Biografia:
About Matt Pless
"The trouble with writing about yourself is that you can't fool around. If you write about someone else, you can stretch the truth from here to Finland. If you write about yourself, the slightest deviation makes you realize instantly that there may be honor among thieves, but you are just a dirty liar."------Groucho Marx-------- Matt Pless is a solo artist from Baltimore Maryland. He has played shows all over the country, from the streets and subways of New York City, to sunny Venice Beach California.
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Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
[Verse]
Am
If it starts with an explosion
Dm
Do you end it with a bang?
E
First the whistles start a blowin'
Am
Then the guilty finally hang
Am
Theres a storm on the horizon
Dm
And the waters on the rise
E
We're watching history repeatin'
Am
With the changin' times
Am
The figureheads keep talking
Dm
But they're buried in the sand
E
Everyone is pointing fingers
Am
Everybody plays their hand
Am
The fix is in, the game is rigged
Dm
The pawns are polarized
E
You can either pick a side
Am
Or think outside the picket lines
[Pre Chorus]
F
I wonder, is this a revolution
C
Or just mass confusion?
E
When every voice is trying to scream
Am
The loudest for equality
Dm
While we argue strategy
Am
Culture and philosophy
E
People die in city streets
Am
All paved with blood and poverty
F
The powers with a chosen few
C
Desperation's just a tool
E
That crooked corruption use
Am
To keep the private prisons full
Dm
diamond pockets lined with profits
Am
Earned from broken lives
E Am
Misled to pledge by one discrimination under God
I'm sayin
[Chorus]
F C
stop the world, i wanna get off
G Am
everything's on fire and it's falling apart
F
so if we can't turn back
C
can we change the course
G F G Am
when the fury of the frayed wind blows
[Verse]
Am
The preachers sell salvation
Dm
To the faithful on their knees
E
Some prey upon our need and want
Am
For something to believe
Am
And some have spun the doctrines
Dm
Holy guide toward paradise
E Am
To justify injustices and centuries of genocide
Am
Surrender to your temples
Dm
To your alters or your shrines
E
The weapons used by shepherds
Am
So the sheep will keep in line
Am
Conflicting congregations
Dm
Thinking only of themselves
E
If thats the path to heaven
Am
Hate to see the road to hell
[Pre Chorus]
F
I tell ya' they take a vision
C
make religion, cause division
E
Keep you vacant and complacent
Am
And dependent on a system
Dm
By creating ways to seperate
Am
Utilizing class and race
E
Prejudice perpetuates
Am
And keeps monopolies in place
F
Trickle up or trickle down
C
Stack or spread the wealth around
E
Someones hope is runnin' out
Am
While fortune feeds a bank account
Dm
Empty promise politicians
Am
Pander to the poor
E
While there's money used for funding
Am
Phony wars on foreign shores
[Chorus]
F C
stop the world, i wanna get off
G
Cause they're loading up the bullets
Am
And they're dropping the bombs
F C
The propaganda beats to the narrative drums
G F G Am
when the fury of the frayed wind blows
[Verse]
Am
The criminals in congress
Dm
They ain't got no ground to stand
E
They're building walls and borders
Am
Up around the stolen land
Am
A legacy of liberty
Dm
Thats how the story goes
E
But conquerers rewrote the past
Am
To suit the status quo
Am
So is it institutions
Dm
Or the state of human kind
E
That leads to some exalted
Am
Over thousands left behind
Am
They'll push you to you're limit
Dm
But in turn, they'll push their luck
E
Cause sleeping giants riot
Am
When they've finally woken up
[Pre Chorus]
F C
Because they're buying your silence with those shiny advertisments
E
They lie and cheat and steal
Am
And tax your habits so you'll finance
F
What they hide away behind the scenes
C
Cover over underneath
E
Population Explotation
Am
Victimized by vanity
F
Faces in a magazine
C
Pictures on a pixel screen
E
Set a lofty standard
Am
That disintegrates your self esteem
F
Race to chase a plastic dream
C
Red carpets and Limousines
E
Blinded and distracted by
Am
The flashbulbs of celebrity
F
But just beyond the limelight
C
After fame has run it's course
E
They'll throw you to the lions
Am
While a sold out crowd will roar
[Chorus]
F C
stop the world, i wanna get off
G
Cause there's bodies lying
Am
breathless, bleeding, piling up.
F
they shook the bottled Rage
C
now it's bound to erupt
G F G Am
when the fury of the frayed wind blows
[Verse]
Am
You can think yourself in circles
Dm
But the answers never clear
E
Is there safety with surveillance?
Am
Is there freedom without fear?
Am
Unravel and untangle
Dm
All you thought you understood
E
And question everything
Am
Until you question why you should
Am
We'll change the world with flowers
Dm
Or we'll change the world with guns
E
We'll plant a seed or dig a grave
Am
Before its said and done
Am
But if we come together
Dm
All for one and one for all
E
Resistence rises up
Am
Sure as an empire will fall
Am
So ill just work toward the future
Dm
May it crumble for the better
E
Where tyrannical oppressors
Am
Are just shadows we remember
[Pre Chorus]
F
No judgment based on color
C
Or your lover or your gender
E
Dismantle older models
Am
So they cant be reassembled
Dm
But the day the tables turn your way
Am
Watch out for a twist of fate
E
Careful not to stumble and become
Am
The very thing you hate
F
Search for something comforting
C
Seek out something innocent
E
But you'll never have those eyes
Am
That look at life that way again
Dm
So you can take the high road
Am
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
E
But you fight fire with fire
Am
When you're going down in flames
[Chours]
F C
stop the world I wanna get off
G
Cause we're at each other's throats
Am
and now it's choking my heart
F
so we can burn the earth
C
or extinguish the torch
G F G Am
when the fury of the frayed wind blows
Am
If it starts with an explosion
Dm
Do you end it with a bang?
