Twenties

from Scared New World by Kabir Sheikh

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What a crazy ride the opening years of the 2020s were! This is a look back at all the madness since the start of the new millennium.

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We came into the millennium
On a wave of technology
The tech got smart but we got dumb
In a cult of personality
Favoured sons too big to fail
There was more gold to be found
But dirty hands demanded bail
When the whole thing came crashing down

Living in the twenties
Of the twenty-first century
We’re not looking to the future
Just repeating history
Running in circles
Because we never listened at all
Everybody’s lost their minds
In a scared new world

Along came a virus
And sat down inside us
And broke all of our routines
Everything we took for granted
Was locked down and quarantined
As the press distract and vilify
And We lap up what they preach
All of our rights get eroded away
In fascist overreach

Living in the twenties
Of the twenty-first century
We’re not looking to the future
Just repeating history
Running in circles
Because we never listened at all
Everybody’s lost their minds
In a scared new world

Loud opinions of the ignorant
Replaced the words of the wise
When everyone knows everything
There’s no need for advice
Giving in to superstition
Stooping to conspiracy
In a post-truth world
It’s not what you prove
But what you make people believe

Living in the twenties
Of the twenty-first century
We’re not looking to the future
Just repeating history
Running in circles
Because we never listened at all
Everybody’s lost their minds
In a scared new world

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from Scared New World, released October 3, 2022

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Kabir Sheikh London, UK

With London-based indie-rockers The Silver Bayonets on hold during lockdown, lead guitarist / singer Kabir created a solo album with the help of producer Dave Draper. Featuring Bullet for My Valentine drummer Jason Bowld and a lead vocal contribution on a track from 90s alt-rocker Andy Delany, the 10-song album Scared New World was recorded over 2021and 2022 and released 3 Oct 2022. ... more

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