Just Because You're Paranoid
George Stephen Kelly: Vocal, Slide Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Ryland Kelly: Bass, Piano, Electric Guitar, Nylon String Guitar Solo
Todd Glass: Drums, Percussion
Raye Williams, Background Vocals
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Just Because You're Paranoid
You can hear conspiratorial tones
Subterfuge and innuendo
Can’t tell your friends from your enemies
Seems like they’re all in on the scheme
Just because you’re paranoid
Doesn’t mean they’re not
talking behind your back
So many people to avoid, and
you’re always being tracked
Can’t shake the feeling you were followed
Feels like you might not be alone
They got your IP address,
bugged your home
Tracked the GPS on your phone
Just because you’re paranoid
Doesn’t mean that they’re
not out to get you
Though evidence has been destroyed
They still might be coming to arrest you
Closed circuit TV monitors
your every move
God only knows if you’re
gonna slip through
Always under surveillance or so it seems
Hard to distinguish real life
from your dreams
Just because you’re paranoid
Doesn’t mean they’re not
talking behind your back
So many voices to avoid
Even though you wear a tin foil hat
You think you’re the
victor just don't forget
You might be the victim
you just don’t know it yet
People’s motivations so hard to gauge
They’re all players, the world is a stage
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that they’re not out to get you
Sanity is null and void, and there is no one to protect you
©George S. Kelly 2015, Ace Sleeve Music BMI
Ryland Kelly
Ryland Kelly
Raye Williams & George
Todd Glass
When a tin foil hat is not enough
Behind the Song
This is one of those song ideas that was in the back of my mind for years, with numerous attempts and many verses written. Different ideas for chords and structure. Never anything definite.
I finally had to put something together when the date was set to record. We didn't end up keeping the original take, and had to schedule a separate session just for this song.
Fortunately, I had the ace up my sleeve in Ryland Kelly, who plays many instruments well. He did the bass, piano, electric guitar and the nylon sting guitar solo .
The idea of paranoia has been relevant throughout history, but maybe never more so than now. Edward Snowden anyone?
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As William S. Burroughs said:
“A paranoid is someone who
knows a little of what's going on...”
And:
"Sometimes paranoia's just
having all the facts."