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Artwork by
George Woodcock

Working Class Hero [Feat. Sean Soucy, Anna Schmidt, and David Dick]

from Tyranny of the Clock

May 1st, 2025
6 tracks
22:27
Tyranny of the Clock
Tyranny of the Clock
Working Class Hero [Feat. Sean Soucy, Anna Schmidt, and David Dick]
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Working Class Hero [Feat. Sean Soucy, Anna Schmidt, and David Dick]
Kilravock
As soon as you're born they make you feel small By giving you no time instead of it all 'Til the pain is so big you feel nothing at all A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be They hurt you at home and they hit you at school They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool 'Til you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be When they've tortured and scared you for twenty odd years Then they expect you to pick a career When you can't really function you're so full of fear A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV And you think you're so clever and classless and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill If you want to be like the folks on the hill A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me
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This EP is intended as a preview for my upcoming release Just Another Wonderful Day. It features 2 original songs by me, 2 cover songs, and 2 songs from other projects I've been a part of.

The overarching theme of this EP, and the album some of the songs come from, is the theme of Antiwork, Antitoil, Anticapitalism, Workers Rights, Worker Solidarity; especially coming from a neurodivergent, autistic, and ADHD point of view.

The title and first track Who Killed Saint Monday taken from and inspired by The Tyranny of the Clock writeup by Anarchist George Woodcock, as well as an 18th-century folk song from Sheffield, England, "The Jovial Cutler"

files.libcom.org/files/TheTyrannyoftheClock.pdf

Credits

Steven Wayne Smith - all instruments on tracks 1 & 3, various instruments on the rest
David Dick - Vocals on 2, 4, 5, and 6. Organ on track 2, Synth on track 5, Organ on track 2, Stylophone on track 6
Anna Schmidt - Vocals on tracks 2 and 4
Sean Soucy - Acoustic guitar on track 4, electric guitar and vocals on track 5
Andrew Burdic - Bass on track 5
Dana Todd - Vocals on track 2
Dan MacCallum - vocals and flute on track 2, percussion and production on track 6
Adam Peterson - Vocals on track 2

Track 2 written by Ralph Chaplin
Track 4 written by John Lennon