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Roll the Dice

from Fusion Frequency by Man After Midnight

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I wanted the first track of the EP to pick up where I sort of left off, musically. Most people who've seen me perform on stage associate me with funky stuff like this. I tried to put everything I love about a phat groove in one song: chicken grease guitar, clavs, a tight horn section, Hammond organ, vocoder effects. The chorus and musical hook go all the way back to my time with Dirty Laundry, but the rest of the song was written from scratch.

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Greed is good and ignorance is bliss
The parts are always greater than the whole
Friendship is an illusion best sealed with a Judas kiss
Whoever loves the least is in control

That’s what we learned, that’s what we know
Don’t second-guess, progress, on with the show
That’s how it’s done, that’s how you grow
Hesitations only interrupt the flow

We will get older
We will get wise
As atrocities fade away
We will be faithful
We will make nice
But until that distant day
Don’t think twice
Roll the dice

Believe the lie and make up the truth
When the money stops just start another war
Get away with murder by blaming it on the youth
Why study the past if it pays off to ignore

That’s what we learned, that’s what we know
The curtains close, the crowd goes wild, we bow
That’s how it’s done, that’s how you grow
We came, we saw and that’s how far we’ll go

We will get older
We will get wise
As atrocities fade away
We will be faithful
We will make nice
But until that distant day
Don’t think twice
Roll the dice

We need forward momentum so why dwell on the past
Stop giving me answers to questions never asked
But then it hit me hard – bang! – reality check
Modern society’s headed for a train wreck
The suspect to blame, he looks a lot like me
Between Us and Them whatever happened to We
People own so damn much yet never-ever enough
We sure love to Like but really what’s to love

We will get older
We will get wise
As atrocities fade away
We will be faithful
We will make nice
But until that distant day
Don’t think twice
Roll the dice

Get older
Get wise
Be faithful
Make nice
Think twice
That’s how you grow

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from Fusion Frequency, released May 19, 2013

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Man After Midnight The Netherlands

Filmmaker by day, musician by night. Former-frontman of Rotterdam funk sensation Dirty Laundry. Out from the dark and in need of a shave. Man After Midnight is Peet Gelderblom.

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