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Propaganda Village

from State of Emergency by Aaron Ferris

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The Propaganda Village is a town just north of the DMZ in North Korea. It exists to lure South Koreans into defecting to the North. Officially, Propaganda Village is home to a 200-family collective farm, serviced by a childcare centre, schools, and a hospital. However; observation from South Korea reveals that the village is fake. The buildings are hollow, and the lights turn on and off at fixed times. Instead of 200 families, the only residents are a few janitors who sweep the streets.

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Propaganda village sits within earshot of the zone
Where the lights flicker on to show that they’re meant to be at home
Yet no one’s ever lived there, no one’s ever been
I think it’s the most mysterious thing I think that I have ever seen

Balloons float across the sky as soldiers try and shoot them down
Hoping that none have reached the local folk in the little border towns
Told that their Dear Leader will provide all that they need
But tonight’s another night they have nothing to give their kids to eat

Unjustly imprisoned, she was hanging clothes up on the line
When the only thing she owned fell upon the ground
The words in that book were what kept that girl alive
Until the firing squad were ordered to pay her for her ‘crime’

I don’t believe the lies I’m told
I’ll crossing river into China before the winter cold
I’ll carry my clothes above my head, prepared my bribe
I’ll do anything to stay if I reach the other side

The secret police found a defector hiding in a shed
They brought him back across the border and shot him in the head
Three generations face the gulags for life
And even that just depends on how long you can survive

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from State of Emergency, released June 21, 2013
Additional Musicians: Phil Smith - Bass, Mark Hill - Drums

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Aaron Ferris Northern Ireland, UK

Aaron Ferris is an acoustic guitar playing singer songwriter from Co Antrim, NI. He has been writing and performing his own music for over 10 years.

2013 sees the long overdue third release, coming in the shape of a 6 track EP recorded under the watchful eye of Frankie McClay in Einstein, Antrim. ... more

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