HIGH TREASON
Otro de esos grupos perdidos en las arenas del tiempo, una banda más que se quedo en el camino sin apenas despegar y a pesar de la innegable calidad que sus pocas muestras musicales nos dejaron. Estamos, obviamente, hablando de la dorada década de los ochenta, en este caso dentro de la escena británica en una banda, "Virtue" que debemos englobar dentro de la NWOBHM, por sonido, época y origen. El grupo de formó en 1983 y aguantó hasta 1987 en que deciden separarse, una lástima pues, como decía más arriba, las pocas pinceladas que nos dejaron a través de un único single "We stand to fight" de 1985, y una demo en el 87 "Fools Gold", nos hablan una vez más de que la calidad, sobre todo compositiva, no va siempre de la mano del éxito o las ventas, muchas veces, como es el caso, apenas se tiene la ocasión de sacar la cabeza. Estamos ante un estilo clásico, un tanto hacia los comienzos de los Maiden, (salvando las diferencias), pero por ahí pueden ir los tiros. Hoy quiero dejar en el blog una de las canciones de su single "We stand to fight" compuesto por dos temas, el que da nombre al single, y "High Treason" canción de la que dejo hoy un enlace a youtube.
Locked up by the day, you’ve escaped through the night,
Come morning you’ll be gone.
The guards are far behind, to betray them is a crime,
When you’re caught, you’ll be hurt.
You’d better run, you’d better run for your life.
Take my word if you want to survive.
The guards are close and you are not to the night.
Death is closing in on you tonight!
High Treason (High Treason)!
Traitor to the world.
You can’t stop them,
Keep on running away.
Cornered by the lights, keeping out of sight,
I’m running away from you.
Can you hear the mutts, you’re being hunted like a fox,
They’ll watch you die, they want you burned!
You’ve gotta get out.
You’ve gotta get out of this town.
You have no chance, they'll run you down.
The end is here and life is running short.
They got you cornered, you’ve been caught!
High Treason (High Treason)!
Traitor to the world.
You can’t stop them,
Keep on running away.
I remember how it used to be.
Children played, the people were free.
I don’t know how did it all start?
They brought terror, they captured our thoughts.
Yeah!
No! They got me, they whipped me.
They dragged me through the grounds.
The women, the children, there’s women and children screaming.
To the rope overhead I’m fastened to the stone.
No regrets, no defence, I fall.
Come morning you’ll be gone.
The guards are far behind, to betray them is a crime,
When you’re caught, you’ll be hurt.
You’d better run, you’d better run for your life.
Take my word if you want to survive.
The guards are close and you are not to the night.
Death is closing in on you tonight!
High Treason (High Treason)!
Traitor to the world.
You can’t stop them,
Keep on running away.
Cornered by the lights, keeping out of sight,
I’m running away from you.
Can you hear the mutts, you’re being hunted like a fox,
They’ll watch you die, they want you burned!
You’ve gotta get out.
You’ve gotta get out of this town.
You have no chance, they'll run you down.
The end is here and life is running short.
They got you cornered, you’ve been caught!
High Treason (High Treason)!
Traitor to the world.
You can’t stop them,
Keep on running away.
I remember how it used to be.
Children played, the people were free.
I don’t know how did it all start?
They brought terror, they captured our thoughts.
Yeah!
No! They got me, they whipped me.
They dragged me through the grounds.
The women, the children, there’s women and children screaming.
To the rope overhead I’m fastened to the stone.
No regrets, no defence, I fall.
By Nash
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