“Set in an alternate dystopian reality that shares similarities with our own world,” Sam Fender’s “Play God” revolves around the idea of an Orwellian overlord who controls society and generates mistreatment of the working class.
The track was originally released on 31 March 2017 as Fender’s officia...
[Verse 1]
You were cracking all your fingers
With your eyes fixed to the floor
Sound had echoed down the street
By the monument you hear
Man is screaming through a megaphone
"Get your hands off the Middle East"
Every word would herd the cynical
Every word would cut your teeth
[Refrain]
And he will play God
And he will play God
[Verse 2]
It's all the same down in the capital
All the suits and clattered feet
Sewer rats will shower the underground
In a race to make ends meet
[Refrain]
And he will play God
And he will play God
[Chorus]
Am I mistaken or are we breaking
Under weight from the long time
That he played God?
Am I mistaken or are we breaking
Under weight from the long time
That he played God?
[Refrain]
He will play God
[Verse 3]
No matter who you are or where you've been
He is watching from the screen
Keeps a keen eye on the in-between
From the people to the queen
[Refrain]
And he will play God
And he will play God
[Chorus]
Am I mistaken or are we breaking
Under weight from the long time
That he played God?
Am I mistaken or are we breaking
Under weight from the long time
That he played God?
[Outro]
He will play God
He will play God
He will play God
He will play God
Play God was written by Sam Fender.
Play God was produced by Bramwell Bronte.
Sam Fender released Play God on Fri Mar 31 2017.
“I think at the time there was just a lot going on,” he recalls of the period when he wrote it. “There were loads of protests in the street in Newcastle for not bombing Syria and there was all of this stuff that was coming out with the phone tapping. It was just a very Orwellian time.”
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