"Wake Up" The Living End

'State of Emergency' is a great CD from a band seemingly looking to break into the US and making noises that if this record hand't taken off and doesn't lead to a new level of acclaim and 'work' then that might just be it for the group. Not that they aren't going well, just that their music can have a sameness about it to other than a fan and if one song doesn't sell through the roof then nothing else from the same CD would... Personally I love their stuff!!

All seems to be on track with a Chart Number One, Sold Out headline Shows and support gig for the 'Rolling Stones' upcoming!!

'Wake Up'
I've been buried in the sand
I've come down with no place to land
I don't need you to understand
It's not what I had planned
All the hunger, all the yearning
With the lifeline that you're burning
Poison lessons that you're learning
The road ahead is turning
Suicidal education
It got sold to our generation
Wake up to the manipulation
Wake up to the situation
Suicidal education
Stick together side by side
We no longer need to hide
From the darkness into the light
Now is your time
I need something to numb the pain
Forget me and forget my name
Waiting for the time to arrive
No one gets out of here alive
Suicidal education
It got sold to our generation
Wake up to the manipulation
Wake up to the situation
Suicidal education
Wake Up! Wake Up!
I've been buried in the sand
I've come down with no place to land
I don't need you to understand
It's not what I had planned
Suicidal education
It got sold to our generation
Wake up to the manipulation
Wake up to the situation
Suicidal education
It got sold to our generation

It's a 'wake up and look at whats happening around you' song in that usually slightly more 'pop' style compared to Green Day though it's always a favourable comparison with 'The Living End'.

A band that will always be 'even better' live...
this clip has just enough imagery to contrast a world of need that it makes a good visual
jolt!!