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Journal For The Jilted Generation

by Andy Hughes

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Intro 00:43
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The adventure begins In a kingdom of sorcery The shaman traverses time The wizard pleads his warning He plays with necromancy From an ancient forbidden book Enriched and drunk with power Our planet could devour The battle shall commence From twilight until the dawn Emeralds dance in the sky The monster will be unleashed Grab the swords and armour shields And run to the fighting fields This could be the last stand In our precious home of land Fire the flames, fire the flames The dragon never sleeps Fire the flames, fire the flames The phoenix can not defeat Turn and run, turn and run Before the devil gets your soul Turn and run, turn and run For we shall not return The troops march on patrol Has the devil got your soul? Yeah! Fire the flames, fire the flames The dragon never sleeps Fire the flames, fire the flames The phoenix can not defeat, yeah! Turn and run, turn and run Before the devil gets your soul Turn and run, turn and run For we shall not return
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Lift me up, be my drug baby There's no cure, all I need is you All I need is you Misfits living in a damnation Forever stuck, there's no substitute You're like a prostitute Dead end dolls, there's no love left in you Dead end dolls, don't tease me with your pretty lies Take your choice, is this a way of life? Lipstick on, feed us with your lust And corporate smile Is this who you are? You're looking like a porno star Sell yourself off to the masses No freedom of speech Just party on tonight Live it up all night Dead end dolls, don't cheapen yourself for me Dead end dolls, don't tease me with your sleazy tricks Take your choice, is this a way of life? Is this your way of life? Is this a way of life? The future doesn't look so bright for you The future doesn't look so bright for you Take your choice, is this way of life? Is this your way of life? Is this a way of life?
4.
Wondering through these empty streets Dead end bars and jilted hearts Are we going anywhere? We're in a wasteland of despair We know where we are now In the wrong direction We've gone so far now And there's no looking back Are we waiting for a rapture? To save us from the lonely night Are we waiting for a rapture? To live an afterlife where our stars shine bright Are we waiting for a rapture? I see her beauty everyday It doesn't help me, why can't she stay? As we crawl into our empty bed I feel the shock how you shot me dead My friends are all sinking In the same boat, in a sullen sea And I've been thinking About the girl who stole a little part of me Are we waiting for a rapture? To save us from the lonely night A beautiful moment to capture To live an afterlife where our stars shine bright Are we waiting for a rapture? We thought we knew you But everyone goes through changes Keep on dreaming Keep on dreaming 'till the dream has gone Are we waiting for a rapture? To save us from the lonely night A beautiful moment to capture To live an afterlife where our stars shine bright Are we waiting for a rapture?
5.
Nobody knows who they want to be In this old city of apathy We're misfits in a dying culture And now I feel I'm growing older If only we could dream like children, once again Then maybe we would be less hopeless Let's sing tonight For the ones that are in plight Another sullen song For our times are going wrong Let's sing tonight For the eternal fight For the eternal fight Can we face all the changing seasons? Will love ever find the reasons? When all we feel is alienation In this iconoclast generation It's so hard to mask these emotions In our stride When all we feel is the pain inside Let's sing tonight For the ones that are in plight Another sullen song For our times are going wrong Let's sing tonight For the eternal fight For the eternal fight We can't make it on our own We can't make it on our own We can't make it on our own We can't make it all alone I hope someday That we'll find love our own way And feel a place like home For it seems, we're on our own Let's sing tonight For the ones that are in plight Another sullen song For our times are going wrong Let's sing tonight For the eternal fight For the eternal fight
6.
Ghost 06:10
What have I become? Something I've always hated Wondering lost in this black hole Jilted and jaded In a bed of isolation I never found my destination I'm on this island with no goal I am the solitary soul The forsaken Make me one of your kind Revelate me I am a ghost to your authority Awake me Somewhere along the way I forgot what I was looking for I need a stranger to tell me the score Before I reach the earth's core I can't except just what I am This unholy spirit damned Get me out of this prison And let me join your division The forsaken Make me one of your kind Revelate me I am a ghost to your authority Awake me Dig me out of this grave Elevate me Exterminate this vulnerability
7.
Puppet Show 05:08
Running down the lonesome path Composing your epitaph Gazing at the mirror in the sky And trying to chase a better high We're going down a landslide There's so much emptiness for us inside In this life we're letting go It's just one big puppet show A puppet show Wallowing in hopelessness We all want a taste of their happiness But romance is dead you say We've gotta go our own way You don't recognise me anymore You're washed out on a distant shore The good times cannot last forever Better get your head back together We're going down a landslide There's so much emptiness for us inside In this life we're letting go It's just one big puppet show A puppet show Where did we go wrong? Is this our final swan song? Where did we go wrong? It seems all faith has gone! We're going down a landslide And there's no happy place where we can hide In this life we're letting go It's just one big puppet show A puppet show
8.
Black Sky 06:05
Imagine everything so perfect Our own utopia The black dogs will be kept at bay We'll sail our ships far away Where are the morning birds? They have gone astray today We've gotta get ourselves together Before the storm But I know that we can only dream So it may seem It's a black sky It's a black sky It's a black sky The jets pollute the skyline It kills away the sunshine I wanna get out The fear alone is delirium Summer has passed Or did it never rise? We've gotta get ourselves together Before the storm But I know that we can only dream So it may seem It's a black sky It's a black sky It's a black sky We've gotta get ourselves together Before the storm But I know that we can only dream So it may seem It's a black sky It's a black sky It's a black sky
