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Left Bower (Live in Studio)

from It May be Blue but it's the Bomb (Single) by Ironic Maiden

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Left Bower is about the ominous and unexpected.

(In the card game '500', the 'left bower' is the Jack of a different suit but the same colour as the trump suit)

The song includes multiple references to the foreboding:
-"jester with no tears" is a quote from (fittingly) Iron Maiden's 'El Dorado', a song about con artists.
-world leaders/conquerors whose lack of moral awareness results in great suffering.
-Asian Cup Final 2015
-Biblical insights on the end of the world
-The Breaking Bad scene (partly why Left Bower makes such a good B side to this single) in which Walter watches Jane choke to death, deliberately choosing not to help her.

Musically, this song is a 12/8 metallic rocker whose opening and closing riff is based on playing an open string and hammering on an octave higher.

lyrics

Like a jester with no tears,
like a ruler with no fears,
like an equalising goal at the end of extra time -

lightning strikes and thunder rolls,
your hands slip off the controls,
when you hear rumours of war and love starts to grow cold

Like the left bower
in your opponent’s hand,
eleventh hour,
black as the night, nothing going as planned

When you look up at the sky
and the birds have started to fly,
when the vultures gather round
something lying on the ground,

when you’re watching someone die
and you silently stand by,
when you try to raise your head and it’s buried in the sand

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from It May be Blue but it's the Bomb (Single), released October 17, 2016
Produced by Van Leucia Productions (VLP)
Performed by Ironic Maiden (Zac Anderson, Siebe Pogson, Jessica Kesby)
Written by Zac Anderson

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Ironic Maiden Sydney, Australia

Ironic Maiden are a heavy rock trio: Zac Anderson (guitar and vocals)
Siebe Pogson (bass)
Jess Kesby (drums)

Ironic Maiden play all original music. Their influences include early metal, classic rock, blues, folk, funk and classical.

Since releasing their EP, they have played live around Sydney and focused on a heavy rock sound influenced by their 1980s hard rock/heavy metal interests.
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