Subroc - Not In My Name

Story Behind The Song

WHILE IN TOWN I SAW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MASSING TO PROTEST AGAINST THE WAR IN IRAQ. IT MOVED ME TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE TAKING TO THE STREETS IN ORDER TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD...SADLY THEY WERE IGNORED. I WENT HOME INSPIRED BY THOSE PEOPLE AND WROTE NOT IN MY NAME.

Song Description

A SONG ABOUT FREEDOM OF CHOICE...THE PEOPLE SPOKE AND THE PEOPLE WERE IGONRED. THIS SONG IS A SONG OF FRUSTRATION AND SORROW ABOUT THE LACK OF CHOICE FOR US AND THE INDIFFERENCE OF GOVERNMENTS TO THEIR PEOPLE. THIS SONG WON THE UK SONGWRITING CONTEST 2003 ROCK/ALTERNATIVE CATEGORY. DETAILS AVAILABE AT HTTP://WWW.USONGWRITINGCONTEST.CO.UK

Song Length 4:55 Genre Rock - Alternative, Rock - Indie/Low-Fi

Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal

Mood Poignant, Infuriated Subject War, Anti

Language English Era 2000 and later

Lyrics:

VERSE 1

DID YOU CALL MY NAME?
DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME?
DID YOU ASK MY OPINION ?
THAT'S HOW IT'S MEANT TO BE
YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP YOUR ARMS TONIGHT
'COS I WON'T BE SWAYED

CHORUS

YOU CAN FIGHT BUT NOT IN MY NAME
YOU COULD BE RIGHT...I DON'T KNOW WHO'S TO BLAME
YOU CAN FIGHT BUT NOT IN MY NAME

VERSE 2

DID YOU STOP TO THINK?
DID YOU STOP TO LOOK AROUND?
DID YOU FEEL MY GAZE?
DID YOU SEE ME IN THE CROWD?
YOU CAN HIDE BEHIND THE STARS AND STRIPES...
WITH NO MIND

CHORUS 2

YOU CAN FIGHT BUT NOT IN MY NAME
YOU COULD BE RIGHT...I DON'T KNOW WHO'S TO BLAME
YOU CAN FIGHT BUT NOT IN MY NAME

INTERLUDE

HOW DID YOU GET SO LOW?
DON'T WANNA SEE YOU CRY
HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH

OUTRO & CHORUS 3

YOU CAN FIGHT
YOU COULD BE RIGHT
YOU CAN FIGHT

YOU CAN FIGHT BUT NOT IN MY NAME
YOU COULD BE RIGHT...I DON'T KNOW WHO'S TO BLAME
YOU CAN FIGHT BUT NOT IN MY NAME
YOU CAN FIGHT

Credits

Lyrics TOM MCCREERY Music TOM MCCREERY

Producer TOM MCCREERY Publisher TOM MCCREERY

Performance SUBROC Label N/A

(Pretty good anti-war song, pretty cool to see they even won a songwriting contest in 2003 with it. Still dunno why they typed it on broadjam with all caps)