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Sacrifice yourself For the modern day of the population Pollution in the sky Dereliction has become across the nation Soldier with bullet through skin Judgement day is far upon within We're turning the pages again This is the journal for the jilted generation of today This is the journal for the jilted generation of today Fucked up and who wants to know? Fucked up and who's responsible? The daily ritual Nightfall we drown away the sorrow Can't conform to morality Can't be the hero you wish to follow Justify those empty lies Freedom that you wish to arise We're turning the pages again This is the journal for the jilted generation of today This is the journal for the jilted generation of today Fucked up and who wants to know? Fucked up and who's responsible?
10.
The new world order Alienates us from society Condemned from dignity We deform ourselves into despair Repent upon the masses They teach you to conform and obey We are slaves to the machine We are slaves to the machine An ever changing world so transitory Fulfilled with wasted wars and corruption Define this modern culture And sacrifice your believes Repent upon the masses They teach you to conform and obey We are slaves to the machine We are slaves to the machine
11.
Viva La Rev 05:15
Do what's right, for your country Condemned to material Possessions through this exile Unwittingly discovering A washed out man's lifestyle Mirrored trademark merchandise Is a corporate illusion This ancient new remedy Will break your confusion Knock them down It's easy when you have the power How can you wear your crown? With all the poverty Turn around and listen to the people Viva la revolution Anyone can die in vain If they wanted to If they wanted to Disarm the riffles Hang up the medals and uniforms Wallowed in their victory Make a history, make a history Re-creation of your principles Masking identity Take away their methadone And now they're fuelling self pity Romance is dead and gone On the streets you can buy her soul Fragments of parasites Poisoned in the waterhole Hold me down Take me to the hospital Your ugly thrown is getting better Turn around and listen to the people Viva la revolution Anyone can die in vain If they wanted to If they wanted to Disarm the riffles Hang up the medals and uniforms Wallowed in their victory Make a history, make a history Turn around, stand your ground Fight the fight Do what's right, for your country Oh yeah! Oh yeah! Viva la revolution Everything can fade away If you want it to If you want it to Sinking like quicksand Getting old before your time Wallowed in our misery Make a history, make a history Make a history, make a history
12.
Memory Lane 05:52
I saw your face in an old home video You use to be my hero There's too much turmoil in this white city Stuffing it up our nose, still with pity And it will never be the same Close your eyes and count down to ten Walk with me down memory lane It's not what it used to be The good times are history Walk with me down memory lane It's not what it used to be It's a boulevard of misery Thinking about all those people I use to know Now they just pass me by, in the snow And all I need is another cigarette I can sit back and pretend to forget I missed my chance by an oversight Why did I get so high that night? Walk with me down memory lane It's not what it used to be The good times are history Walk with me down memory lane It's not what it used to be It's a boulevard of misery And there's nothing left to see Just shades on the walls of graffiti I saw your face in an old home video You use to be my hero You use to be my hero You use to be my hero My hero Walk with me down memory lane It's not what it used to be The good times are history Walk with me down memory lane It's not what it used to be It's a boulevard of misery Walk with me down memory lane It's not what it used to be The good times are history So walk with me down memory lane It's not what it used to be It's a boulevard of misery So walk with me So walk with me Down memory lane
13.
The breath of the morning Is too stale to define Awakening so weary Pretending to hold the line React your wills of discipline And then I'll choose mine And then I'll choose mine Rise and fall for today Take your quest throw it away No matter the sorrows left to stay Oh All of those suffering Are victims of the past Prozac junkies so willing How long can this last? Cracked actor tells his story But now he's lost the cast But now he's lost the cast Rise and fall for today Take your quest throw it away No matter the sorrows left to stay Oh Oh Ah You can't let go your demons You can't justify or find the reasons Cause your mind changes seasons Your mind changes seasons Walk along this this rocky road Forget all that you've been told Ask yourself the question Control, learn the lesson Rise and fall for today Take your quest throw it away, you motherfucker! No matter the sorrows left to stay
14.
Tribal Army 05:22
Out of luck and out of love We will take, just one last stand To retaliate and initiate Exit the day, blow them away And when we return The bridges will burn We will reunite in our tribal army Our dreams are dead, we're in the devil's bed But it's not the end, we will find revelation I will take, just one last breath For dignity, for our anxiety And when we return The bridges will burn We will reunite in our tribal army The demons will disappear And allay our darkest fears Flooding like a tsunami In our tribal army Line up the solitude soldiers Line up the solitude soldiers Line up the solitude soldiers Line up the solitude soldiers
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Faltered steps of indecision Momentum is dying now I was looking for romance But then I fell into a trance Throw your coin into the fountain Grant a wish that'll never come Living to fall asleep Because the world is sterilised and cheap I use to be optimistic But as we grow we learn much more It makes me feel so cold Is it the end of the world? The population has got too large And now the Tories are in charge Our heroes are dropping dead Now they live in the sky I have lied and I've cheated My Kung Fu has been defeated Have we not been told? It's the end of the world The end of the world Faltered steps of indecision Momentum is dying now Chemtrails are in the sky This is our last goodbye We knew that life doesn't last too long Eternal love has turned to our swan song There's nothing left to unfold Cos' it's the end of the world The world, the world The world, the world The end of the world The end of the world

