Uploaded March 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Download mp3: itunes.apple.com/au/album/why-aint-i-famous-yet-lp/id590458587
Lyrics by Nib Oswald
Vocals performed by Nick Foran, rap by Nib Oswald
with Georgie Ryan as Lady Justice
Beat produced by Sinima
[VERSE 1]
Teardrop carves down ashen skin
Wax melting from pain that burns within
I'm crawling forward, feel so small
Stand tall and I fear that I will fall
And I've got no place to call my own
Blank face in the crowd, I'm all alone
Disgraced, our complicity never sleeps
Slip back through the cracks into the deep
[CHORUS]
Cold apathy seeping through my veins
So numb to the warmth, the hurt, the pain
Hope slowly decays into the years
Our dreams, our fears
Blood, sweat and tears
[VERSE 2]
Grey sky, think I'll sleep-in today
That old clock scythe slowly reapin' away
Sundial second-hand illustrates sun strokes
As throats choke on second-hand military gun smoke
Eyes blinded by neon lights, we must
Prise minds open for real sight, and just
Keep trying despite feeling frightened
Weeping, crying, healing, fighting
Seeking, learning, dreaming, yearning
Breathing and bleeding, we scream 'til it's burning
Searching for freedom, a saviour's miracle
As the world keeps turning the same old circle
Same dirt churning and swirling with footsteps
Same earth nurturing birth from its woodchips
Feeding each seedling to flourish and bloom
But we starve in this darkness, malnourished and doomed
from this gloom
[CHORUS]
Cold apathy seeping through my veins
So numb to the warmth, the hurt, the pain
Hope slowly decays into the years
Our dreams, our fears
Blood, sweat and tears
[BRIDGE]
As the rain is pouring down
We dissolve into the ground
No voice, no-one to hear
Our blood, our sweat, our tears
As the dawn begins to break
And we finally awake
All the shadows disappear
Blood, sweat and tears
Blood, sweat and tears
Blood, sweat and tears.
***
- Video clips from film 'Samsara' by Ron Fricke.
- Slow motion droplets and tears free from stock footage.
- Video clips from 'Africa Cinematography Sequence' by Josh Franer:
youtube.com/watch?v=i_-ZSz3X_OM
Video is for entertainment purposes, no copyright ownership should be inferred.
Download mp3: itunes.apple.com/au/album/why-aint-i-famous-yet-lp/id590458587
Lyrics by Nib Oswald
Vocals performed by Nick Foran, rap by Nib Oswald
with Georgie Ryan as Lady Justice
Beat produced by Sinima
[VERSE 1]
Teardrop carves down ashen skin
Wax melting from pain that burns within
I'm crawling forward, feel so small
Stand tall and I fear that I will fall
And I've got no place to call my own
Blank face in the crowd, I'm all alone
Disgraced, our complicity never sleeps
Slip back through the cracks into the deep
[CHORUS]
Cold apathy seeping through my veins
So numb to the warmth, the hurt, the pain
Hope slowly decays into the years
Our dreams, our fears
Blood, sweat and tears
[VERSE 2]
Grey sky, think I'll sleep-in today
That old clock scythe slowly reapin' away
Sundial second-hand illustrates sun strokes
As throats choke on second-hand military gun smoke
Eyes blinded by neon lights, we must
Prise minds open for real sight, and just
Keep trying despite feeling frightened
Weeping, crying, healing, fighting
Seeking, learning, dreaming, yearning
Breathing and bleeding, we scream 'til it's burning
Searching for freedom, a saviour's miracle
As the world keeps turning the same old circle
Same dirt churning and swirling with footsteps
Same earth nurturing birth from its woodchips
Feeding each seedling to flourish and bloom
But we starve in this darkness, malnourished and doomed
from this gloom
[CHORUS]
Cold apathy seeping through my veins
So numb to the warmth, the hurt, the pain
Hope slowly decays into the years
Our dreams, our fears
Blood, sweat and tears
[BRIDGE]
As the rain is pouring down
We dissolve into the ground
No voice, no-one to hear
Our blood, our sweat, our tears
As the dawn begins to break
And we finally awake
All the shadows disappear
Blood, sweat and tears
Blood, sweat and tears
Blood, sweat and tears.
***
- Video clips from film 'Samsara' by Ron Fricke.
- Slow motion droplets and tears free from stock footage.
- Video clips from 'Africa Cinematography Sequence' by Josh Franer:
youtube.com/watch?v=i_-ZSz3X_OM
Video is for entertainment purposes, no copyright ownership should be inferred.
