[Welsh Steve]

https://soundcloud.com/steve-lewis-36/malady

Apologies firstly to those that don't like long songs. This one's 10 mins.
I'm not ever looking to write hit singles, it's just a hobby where I can let out some steam....so I did.

This song is in 3 parts. The first called Canons Abused, is about those that flouted and continue to flout any law/rule regarding lockdown and endangering lives by doing so. The second part is called Poison Ivy, and is about the governments lack of leadership throughout the pandemic situation. The third is called Mercury Falls, and is a tribute to my NHS colleagues working working under the most difficult circumstances and saving lives.
In between those parts is a constant reminder that C19 is still there...waiting

Malady
(Part 1)
Canons Abused
There’s always one
One that let’s the side down
Out on his own
Taking a lockdown ride into town
Don’t play the fool
Play the game and follow the rules
The burden and the blame
Live and die with you and canons abused

People are the problem
They keep kicking the ball around
Disregarding any consequence
Is going to bury us all in the ground
x2
Play the game and follow the rules
Live or die with canons abused

No last request
Only tears goodbye when you fall
No foolish mistakes
It’s everyone’s life not just yours
That last train’s here
All aboard for those with no fear
Quarter past death tick tocking
When your last breath is drawing near

People are the problem
They keep kicking the ball around
Disregarding any consequence
Is going to bury us all in the ground
x2
Play the game and follow the rules
Live or die with canons abused

(Part 2)
Poison Ivy
There’s decay in isolation
We haven’t heard a truth as yet
Stock the pond for those before us
Let’s be the saviours and not the threat
See those souls that hide away
From this old town they ran they fled
I called you once and I said too much
But still some things remain unsaid

Would you like to meet your creator?
Do you believe your totem’s there?
Stand in line a join the formation
You need to listen to what’s being said
Contagion’s calling and we cannot see
It’s a poison ivy killing you and killing me
Removing all the air that we breathe
Poison Ivy killing you and killing me

(Part 3)
Mercury Falls
Another life held in your hand
You’re an angel
Come home to us tonight and you’ll find someone to hold you
Heavy are those eyes that need to dream
You’re an angel
Come home to us tonight and you’ll find someone to love you

Sailed through a storm
Mercury falls
Lives reinstalled
Cannons recalled
x3