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about
21st Century Lullaby is a song about an uncertain future.
What does it mean to bring new life into the word today?
What responsibilities are borne by we, the living?
Skyscraper Stan wrote the song for his niece, the first grandchild to arrive in his nuclear family, born during a time of pandemics, wars, faltering ecology and accelerating artificial intelligence. The song was recorded live in one take - strings and all - at the Rat Shack in Collingwood, Melbourne.
lyrics
Hey Baby, oh what a world you're gonna see
Joyrides in flying cars
Holidays on Mars
Coral in the Arctic Sea
Hey Baby, what a world you're gonna see
And Baby, you'll want some answers out of me
Like did I do a thing
When we had the chance to bring
An end to this catastrophe
Hey Baby, you'll want some answers out of me
Like "was it out of evil?"
"Was the truth denied?"
"Was it all for money?"
"Was it all for pride?"
Yes child, there was evil
And foolish pride
But all for money
Was truth denied
You see, Baby, today is a crazy place to be
But love makes little sense
And blind to consequence
Its watering this family tree
Hey baby, what a world you're gonna see
credits
released May 26, 2023
Recorded at the Rat Shack by Rob Muinos
String arrangement by Sam Boon
Mastered by John Davis at Metropolis, London
Skyscraper Stan - guitar and vocals
Madeleine Jevons - ViolinIoana Tache - Violin
Matthew Laing - Viola
Hamish Jamieson - Cello
This Nashville trio make ultra-catchy indie rock (in the '90s sense of the term) with taut musicianship and a freewheeling spirit. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 2, 2021