Sleepwalker from Whatever by Gaslight
Sleepwalker starts the album with a classic AC/DC type intro to put the stamp of Australian rock all over it, the snare crack that follows drives the song steadily into the verse. The lyrical element of the song is unmistakably cynical and deliberately deadpan in its delivery which lights the fuse to the unapologetic subject matter. The lyrics are a response to all the obvious skulduggery that the mainstream media has indulged in over a long period of time. The first verse audaciously sends a very clear message to the powers that be that the silent majority have had a gutfull of their nonsense and have grown tired of their same old obvious lies. The pre-chorus caps this off with the phrase “you won’t deceive me I don’t believe you this doesn’t work anymore”. The chorus has that classic rock anthem structure to it and directly challenges the listener to wake up and stop blindly allowing the governments collaborating with large media corporations, intelligence agencies and the industrial military complex to incrementally enslave every one of us in the name of protecting us from terrorism. The second verse goes as far as mocking the mainstream press for not even bothering to try to make sense anymore.
No one could ever accuse Ivan of not having the courage to stand up to the government and corporate bullies that have been instrumental in creating the Orwellian nightmare that we are constantly being forced to endure. This track will most likely never see the light of day due to the amount of censorship that social media sites now indulge in. Their disgusting use of algorithms to bury any dissenting voices on social media is reprehensible and becoming more obvious by the day, pity as this song in any previous era of free speech would’ve been held up as a musical masterpiece just in it’s relevant lyrical content alone.
Tracklist
| 1. | Sleepwalker | 4:28 |
