Enjoy some nice chunky funky chords on piano, mischievous guitar and a sneaky bass line - all made cohesive in this playful yet provocative song: “The Ultimate Invasion”. With an awesome industrial sound, “The Ultimate Invasion” keeps a robotic, funky and mechanical feeling beat, as if to mimic the societal machine of which the lyrics speak. A machine that has colonized our brains and rages on as we are commodified and ravished by it.
lyrics
Verse 1
Do we realize our brains are being colonized, while we’re singing commercials and eating our fries?
Of course we should… but probly not.
How can we hear our brains scream
drowned out by the mainstream
lost behind the smokescreen
of pretty teens and GO TEAM!?
Well, we can’t … Our circuits are way too hot.
Verse 2
Do we mind if the profits cost our dignity, while we’re sipping our lattes and watching TV?
Of course we don’t… Hey, how many channels you got?!
So we’re caught up in a strange dream
of always needing some thing
big truck, big screen
biggest freakin’ diamond ring
You’re not who you are … you’re what you bought.
Chorus 1
Oh, oh it’s the ultimate invasion.
Aha, raping our imagination
Oh, ho and the powers of persuasion have convinced us we’re too busy
and our soma makes us dizzy
So now who’s gonna redesign the world?
Verse 3
All the “have-nots” are in trouble for subversion, because all the “haves” are relying on coercion:
sayin, “You know you’re only poor, because you haven’t worked hard enough.”
But can you hear the sages
who are locked up in their cages
while this cruel machine just rages
like the dark, dark ages?
If there is a God … I hope It calls our bluff.
Chorus 2
Oh, oh it’s the ultimate invasion.
Aha, raping our imagination
Oh, ho and the powers of persuasion have convinced us we’re too busy
and our Prozac makes us dizzy
So now who’s gonna redesign the world?
Bridge
Can we all really have it all?
Anh, forget about it, let’s go down to the mall!
Is it something that I really need?
Anh, who cares? It’s ‘buy one get one free’!
Chorus 3
Oh, oh our identity’s established.
Aha, we are commodified and ravished.
Oh, oh and the planet is collapsing.
Aha, while the CEO’s are laughing.
They’re so glad we’re busy and that our Zoloft makes us dizzy
Now look who’s gonna redesign the world?
released July 23, 2023
* Written and performed by Jessica Leia
* Jessica Leia on Vocals and Piano
* Rich DiBenedetto on Drums
* John Rogstad on Bass Guitar
* Dean Kattari on Electric Guitars
* Mixed and Mastered by Dean Kattari
* Produced by Dean Kattari and Jessica Leia
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