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I Serve Not (Single)

by The Novus

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I Serve Not was written around the time of the 2019 UK elections & is an ode to our dilapidated high streets, struggling small businesses & the idea of working-class community withering away. The hook "I serve not he who feeds me, but he who's sure I am fed" was very much a reflection of the idea that the potential 'leaders' at the time & especially now, may provide just about enough shelter & resources to tick boxes but they don't care if you're provided for - food banks ran by people like us from council estates need to do that & why? Food banks shouldn’t even need to exist in the 3rd richest country in the world. The song screams that we have to look out for eachother & come together because this is a very strange time - if we don’t then the age old ‘divide & conquer’ will do its job more than it already is. The longer the song has been waiting to come out, the more relevant it has unfortunately become.

lyrics

Run away, run away,
it’s simple common sense
Run away,
It's simple common sense
Empty streets calling for the end of talking
A way to destroy our high street

(Chorus)
I serve not he who feeds me,
But he who’s sure I am fed
I Serve not the master of the dance,
I will not waltz until I’m dead

Run away, run away,
it’s simple common sense
Run away,
It's simple common sense
A way from the inside to kill off the seaside
of wealthy assistants and the failures of the system

I serve not he who feeds me,
But he who’s sure I am fed
I serve not the master of the dance,
I will not waltz until I’m dead

(Middle)

I serve not he who feeds me,
But he who’s sure I am fed
I serve not the master of the dance,
I will not waltz until I’m dead
I serve not he who feeds me,
But he who’s sure I am fed
I serve not the master of the dance,
I will not waltz until I’m dead

credits

released April 21, 2021
Music & lyrics written by: Tyla Challenger, Connor Hill, Thomas Rhodes, Euan Woodman
Produced by: Gavin Monaghan & Liam Radburn
Produced at: Magic Garden Studio
Photography by: Max Auberon
Artwork by: Tyla Challenger

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