about

The new 15 track LP by Andy Hughes (In production since 2013)

Featuring the popular singles:

Memory Lane (released July 31, 2019)
Dead End Dolls (released September 2, 2019)
Viva La Rev (released October 23, 2019)
Waiting For a Rapture (released November 26, 2019)

Kevin Borras (Clutching at Crumbs Radio Podcast)- "The Peterborough-based multi-instrumentalist takes you on a journey that includes Manic Street Preachersesque fist-wavers, late 70s powerpop, doom-laden slabs of blackness straight out of the Tony Iommi school of riffology and hints of early Def Leppard. it's remarkably apt. ****"

Rob Doran (Hard Corps/Polydor Records)- " This album unashamedly stands on the shoulders of the giants of rock such as Black Sabbath, the Manic Street Preachers, AC/DC, but also adds a modern twist. Journal for the Jilted Generation is a culmination of all Andy Hughes has achieved to date, a solid rock album with sparks of gold shining through."

Rock and Roll Andy (Rock and Roll Enterprises/Lace & Whiskey)- "From this Andy’s exquisite lead guitar work takes you into a different world with each track, with soaring solos and interesting fretwork under the vocal parts.Vocally this is Andy Hughes performing at his instantly recognisable and unique best. ****"

Mark Ringer (Burning Codes/The Willow Festival/Big Mouth Studios)- "Everybody is talking about this new music, this new genre, this new movement, this new guy! Incredible! You haven't heard 17 minute guitar solos like this, since Frank Zappa dropped acid!"

Bob Renton (Solo Composer/Stevie Daniels & The Whiskey Riderz)- "It's like Manic Street Preachers had sex with The Who!"

Ricky Worraker (Phantom Heads/Velocity/Peterborough Gig Guide)- "If you’re in lockdown and missing some sweet sweet action, then stick this bad boy on, lay back and think of England as Prof. Andy Hughes takes you through a musical eargasm with caressing tunes. 10/10."

Paul Douglas (Lizzy On The Loose)- "Melodic, anthemic, dynamic, emphatic, prolific... It's bad ass, buy it!"

Mark Rowlands (Musician/Comedian)- "It was a journey through my Mixolydian scale of emotions."

credits

released May 1, 2020

All music & lyrics composed by
Andy Hughes (Except track 7 'Puppet Show' lyrically co-written with Dante DiCarlo)

Andy Hughes:
Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards, midi sequencing, production, mixing

James Pepper:
Drums on track 3 (Dead End Dolls) and track 13 (Rise 'n' Fall)
Mixing on track 8 (Black Sky) and track 12 (Memory Lane)

Jack Muir:
Sound engineering on track 8 (Black Sky)

Dante DiCarlo:
Audio Mastering

Donna Lilley:
Photography

Damian Toole:
Photography and artwork

Eve Wild:
Model

Recorded at Personal Noise Studios (Andy's Pad) 2013 to 2020
Revenance and Rocket Park Studios in Peterborough, UK.

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Cambridgeshire based singer-songwriter, producer and multi- instrumentalist.

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