[Intro]
Broken shards
All that we are at sometime
Scattered around
What you try to control all your life
It's not a matter of fate, it's just a question of time
And we all fall down
It's not a matter of fate, it's just a question of time
And we all fall down
[Verse 1]
I've been stranded and paid to die on the side of the road
I've been shot just because my heart
I've lost the times I've been bought and sold
I've been the victim of golden eyes
I've seen the dead walk among the living
In division, what's stripped away is made the same on the other side
[Chorus]
Because I've seen the underside of power
It's a game that can't go on
It could break down any hour
I've seen their faces and I've known them all
[Verse 2]
Once I vanished to reappear as an object of love
I've been ripped from the inside out
And then delivered in the hands of the devil
I've been convicted of ancient crimes
And made to drift from Hell to treason
In division, what's stripped away is made the same on the other side
[Chorus]
Because I've seen the underside of power
It's just a game that can't go on
It could break down any hour
I've seen their faces and I've known them all
We're on the wrong side of the power
It's a shadow
It's just a fire thrown across the wall
[Bridge]
Hold on
Standfast
Stay strong
Change is coming on
One day a change is gonna come
[Chorus]
Because I've seen the underside of power
It's just a game that can't go on
It could break down any hour
I've seen their faces and I've known them all
We're on the wrong side of the power
It's a shadow
It's just a fire thrown across the wall
Because I've seen the underside of power
It's just a game that can't go on
It could break down any hour
I've seen their faces and I've known them all
The Underside of Power was written by Matt Tong & Franklin James Fisher & Lee Tesche & Ryan Mahan.
The Underside of Power was produced by Ali Chant & Adrian Utley.
Algiers released The Underside of Power on Thu Apr 27 2017.
Both Ryan and I had been working on Clash-inspired, Northern Soul sketches in the same key and tempo, unbeknownst to one another. Franklin heard them, combined the best ideas, and then turned it into something special. Such an important song for us to have written as a band. I suppose it occupies th...