Name: Life Kicks In
Duration: P00H03M45S
Description: Steve Ignorant fronts the self-proclaimed 'Gypsy Stars'; an extended family of Romani folk players originally from Poland, now living in London, for a re-telling of Schwartzeneggar's 'Slice of Life'

Steve Ignorant - Life Kicks In

from Witch Hunt / Life Kicks In by Mark Mob / Steve Ignorant

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Steve Ignorant fronts the self-proclaimed 'Gypsy Stars'; an extended family of Romani folk players originally from Poland, now living in London, for a re-telling of Schwartzeneggar's 'Slice of Life'

lyrics

Life kicks in, the sun drips down and shadows flick like knives
Over concrete wastelands strewn with glass, someone’s paid the price
The primal scream from the T.V. screen says you can have your heart’s desire
If you bare your soul for the ultimate goal where possessions stand you higher than

Your friend or foe that you’ll never know but you’ve cursed their every move
Through the paper-thin walls separating your lives where there’s nothing left to choose
It’s a wonderful world if you don’t buckle under and you don’t rub against the grain
In the fading light, if you’re a little bit tight you can manage to ignore the pain

And life kicks in
Amaro Dzipe’n
And survival begins
Amaro Dzipe'n
Through the vale of your tears
Amaro Dzipe'n
Scream today I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive!

Wanting something more than anyone could ever give
The message slips into the brain; that vicious sedative
Know your place and keep the faith and things will turn out fine and
The terms of endearment are simple enough: ‘That’s yours and this is mine’

The misery of the world sits like infection in your eyes
So twist your fingers, clench your fists, find someone to despise and
Push against the wall of such injustice ‘til it seems
The only freedom you’ll ever get is the one you touch in dreams

And life kicks in
Amaro Dzipe'n
And survival begins
Amaro Dzipe'n
Through the vale of your tears
Amaro Dzipe'n
Just scream today I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive!

Top bulbs click on in front rooms as curtains close for night
The slam of door in domestic war and the sheets are drawn up tight
There's tenderness in those fingertips but a horror in those eyes and
The venom is passed from lip to lip, secure behind disguise

A touch of sensual pleasure twists like poison in the veins
The mouth smiles wide, a hideous pride and tastes the guilty stain
The whispered reassurance with the hand pressed to the heart and
A lost world moves behind the voice as the fingernails press the palm

And life kicks in
Amaro Dzipe'n
And survival begins
Amaro Dzipe'n
Through the vale of your tears
Amaro Dzipe'n
Scream today: "I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive"

I’ll just scream today I’m alive
I’ve survived
I’m alive!

credits

from Witch Hunt / Life Kicks In, released April 30, 2021
Vocals – Steve Ignorant
Accordion, Acoustic Guitar – Artur Siwak
Backing Vocals – Beata Dymiter, Dudek Kaczmarek

Recorded at Ashwood Studios
by Sotos Yiasimi and Steve Ignorant
Mastered at NLBF

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