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You'll See Red (Octobriana's Song)

by Toothdrinker

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about

An icon like Octobriana deserves a sweeping symphony to honour her cultural legacy. So when Dead Good Comics approached us, we were only too happy to oblige. Unfortunately, we don't know much about sweeping symphonies so we went for the next best thing - unbridled heavy metal.

'You'll See Red (Octobriana's Song)' is our metallic ode to the time-travelling devil-woman. Set from her perspective, the track sees Octobriana despair at the forces that want to wreck the world and resolve to kick their collective arse - all set against a backdrop of only the finest palm-muted riffing. We only hope we've done the 'Scourge of the System' justice!

Octobriana and the Underground: Full Tilt Boogie is out 3rd May via Dead Good Comics. Find out more: www.instagram.com/octobrianawithlove/

lyrics

[Verse 1]
Is no world order finally getting under your skin?
Everyone needs a wake-up call, but you’re still trying to phone it in
I am an ancient force more powerful than man
I’ve seen off centuries just to put a boot in their plan

[Pre-chorus 1]
When you’re immortal, you forget the long-arse list of people you have pissed off

[Verse 2]
I’ve witnessed every wrong a person can commit
So much for the golden age, I tell you comrade this ain’t it

[Pre-chorus 2]
Come with me if you want to see a revolution filled with love and with blood
Big guns, red stars
Pointed at your heart
Devil woman
Liberator of the oppressed
Scourge of the system

[Chorus 1]
I’ll fight on land, air and sea
Hunt you down throughout history
No terror could ever match the sense of dread
When the last thing you will see before you are dead
Will be red
You’ll see red

[Bridge]
Nazis, Stalin and vampires
Baba Yaga and brain wyrms
Tar-covered mammoth gods
I have crushed them all

[Pre-chorus]
I’m a defender of people, I don’t see the world through the veil of a flag
God hates cowards
Stand up for your rights
Comrades in arms
You are tools of your oppression
It's time to fight back

[Chorus]
Stand with me and you’ll be set free
Stand against, you’ll be history
You keep writing your story, I’ll write mine
And the ink I will use to inscribe it in time (Will be red)
I’ll fight on land, air and sea
Hunt you down throughout history
No terror could ever match the sense of dread
When the last thing you will see before you are dead
Will be red
You’ll see red

credits

released April 21, 2023
Belting - Elly Lock
Riffing - Sam Khaneka

Mixed and mastered by Kyle McNeill at Wizard Tower Studios
Written by Sam Khaneka
Original illustration taken from 'Octobriana and the Underground' (1971) and colourised by Pippa Bowland. Sleeve design by Sam Khaneka.

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We're Toothdrinker. a DIY hard rock and metal outfit based out of Cardiff, Wales.

We once wrote a rock opera about Resident Evil 3 and followed up with a Shania Twain cover.

More big riffs to come! ... more

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