Into the Shade

from Fruit of the Steel Tree 2.0 by The Prodigal Sounds

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Feel the need to learn and test our self-reliance
Push the limits of the land and who we are
Put our minds to solving mysteries with Science
Sending probes to the nearest star

Gas emissions feeding ozone deconstruction
Grain belt slipping up the belly of the beast
Commerce engines driving tubes of mass seduction
Siphon payday to the priest

Long ago we stamped our feet to the rain-maker's melody
Felt the beat and electric heat of the thundercloud parade
Stretch a hand to the medicine man, taste the latest remedy
Every nervous reflex reeling us into the shade

Emotional wrecks at security checks for our protection
Iron curtain rising in the final act
Product placement in the pay-per-view election
Faith is trending over Fact

In the flickering shade of a Steel Tree, in the battle field's sterility
Feel the sweet electric beat of a sixty hertz crusade
Purple pills from the Pharma Girl; tickets to tranquility
Tuning in to the scorpion dancing into the shade

Is it right for you? Ask your Doctor; Drink the magic potion
Join the ranks of the no-think tank; blinded by the Right
We are reflected in the plastic-covered ocean
Toxic soil on sacred sites

Too much noise, too much information
Unfiltered data feel a vague sensation
Century overload; can't tune out the station
Solving every problem with the wrong equations

under the flickering steel tree
where I bombed you and you bombed me

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from Fruit of the Steel Tree 2.0, released December 11, 2017

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The Prodigal Sounds Novato, California

Melodic progressive rock songs and instrumentals, 70's influence but a product of the dystopian Now.

"Very smooth, hi-tech sounding delivery..." - Chris Jemmett, alt.music.yes

"..on a rare occasion you just have to conclude that the prog world should be feasting upon the birth of a new and promising act. That's exactly the case with this album."
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