Daz wrote this song way back in the Cape Town days when he was a tad depressed. We have brought the song back. Its a little different, this one.. Pretty gnarly lyrics, not for the faint-hearted! Check out Carina's double-bass with bow action, epic stuff!
Co-produced with our friend John Marks with a few first takes here in Tofino, BC, Canada.
Matador in a Masquerade:
What do you see when you look around?
The clowns in town make me frown like I’m hearing a bad sound..
From the present to the past & back for more, to take me up and make me soar through the almighty aurora.. but my feet are still on the ground and I’m strolling though town,
in my white gown, my golden slippers look like flippers
as I flip through history’s pages.
Sages in cages throughout the ages.
What really happened to Bob Marley?
I’ve been so down & out, I’ve ben so down & out.
I’ve been so down that I’ve wanted to die.
But I know that all of us have been here before but I know that I’m lying here right down on the floor because all of a sudden, I feel like a Matodor in a Masquerade.
Out riding my Harley, got stung by two B’s
Unchained by B.B. Kings keys, flung open The Doors
His Majesties eyes, his demise was a sad surprise
Why are all our kings are dead?
Its no mystery to me.
Chilling with my subtle friends & its crowded in here.
Whose the killer? TV? Bureaucrazy?
Adam & Eve’s family tree, wrapped in serpentine?
The crystal snake’s mesmerising lies, live on CNN..
Holy fuck have I got news for you;
Jesus was like you & got killed by the same crew, the ever-fearful masses, me & you..
I’ve been so down & out, I’ve ben so down & out.
I’ve been so down that I’ve wanted to die.
