Britpop icons Stereophonics have released a new single to hold us over until they finish recording their new album. The track Chaos From The Top Down tells a story from the perspective of a 15 year old boy who has been shot, and is left laying in the road to reflect on his life as he is dying. The politically motivated lyrics are based on a true story that happened outside of the home of lead singer, Kelly Jones. The song forces us to see troubled youth as more than just a victim but rather, children who have ambition, hopes and dreams…just like everyone else.
While Stereophonics have been making music since the early 90’s, they are not sitting idle and resting on their laurels. They have been consistently putting out great albums, most recently the amazing Scream Above The Sounds from 2017. If you haven’t been keeping up with this band, now is your chance.
I’m just fifteen and here’s my story
It ends too soon, for that I’m sorry
No warning sign, next thingI’m lying in my blood in the rain
Just another TV show distracts me
They’re laying flowers where they shot me
I don’t know what it is I gotta do,
Got lost on the wayOh yeah, it’s chaos from the top down
It’s just another lot of cop-outs
They’re saying nothing,
Power tripping egos,
Yet there’s no changeOh yeah, it’s chaos from the top down
And now I see I’ve just been shot down
I got no voice, I got no choice,
You don’t hear one word I sayGonna rob another home
And steal another phone
And lose my soul now,
Yeah lose my soul now
Get out of my brain to numb the pain
What’s left to save now?
What’s left to save now?Too much too little, too much to stand it
Got nothing to prove,
Got nothing to lose,
Can’t understand it
I take my time, next thing
I’m lying in my blood in the rainToo much too little,
Too young to stand it
Got nothing to prove,
Nothing to lose,
I just can’t stand it
Oh noHave you got my number?
You don’t know me
Have you got my number?
Yeah? But you don’t own meOh yeah, it’s chaos from the top down
It’s just another lot of cop-outs
They’re saying nothing, power tripping egos,
Yet there’s no changeOh yeah, it’s chaos from the top down
And now I see
I’ve just been shot down
I got no voice,
I got no choice,
You don’t hear one word I say
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