Alien Heat: Asylum Child (demo)

Recorded at Red Rug studios, Torquay, by Jake Klosin, Spring 1990 Lyrics by P. Greatorex Music by P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe Performers: Speedy Pete Greatorex – vocals George Davies – guitar Richard Holloway – keys Marc Greatorex – bass Graham Barbe – drums ASYLUM CHILD Dangerous decision to think before you talk Might find you’re saying something and making people bored Listen to the airwaves, gibberish is king Communication breakdown don’t mean a god-damn thing Thinking is like blinking with soap upon your eye It hurts like hell when you do it first but you surely will not die Read a paper, see the news, the facts are there to see If that’s the case I wanna leave, this place is not for me Confusion – wait, wait a minute Delusion is gripping us with its force Using blindness as its source Fusion is hot-wired up to talk It’s hot-wired up to talk Can’t afford to breathe the air I can’t afford the fare God is in the biggest bank And we’re happy with him there Can’t afford to breathe the air I can’t afford the fare God is in the biggest bank His money’s everywhere There is a secret garden but we’ve forgotten how to look We’re ace in space and swapping hearts, we’re taught to cook the books Money jungle, first-fuck fumble, do everything in cars The sheriff is shot, we bombed the lot, we can’t eat but we can go to Mars Test tube life new recipe technology disease The joke’s on us, we missed the bus, there ain’t no money in peace Dangerous decision to think before you talk Might find you’re saying something and making people bored Confusion – wait, wait a minute Delusion is gripping us with its force Using blindness as its source Fusion is hot-wired up to talk It’s hot-wired up to talk Can’t afford to breathe the air I can’t afford the fare God is in the biggest bank And we’re happy with him there Can’t afford to breathe the air I can’t afford the fare God is in the biggest bank His money’s everywhere Words by Peter Greatorex. Copyright (p) Pig Pen Music 1989, (c) Wud Records 1990. This song is in the key of C#m and is 120BPM. The main riff is C#m, B, F#m, A. The song was written around the vocals, bass and keys. “We can’t eat but we can go to Mars” is two beats. “Peace” is a word that when sung sounds like “Peas”. “There ain’t no money in peas” was confirmed by a Watershed song, which told us “Sell your peas with a share certificate.” Andy once accidently sang “Fist-fuck fumble” instead of “First-fuck fumble”. Pete wrote out the original lyric sheet and included every ‘yeh’ in the song. “Thinking is like blinking with soap upon your eye, It hurts like hell when you do it first but you surely will not die” remains to this day a favourite lyric of the Explicit Music team. Some of the string sounds were from the Red Rug synths, the other keyboard sounds Richard invented himself. George plays the guitar parts on Nicodemus. http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/red-rug-demo http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/red-rug-demo/asylum-child https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-rug-demo https://twitter.com/WudRecords