FAILSAFE
Darkness like the halo round the head of a saint
Drama warm faces made with twilight paint
What is ‘not’ is what you got
And what you want you wanna be hot

Hammer and sickle under the bed
For Secret Service agents resurrecting the dead
What is ‘not’ is what you got
And what you want you wanna be hot

Up above the window is the terrible sky
Tears of acid rain raining down from your eye
What is ‘not’ is what you got
And what you want you wanna be hot

Take a blender from the kitchen and a stick from the hall
Tell them you’re going to the Woodcutters’ Ball
What is ‘not’ is what you got
And what you want you wanna be hot

Keeping up appearances on the stage in your head
What you see as gold is really only lead
What is ‘not’ is what you got
And what you want you wanna be hot

Ali Baba’s thieves remembered in a rhyme
The cop who caught them has been dead a long time
What is ‘not’ is what you got
And what you want you wanna be hot

Can you see the end of the dream?
Can you see the end of the dream?
Can’t you see it’s just a machine?
Can’t you see it’s just a machine?

Words by Peter Greatorex. Copyright (c) D & G Music 2000.

Lyrics by Peter Greatorex.
Music by George Davies/Peter Greatorex.
Recorded at Wud Records Studios, Exeter, by George Davies, December 2011.

Performers:

Peter Greatorex – vocals
George Davies – guitars, bass, drum programming

Facts:

• This song is in the key of Dm and the lyrics were written in April 2000.
• The ESP guitar is tuned to Bb with a drop Ab.
• The chords are broken down so that the bass plays the root notes and the guitars play the third and fifth notes.