With Baited Breath: Track #7 – Parade

Track: Parade
Music: Gerald Fratzl
Lyrics: Al Grego
Album: With Baited Breath
Artist: Poised for the Worm
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Track Number: 7
Genre: Alternative Rock / Hard Rock
Origin: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Standing on your amp, Les Paul losely slung over your shoulder, swing your strumming arm in a counter-clockwise windmill motion while striking the chords to this song. This is a great air-guitar tune.

Parade is the seventh track on With Baited Breath, and it’s about the ratrace and all the contradictions and hypocracies that come with it. It’s about the masks people wear, the roles we play, and the strange comfort we find in pretending everything is under control. The parade always moves on. Even when we can’t anymore.

Propulsive, classic speed rock with a progressive metal feel and clever lyrics.

— OBN

Lyrics:

Sun hits the jungle
Dawn is surreal
Another day at the office
Hunting for your meal
Got caught in the rat race
Work hard for your cheese
When all you need is money
Bring you down to your knees

So what has become of them
They all just live till their deaths
We’re all just in a parade
There must be some way out of here
Between the faithful and the rest
Lining up in a single-file line
We’re all just in a parade
In a parade

Make an honest living
Living in debt
Or live in a lie
Then try to forget
Caveman never had this problem
Didn’t care what he wore
Called no one a bigot
Called no one a whore

So what has become of them
They all just live till their deaths
We’re all just in a parade
There must be some way out of here
Between the faithful and the rest
Lining up in a single-file line
We’re all just in a parade
In a parade

Sun hits the jungle
Dawn is surreal
Another day at the office
Hunting for your meal

So what has become of them
They all just live till their deaths
We’re all just in a parade
There must be some way out of here
Between the faithful and the paid
Lining up in a single-file line
We’re all just in a parade
In a parade

More Details:

Album: With Baited Breath
Artist: Poised for the Worm
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Number of Tracks: 10
Genre: Alternative Rock / Hard Rock
Origin: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Recorded & Mixed: Chris Hegge at Audiolab Sound, Toronto
Additional Assistance: Jeff Cryderman
Mastered: Eric Abrahams at Sounds Like Hell Productions
All Songs Written By: Poised For The Worm
Cover Art By: Gerald Fratzl

Band Lineup:

• Al Grego: Lead Vocals
• Gerald Fratzl: Lead Guitar
• Steve Brown: Bass, Cello
• Travis Watts: Drums

Aditional Credits:

• Jae Fratzl: Classical Guitar on Stereo Serenade & Backing Vocals on Carousoleil

Tack Listing:

1. Rightfully Mine (Fratzl/Grego): 3:35
2. Carousoleil (Fratzl): 3:54
3. Asylum (Grego): 4:29
4. Fairy Tale (Fratzl/Grego): 5:05
5. Inebriation (Grego): 4:22
6. Something Bigger (Grego/Fratzl): 4:01
7. Parade (Fratzl/Grego): 5:15
8. Crisco Fever (Fratzl/Grego): 4:10
9. Stereo Serenade (Fratzl/Grego): 5:35
10. Gleam (Fratzl): 4:25

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