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The video above shows Grade 8 performing Disappointment, which is a song about the dangers of drinking and driving. It tells the story of a man who, after breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to go on a drinking binge. He then takes his car for a drive with tragic consequences for a young child who is killed when he loses control. Here in Korea this is a very serious issue because children are killed twice as often on the roads in Korea as they are in, for example, the UK. A very large number of accidents are caused by alcohol, which impairs people's ability to control their vehicles.
The song was written by Shweta, Lamia and Lamisa, who are also singing. The rest of the line up is as follows:
Guitars - Liza, Peter & Anthony
Bass - Donald
Keyboards - Olav & Maria
Drums - Ellen
[ Download/View grade8-disappointment.wmv ]
Below are some more protest songs by Grade 8...
Listen Up
Music and Lyrics by Liza Girsova and Maria Lacambra
[ Download/View listen-up-G8-dec07.mp3 ]
Intro:
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x4
Verse 1.
They called her too fat when she was too thin
C
F
C
She stopped at nothing just to fit in
G
Bm
So now they sit thinking whatever went wrong
C
F
C
add G note
Not knowing what had been going on
Chorus:
She shouldn’t have listened to the things they said
G
Am
C
Cuz now she’s lying on her death bed
G
Em
So pale, so frail and weak
C
Am
Listen up as her angel speaks
G
Am
C
Am
G
Em
G
Am
C
Believe what you see, instead of what you hear
Verse 2.
C
E
In front of the mirror she stood everyday
C
F
C
Because of them it was her life that would pay
G
Bm
C
Em
Her Friends needed to listen, they needed to stop
C
E
F
C
Now she’s taken the overdose, too late to call a cop
Verse 3.
Their words were the ones that triggered the negative thoughts in her head
C
E
F
C
Was there ever a single nice thing that they said?
G
Bm
C
Em
She cut, she lashed, she killed herself until she couldn’t feel
C
Am
F
C
Cuz she didn’t want to be in a world that’s real
Chorus
Interlude
C
E
C
E
There was only one thing she wanted to say before she left our world
C
E
F
C
So all you other boys and girls, I hoped that you learned to
C
E
F
C
Ignore what they say, believe what you see so that you won’t get hurt
Chorus (repeat last line)
I Don't Care by Ellen, Peter & Donald
<Verse>
I don’t care what anybody says
The government can’t take control
In the way we live
In the way we speak
No rights to concern our beliefs
<Bridge>
Soon everyone will
(End up protesting against)
Stupid mistakes
(Made by the president)
Conversations
(Are the start of problems)
It’s always the same
(In each and every war)
<Chorus>
Can you hear it calling to you?
Can you hear it in yourself
You’re trying to say the same thing
Take control and tell the people
And open up that part of you that
Wants to hide away
<Verse>
I kind of know who to trust
It's no1's fault in the end
In the way they live
In the way they speak
Nothin matters after all
<Bridge>
Now speak up with me
(And tell the world the difference)
People can make
(With just a simple song)
Conversations
(Can be the resolution)
It’s not always the same
(We can make a difference)
<Chorus>
Can you hear it calling to you?
Can you hear it in yourself?
You’re trying to say the same thing
Take control and tell the people
And open up that part of you that
Wants to hide far away~
<chorus 2>
Can you hear it calling to you?
Can you hear it in yourself?
You’re trying to say the same thing
Take control and tell the people
And open up that part of you that
Wants to hide far away
I can hear it calling to me
I can hear it in myself
I’m telling you the same thing
Take control and tell the people
And opened up that part of me that
Wanted to hide away