Matt Jaffe Music's video: Matt Jaffe - The Dark Ages Song Of The Week 31

I'm not all that political, and I'm a little wary of political songwriters......BUT in 2017 USA, political abstinence IS a political statement, and SILENCE is a luxury that we can no longer afford. So in that light, here is some NOISE that I wrote on the day after "Election Day" - in quotes thanks to LeBron James' rebuke of our "so-called president" (this coming from a devout Golden State Warriors fan). Big thanks to my sister Caroline for helping me out on violin during her West Coast Swing, and our mom for helping us out behind the camera. Download this song for FREE at: https://soundcloud.com/mattjaffemusic/the-dark-ages Matt Jaffe: guitar, vox Caroline Jaffe: violin Elisabeth Jaffe: cinematography Website: http://www.mattjaffemusic.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MattJaffeMusic Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mattjaffemusic Twitter: @mattjaffemusic Instagram: @mattjaffemusic The Dark Ages Lyrics - Matt Jaffe Someone is casting a terrible spell Someone is draining the old wishing well We slept up in heaven and rose up in hell We woke up in fits of blind rages Someone is dreaming a horrible dream Someone is running a pyramid scheme Someone laced poison throughout the stream We’re going into the Dark Ages They’re burning the books and they’re burning the facts Vandalize storefronts and breaking the glass Eating your eyes out and stabbing your back As ash, it does fall from the pages They’ll tear down the statues and put up the wall They’ll rampage the goodness that hung in these halls The decent who lived here will stumble and fall We’re going into the Dark Ages They’ll burn a new cross and put in on your lawn You once were a queen, but they’ll make you a pawn They’ll say good riddance before you’re even gone And take holiday pay from your wages The flag is crooked and hung upside down The medals of honor are deep underground Was this an echo or an original sound? We’re going into the Dark Ages I don’t know this country, I don’t know this land But I can see traces of blood on my hand Taking a moment but then take a stand Up on the most naked of stages I’ve known it before and I’ll know it again They shot down their neighbor and silenced their friend This prison was built from the bones of our kin Are going into the Dark Ages It’s just an arena of fortune and fame We’re just a chip they can bet in this game Nausea has conquered my stomach in shame As if we’ve been locked up in cages They won’t let you choose to hold and to love They won’t let you choose what to worship above They’ll mandate the hawk when you’ve offered the dove We’re going into the Dark Ages When you start to crying they’ll force you to sing The salt in your tears will make open wounds sting They’ll force you to brandish a purity ring Like the marriage of hate it engages But as the sky falls, we continue to rise And slowly we’ll clear all the dust from our eyes We won’t let them turn back the slow hands of time We won’t go into the Dark Ages