The Ballad of Ed Snowden (rough cut)

by Global Unified featuring Jack Hsu

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As every day goes by they dig the hole much deeper
Til there's no way out and everyone's a sleeper cell

You know it captures all, rearrange the fragments
Til your life’s the story they want to tell

Flee the country, move to China
I hear the air there is much finer

When you feel their eyes looking back through the screen
You know that all dissenting voices chill

And what's a man to do in the face of the machine he's built
From the bottom of my heart, it must be killed

Flee the country, move to China
I hear the air there is much finer
And I'll never see home again
And I'll never see home again

What if I showed you all how the world's ensnared, and no one cared
If I give up my life so you could see right through, what would you do?
When I stare into the mirror and see reflected
The face of the listener on the line
I'll live with the consequence, however long that is
So everyone will know their mad design

All they want is our souls

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released June 17, 2013
Music and lyrics by Frank Hopkinton
All instruments performed by Frank Hopkinton, except the erhu by Jack Hsu
Special thanks to William Banzai 7 and Jack Hsu
Mixed by Eltmon

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Global Unified Seattle, Washington

Global Unified smashes together progressive arena rock, ambient dance/synth, and Americana to create a hybrid animal on their first self-titled concept record. The story of the album combines modern-day political observations on the nature of drone warfare and the surveillance state with a semi-futuristic spin that takes these current trends to their disturbing conclusions. ... more

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