Saigon Static

[Intro – helicopter blades, vinyl crackle, distant radio] [static] “This is Saigon radio…” [Verse 1 – groovy swing rhythm] Stepped from smoke into neon rain Different decade, same old pain Motorbikes and burning skies Young men losing older lives Cigarette glow, jungle heat Mud and rhythm in the street Every bar sings louder lies While helicopters cross the night [Pre-Chorus – psychedelic guitar build] History spins… Round and round… [Chorus – energetic electro swing] WELCOME TO THE SAIGON STATIC EVERY SIGNAL SOUNDS ERRATIC JAZZ AND GUNFIRE IN THE AIR PEACE SIGNS MIXED WITH PURE DESPAIR WELCOME TO THE SAIGON STATIC DANCING THROUGH THE AUTOMATIC EVERYBODY WANTS TO WIN NOBODY KNOWS WHERE TO BEGIN [Drop – brass + glitch + 60s guitar] (static—static—static…) [Verse 2 – storytelling] Soldier playing poker drunk Listening to psychedelic funk Says he’s twenty, looks sixty-two Too much war’ll do that to you Reporter with a camera flash Capturing another crash Everybody chasing truth While the jungle swallows youth [Pre-Chorus] Same fear… Different song… [Chorus – bigger] WELCOME TO THE SAIGON STATIC WHERE THE FUTURE FEELS TRAUMATIC FLOWER CROWNS AND NAPALM FLAMES EVERYBODY PLAYS THEIR GAME WELCOME TO THE SAIGON STATIC EVERY NIGHT FEELS CINEMATIC DREAMS ARE SOLD IN BLACK AND WHITE UNDERNEATH THE SAIGON LIGHTS [Bridge – stripped, emotional] Traveler… What are you looking for…? Another lesson…? Another war…? [Breakdown – radio voices + glitch] (incoming! incoming!) [static] [Verse 3 – darker, faster] Broken jukebox, shattered glass Nobody thinks this thing will last Generals speak in polished gold Kids come home already old Traveler standing in the rain Watching history bleed again Every era changes face Still the world repeats the same [Final Chorus – huge climax] WELCOME TO THE SAIGON STATIC EVERY MEMORY FEELS FRAGMENTED SWINGING THROUGH THE SMOKE AND FEAR TRYING JUST TO DISAPPEAR WELCOME TO THE SAIGON STATIC VINYL DREAMS AND CHAOTIC MAGIC TIME KEEPS MOVING, NEVER STOPS EVEN WHEN THE MUSIC DROPS [Outro – fading helicopter + vinyl] [static fading] Traveler… move again…