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Troubled Times

from The Sleepy Hollow Years by Sleepy Hollow

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This was based around some riffs I wrote that Sleepy Hollow fleshed out. We actually recorded a really good backing track for this in our early days, but someone decided to get the engineer stoned and we never finished the recording . . .

Frank wrote lyrics to it and it was called "Unity," but I decided that lyrics about "Unity" written by a guy who quit the band were hardly appropriate, so I rewrote it! The new lyrics were inspired by a depressing conversation with an "end-times" believer - each verse describes a bunch of horrible things happening in a different time period (the present, the generation before I was born, and the middle ages) and how humanity pulled through. I thrashed out the guitar a bit from its earlier "Unity" version and added a middle instrumental section. For the final verse, I decided to base all the lines on old songs, so the instrumental has snippets of those songs instead of guitar/keyboard solos!

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To the sands, our children go
not knowing who's a friend and who's a foe
We saw the twins crash into dust
And fear of the next strike grips each of us
Children in our schools gun children down
And to criminals give Hero's crown
One night of passion can bring your end
And some are now afraid to shake your hand

Have we come to the troubled times
When God brings the end to punish Mankind's crimes?

In my heart I just want to cry
Despair fills my soul and all hope does die!

To the jungle without a choice
Our children learn to flinch at every noise
Two kings down by the assassins' gun
We await the bombs that make the Earth a sun
People riot in the schools and streets
They clash with police in the summer's heat
Progress poisons us through meat & breath
Unchecked growth within shall bring our death

Our parents can recall the troubled times
When the end seemed near to punish Mankind's crimes

In their hearts they wanted to cry
Despair filled their souls and all hope did die!





L'Homme Arme doibt on doubter
You must arm yourself with an iron hauberk
The Hammer of the Gods is coming down
To rape and pillage and to burn our towns
Pretty Polly's lover took her life
He'd had his way with her and sought no wife
Ringed roses make us all fall down
The smell of death infuses every town

The worst of times have come before, my friend
And despite predictions, it was not the end

Though your heart breaks and you would cry
You must not allow the flame of hope to die
With our souls afire and our heads held high
We will make it through to the other side

. . . of these TROUBLED TIMES!

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from The Sleepy Hollow Years, track released October 31, 2010
music - Schwarz, Melick, Dell, Castiel

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Matt Schwarz Bridgewater Township, New Jersey

Matthew H Schwarz moves between (and combines) the musical genres of classical, progressive rock, traditional and original folk, and heavy metal. His main instruments are guitar, harp, and flute. Sheet music can be found at www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/matthew-h-schwarz-sheet-music/3006990. ... more

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