E
First the whistles start a blowin'
Am
Then the guilty finally hang
Am
Theres a storm on the horizon
Dm
And the waters on the rise
E
We're watching history repeatin'
Am
With the changin' times
Am
The figureheads keep talking
Dm
But they're buried in the sand
E
Everyone is pointing fingers
Am
Everybody plays their hand
Am
The fix is in, the game is rigged
Dm
The pawns are polarized
E
You can either pick a side
Am
Or think outside the picket lines
[Pre Chorus]
F
I wonder, is this a revolution
C
Or just mass confusion?
E
When every voice is trying to scream
Am
The loudest for equality
Dm
While we argue strategy
Am
Culture and philosophy
E
People die in city streets
Am
All paved with blood and poverty
F
The powers with a chosen few
C
Desperation's just a tool
E
That crooked corruption use
Am
To keep the private prisons full
Dm
diamond pockets lined with profits
Am
Earned from broken lives
E Am
Misled to pledge by one discrimination under God
I'm sayin
[Chorus]
F C
stop the world, i wanna get off
G Am
everything's on fire and it's falling apart
F
so if we can't turn back
C
can we change the course
G F G Am
when the fury of the frayed wind blows
[Verse]
Am
The preachers sell salvation
Dm
To the faithful on their knees
E
Some prey upon our need and want
Am
For something to believe
Am
And some have spun the doctrines
Dm
Holy guide toward paradise
E Am
To justify injustices and centuries of genocide
Am
Surrender to your temples
Dm
To your alters or your shrines
E
The weapons used by shepherds
Am
So the sheep will keep in line
Am
Conflicting congregations
Dm
Thinking only of themselves
E
If thats the path to heaven
Am
Hate to see the road to hell
[Pre Chorus]
F
I tell ya' they take a vision
C
make religion, cause division
E
Keep you vacant and complacent
Am
And dependent on a system
Dm
By creating ways to seperate
Am
Utilizing class and race
E
Prejudice perpetuates
Am
And keeps monopolies in place
F
Trickle up or trickle down
C
Stack or spread the wealth around
E
Someones hope is runnin' out
Am
While fortune feeds a bank account
Dm
Empty promise politicians
Am
Pander to the poor
E
While there's money used for funding
Am
Phony wars on foreign shores
[Chorus]
F C
stop the world, i wanna get off
G
Cause they're loading up the bullets
Am
And they're dropping the bombs
F C
The propaganda beats to the narrative drums
G F G Am
when the fury of the frayed wind blows
[Verse]
Am
The criminals in congress
Dm
They ain't got no ground to stand
E
They're building walls and borders
Am
Up around the stolen land
Am
A legacy of liberty
Dm
Thats how the story goes
E
But conquerers rewrote the past
Am
To suit the status quo
Am
So is it institutions
Dm
Or the state of human kind
E
That leads to some exalted
Am
Over thousands left behind
Am
They'll push you to you're limit
Dm
But in turn, they'll push their luck
E
Cause sleeping giants riot
Am
When they've finally woken up
[Pre Chorus]
F C
Because they're buying your silence with those shiny advertisments
E
They lie and cheat and steal
Am
And tax your habits so you'll finance
F
What they hide away behind the scenes
C
Cover over underneath
E
Population Explotation
Am
Victimized by vanity
F
Faces in a magazine
C
Pictures on a pixel screen
E
Set a lofty standard
Am
That disintegrates your self esteem
F
Race to chase a plastic dream
C
Red carpets and Limousines
E
Blinded and distracted by
Am
The flashbulbs of celebrity
F
But just beyond the limelight
C
After fame has run it's course
E
They'll throw you to the lions
Am
While a sold out crowd will roar
[Chorus]
F C
stop the world, i wanna get off
G
Cause there's bodies lying
Am
breathless, bleeding, piling up.
F
they shook the bottled Rage
C
now it's bound to erupt
G F G Am
when the fury of the frayed wind blows
[Verse]
Am
You can think yourself in circles
Dm
But the answers never clear
E
Is there safety with surveillance?
Am
Is there freedom without fear?
Am
Unravel and untangle
Dm
All you thought you understood
E
And question everything
Am
Until you question why you should
Am
We'll change the world with flowers
Dm
Or we'll change the world with guns
E
We'll plant a seed or dig a grave
Am
Before its said and done
Am
But if we come together
Dm
All for one and one for all
E
Resistence rises up
Am
Sure as an empire will fall
Am
So ill just work toward the future
Dm
May it crumble for the better
E
Where tyrannical oppressors
Am
Are just shadows we remember
[Pre Chorus]
F
No judgment based on color
C
Or your lover or your gender
E
Dismantle older models
Am
So they cant be reassembled
Dm
But the day the tables turn your way
Am
Watch out for a twist of fate
E
Careful not to stumble and become
Am
The very thing you hate
F
Search for something comforting
C
Seek out something innocent
E
But you'll never have those eyes
Am
That look at life that way again
Dm
So you can take the high road
Am
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
E
But you fight fire with fire
Am
When you're going down in flames
[Chours]
F C
stop the world I wanna get off
G
Cause we're at each other's throats
Am
and now it's choking my heart
F
so we can burn the earth
C
or extinguish the torch
G F G Am
when the fury of the frayed wind blows
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