The Internet, media over-saturation, infotainment, 'alternative facts' and 'fake news' leading to a population that is confused and disconnected from other people and reality. The song ends on a positive note with the challenge to take back the tools of communication and repurpose them to communicate the truth and bring people together.
lyrics
A million camera watching while you sleep
A collaboration, an abattoir waiting for sheep.
You took to the media like an addict takes to their junk
And I'm not impressed.
I'm not impressed.
Noise to signal, signal to noise (repeat).
Suffer your children, breathing the gas
It won't make a difference now, you're the sum of your past.
They strip you and scratch you, study your voice
And you've slept too late, you've slept too long.
Noise to signal, signal to noise (repeat).
In the blinding darkness, turned until you're done
Prepared for your butchery with hours and hours and hours of fun.
Give in to the signal, giving in to the noise
Well here is the real expense, here's what you destroyed.
Noise to signal, signal to noise (repeat).
Confused by the noise, you refuse the vaccine
Volunteer to be the herd that's going to get thinned.
But the blood in the brake line survives the extreme
At peace in the darkness, dreams of what used to be.
Shut down the noise, become the signal (repeat).
credits
from Black Science,
released June 12, 2017
Josh Norling: Saxophone.
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When you like your prog to be more beautiful and/or accessible than prog-proggy, than this is for you! Melodic as hell and yes, Peter Falconer is quite a singer! That wouldn't go half the way without the solid songs of Pat Sanders. A great combination of skills ;-) Carsten Pieper
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Absolutely hooked on this album from first listen. How rare is that with prog!??? Excellent songwriting and musicianship. Can’t wait to dive into the rest of the collection. Thomas Lock
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BBT are standard bearers for modern prog, with a sound that evokes the spirit of those legendary 70s bands whilst managing to also be thoroughly contemporary. It's astonishing that over 30 minutes of music of this quality, with such high production values, is being made available for free - and their full albums are also very reasonably priced... Eleventh Earl of Blah
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Fantasy progressive rock is not something I'd ever thought of. Yet Foreign Land, especially the Foreign Land track itself, transported me straight into an unknown, magical fantasy world. Hakim Zulkufli