‘war by peaceful means’ from THE ‘SWEET SIDE OF LOVE’ ep
war by peaceful means
INSPIRATION/INFORMATION:
When you witness someone say one thing that really means another. When someone else holds all the cards, knowledge and power and you’re at their mercy. You can sense them protecting their own interest above yours and they’re doing it diplomatically, almost as a favour. You’re at war, but they force you to do it peacefully.
“ This song was written in 2018 about the demise of an Organisation I had spent 10 years working for. But for me now, in 2020, it echoes the unstable power imbalances felt the world over in the wake of covid-nineteen. ”
- Michael McCartney
CREDITS
Written, Produced & Performed by Michael McCartney
Recorded at Love Street Studios | Engineered by Michael McCartney
Mixed by Konstantin Kersting | Mastered by Matt Redlich
Designs by Waylon Palmer | Photography by Jack Surman
PRESS & QUOTES
LYRICS
war by peaceful means
Slow & steady
Rough & ready
Along the high road
There you’ll know
Where you’re going
You won’t need saving
In the long run
There’s a devil in his eyes
His pockets are full
Full to the brim
More than his hearts ever been
There’s a secret on the wind
But you can’t hear it
Cause you’re not listening
No you’re not into that sort of thing
Will I be a winner
Can I make a point?
Day in day out come out say it
Oh the uncertainty
Slow & steady
Rough & ready
Along the high road
There’ll you’ll know
Where you’re going
(Where you’re going)
You won’t need saving
(You won’t need saving)
In the long run
In the long run
War by peaceful means
He’s thinking with his hands
The months move like seconds
And I’ve been praying
That this day would never come
The sky feels further away tonight
I’m sure of it
But I can’t see passed your headlights
Slowly approaching
It’ll be as good as gold, as right as rain
The more you speak
The less I’m believing
Day in day out come out say it
Oh the uncertainty
Slow & steady
Rough & ready
Along the high road
There you’ll know
Where you’re going
(Where you’re going)
You won’t need saving
(You won’t need saving)
In the long run
In the long run
War by peaceful means
All of this
War by peaceful means
War By Peaceful Means
War By Peaceful Means
War By Peaceful means
War By Peaceful Means
Copyright Michael McCartney, 2020.
