what I call justice
That’s not what I think trust is
It’s the start of a new world disorder