Name: Ordinary Lights
Duration: P00H03M48S
Description: Written and recorded entirely via remote sessions during the 2020 coronavirus lockdown, Ordinary Lights is a melodic hard-rock anthem dedicated to the challenges faced by the working class in the struggle for fair treatment, and highlights the precarious positions often faced by front-line workers - a fact that has been brought to forefront by the pandemic.

Ordinary Lights

by Imperial Ashes

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Written and recorded entirely via remote sessions during the 2020 coronavirus lockdown, Ordinary Lights is a melodic hard-rock anthem dedicated to the challenges faced by the working class in the struggle for fair treatment, and highlights the precarious positions often faced by front-line workers - a fact that has been brought to forefront by the pandemic.

lyrics

ORDINARY LIGHTS

Early life, left me battered and wounded
Endless nights, I was left to my own devices
Never stood out, just fade into the background
These changing times are holding me down

Stop looking down with those panoptic eyes
The time has come for you to change your mind
Every day my life is on the line
And I’m here to keep you alive

We get behind, kept on trying to do what’s right
Vilified, until our value comes to light
Never stood out, just fade into the background
These changing times are holding me down

Stop looking down with those panoptic eyes
The time has come for you to change your mind
Every day my life is on the line
And I’m here to keep you alive

Never stood out, just fade into the background
This daily grind keeps wearing me down

Stop looking down with those panoptic eyes
The time has come for you to change your mind
Every day my life is on the line
And I’m here to keep you alive

Change your mind.

credits

released September 24, 2020
Music by N. Chiarore, D. Hallenbeck, A. Lauzon, G. Olsen, R. Slobodian (SOCAN)

Lyrics by R. Slobodian

Produced by Andrew Lauzon & Drew Hallenbeck

Written and recorded by Imperial Ashes via remote sessions during the 2020 coronavirus lockdown

Mixed by Andrew Lauzon

Mastered by Joao Carvalho

Special thanks to David Bottrill and Michael Philips

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Imperial Ashes Toronto, Ontario

Politically charged hard rock/alternative, Imperial Ashes blends a unique combination styles for explosive anthems that blend raw, visceral emotiveness, compelling melodies, and musical sophistication. This band confronts the world's injustices head on by marrying academic research with the power of rock music. ... more

discography

A Toxic Life

Aug 2021
Walls

Dec 2020
Xenophobic War

Oct 2020
Ordinary Lights

Sep 2020

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