Down Here

by Tom Savage

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The first single from my upcoming album, 21st Century Lo-Fi! "Down Here" speaks to the growing economic disparity in our society, and the cracks in the capitalist framework, that are more apparent now than at any time since the great depression.

It will only get worse unless we stand up and call for change.

I'm a songwriter, so this song is my way of trying to start the conversation on this issue.

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Down here
Where the rubber meets the road
no good deed goes unpunished
stories seldom get told
where the person that you are
Isn’t who you appear to be
No matter how you try
You can’t face reality

Down here
Where the air's a bit too thick
Where you're beating back the zombies
With your ugly stick
nowhere left to turn
No point in trying to hide
Tomorrow’s a Missing person
Victim of a homicide

Down Here

Down here
You can’t be serious
There’s a crack in the soil
I can see the earth's crust
Lava bubbles and it boils
flames as high they’ve been
I’d like to ask the question
But don’t want to cause a scene

Down here
Where you don’t have to think
You just laugh and point
Pretend your shit don’t stink
Pins your hopes on the stock market
Play the lottery
Dream the capitalist dream
Circumvent monotony

Down here
I don’t know what I’m gonna do
Down here
I’m just trying to focus on this day I’m getting through

Oh oh oh oh oh

Down here
We tell ourselves lies
Like we'll be okay
Good things come to he who tries
Everyone has a fair shot
An equal chance
Diluted like the pages
Of a harlequin romance

Down here
We’re all livestock
work hard to get ahead
We all know that’s a crock
Only so many silver spoons
To go around
If you ain’t never seen the water
Hard to think you're gonna drown

Down here

Down here
There'll be a changing of the guard
peasants are about to rise
Refuse to live so hard

We want our share
We want to fill our cup
40 years of trickle down
Now it’s time to trickle up

Down here

Chorus

Down here
You know what we have to do
Down here
It’s time for that light to shine on through.

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released February 4, 2022
Tom Savage - Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keys
Bonz Bowering - Drums

Music & Lyrics by Tom Savage
Recorded by Tom Savage and Bonz Bowering
Mixed by Tom Savage
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova

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Tom Savage Kingston, Ontario

Tom Savage is what one might refer to as a triple-threat. One part truth-telling troubadour, one part death-defying guitar slinger, and one part Country Blues howler. Each facet of his formidable on-stage persona carefully crafted over a 20+ year devotion to the composition and performance of song. Tom is a true believer. A disciple of melody and harmony and tempo and timbre. ... more

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