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Celebrating Ray Bradbury's life and work, today we share with you our song "The Taxpayer", an original progressive metal composition merging one of many brilliant tales from "The Martian Chronicles" book.
lyrics
He wanted to go to mars on the rocket
He told them he was a good taxpayer
Wasn't he a good citizen?
Why couldn't he go to mars?
He took a fist at them and telled them
that he wanted to get away from earth
He took a fist at them and telled them
that he wanted to get away from earth
Was offering his good right hand, his heart
his head for the chance to go to mars
Was offering his good right hand, his heart
his head for the chance to go to mars
What did you have to do?
Where did you have to sign?
Whom did you have to know?
To get on the rocket
Was offering his good right hand, his heart
his head for the chance to go to mars
Was offering his good right hand, his heart
his head for the chance to go to mars
They laughed out through the wire screen at him. He didn’t want to go to Mars, they said.
"First and Second Expeditions had failed, the men were probably dead"
But they couldn't prove it, they didn't know for sure
Maybe it was a land of milk and honey up there
And captain York and Williams never bothered to return
Who the fuck would do it anyway?
Anybody with any sense wants to fly away
Government control and oppression
Anybody with any sense wants to fly away
Atomic war, destruction
They told him to shut up.
He saw the men walking out to the rocket.
"Wait for me!" he cried.
"Don’t leave me here on this terrible world!"
Anybody with any sense wants to fly away
Government control and oppression
Anybody with any sense wants to fly away
Atomic war, destruction
They dragged him, struggling, away
They slammed the police wagon door and drove him off
With his face pressed to the window, he saw the red fire
and heard the great sound
Was offering his good right hand, his heart
his head for the chance to go to mars
The silver rocket shot up and left him behind
on an ordinary Monday morning
Was offering his good right hand, his heart
his head for the chance to go to mars
Was offering his good right hand, his heart
his head for the chance to go to mars
The silver rocket shot up and left him behind
on an ordinary Monday morning
Ordinary monday morning
credits
released August 20, 2023
Music created in a jam session between Diego Caetano Guerra and Ruben De Geus in 2016. Key contributions by Ryan Landman and Romy De Geus. Ruben De Geus on guitar solo.
Instruments, vocals, mixing, mastering by Diego Caetano Guerra at Patroden Studio.
Drums recorded at Studio G7, Berlin. Sound engineer: Matthias Schilling (MS Audio Production).
