(No One’s) Coming For You.

I wrote it about 30 years ago.  Having a penchant for all things post-apocalyptic, mid-apocalyptic or just plain future shock… I was just being playful.

Late in 2023, I revisited it… and I think the revisit turned out pretty nicely.

Seeing as this is a one-man shop that still makes albums… there are only so many hours in a day, and if I were to wait until I had videos done to release an album, I’d hardly get anything out. The videos come when they can… as did this one.

I’m particularly proud of this one.  The number of editing hours on it are huge… but worth it.  I was originally going to shoot a “Night of the Living Dead” homage to go with it, but thought better of it once I realized just how much time it’d take.  I then sought zombies from a site I use called Motion Array, and came across the brilliant 3D animation work of Alex -DesignProjects, as they’re known on Motion Array.  So it began.

Metaphor for the present day? You decide.

As always –If you like it, please show your support by buying the single – or the 62 album – at https://markmarshall.bandcamp.com

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Lyrics:
You thought
ten years ago
life was really bad
didn’t see it coming
now you know
how good you had it
honey
 
Don’t even think about
steppin’ out
anymore
you never know
what you might find outside
your front door
 
You can’t even run
’cause there’s no place
left to go
Nobody’s coming for you
Lock all the doors
and go on with
the things you do
’cause no one’s coming for you
 
Closed all the jails down
long ago
don’t you know
now the streets are full
of unmarked shadows
 
This is how it ends.
This is how it ends.
 
You can’t even run
’cause there’s no place
left to go
Nobody’s coming for you
Lock all the doors
and go on with
the things you do
’cause no one’s coming for you
 
Send the kids
to the basement to play
or tell them stories
about yesterday
Tell them all about the way
it used to be
and if they’re bored
they can always
watch the TV.
 
Lock all the doors
and go on with
the things you do
’cause no one’s coming for you
no one’s coming for you
for you.

 

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