is the new EP by
MARKIZA AND PETER
tracks
1. Ecopocalypse
2. Refugee
3. Like a Polar Bear
4. A Friend Like You
5. Losing Nature
6. Choices
all songs composed by Markiza & Peter
copyright Lemang Music
| ECOPOCALYPSE The sky is bright and ye-e-et is dark The hills and vales are bare-re-re and stark The trees like carbon paper The sea billows into vapour No more hospitality for living beings like you and me With our imperative desires Our appetities for fuel and fire Then is the reckoning for our lust Then we shall become like dust CHORUS Hear the warning see the warning, the graphs tell it all Will we respond to a new dawning, will we heed the call The bare teeth wolves they shrei-ie-iek and howl In their collars and ties they prowl The monkey on his oil-rich ranch Leaps in glee from branch to branch The leeches try to be swo nice They suck yhour blood as they give advice Two by two the animals board Leaving behind the stranded hoard And so the ark of privilege Sets sail to save the ri-i--ich CHORUS Hear the warning see the warning, the graphs tell it all Will we respond to a new dawning, will we heed the call instrumental solo with k/board & guitar Everyone wants a house with lots more room They don't see ahead the road to doom They wanna be seen on the rise They don't hear the billion cries The cutting just goes on The forests very soon are gone The CO2 gets more and more The sea rises at every shore Then runaway greenhouse takes effect Our planet Earth is wre-e-ecked CHORUS Hear the warning see the warning, the graphs tell it all Will we respond to a new dawning, will we heed the call repeat chorus |
REFUGEE We live here but this is not our ho-o-o-ome We live here but this is not our ho-o-o-ome We lkive in a hut made of corrugated iron We don't have powerful allies or great powers to rely on Food and waqter are scarce, thugs control our lives If you step out of li-i-ine they come at you with knives We live here but this is not our ho-o-o-ome We live here but this is not our ho-o-o-ome A girl alone gets raped, kids have nowhere to play They uproot all our olive trees and take our wealth away No jobs and no money unless outside the law No wonder we are angry, that's one thing for sure We live here but this is not our ho-o-o-ome We live here but this is not our ho-o-o-ome Day after day, month after month, year after year We live our lives in depravation, hopelessness and fear What a place to raise our children, what a burden We must bear instrumental harmonica solo One day we shall rebuild our lives, in our own country One day we'll win back our rights, one day we'll be free The oppressor will be gone, the bloody war shall cease Our children will grow up in an environment of peace We shall live there, and that will be our home We shall live there, and that will be our home We shall live there, and that will be our home We shall live there, and that will be our home epilogue: They're raining bombs and shells and fire More dying every day The world looks on this funeral pyre as they Take our dream away Gaza 2008 |
| LIKE A POLAR
BEAR chor: Like like like a polar bear Standing on the ice, but the ice no longer there White and majestic his head held like a question Looking around him at the liquid sea He swims for so long but no ice for him to rest on No prey is there to restore his energy chor: Like Like Like a Polar Bear Standing on the ice but the ice no longer there Long ago his ancestors roamed the frozen wastes But fishes, seals were there for him to feed All creatures were in balance, there was time and there was space Everyone could satisfy their need chor: Like Like Like a Polar Bear Standing on the ice but the ice no longer there solo instrumental as chorus How can we be complacent in the face of all this change The polar bear is out of place but soon we shall be strange The Earth an alien environment chor: Like Like Like a Polar Bear Standing on the ice but the ice no longer there solo instrumental as chorus chor: Like Like Like a Polar Bear Standing on the ice but the ice no longer there |
A FRIEND LIKE YOU (song
of Malaysia) Do you remember the things we said, Memories seem so different Hari Raya the fairy lights Drivimng to Kampong through the night And it means chorus More yo me than anything More to me than anything More to me than anything To have a friend like you We can talk about our heart's desire We can cook pulut on an open fire We can talk about thre future and the past Cherish each moment, let the sweetness last And it means chorus More to me than anything etc. For a friend in need is a friend indeed And I'll be a friend to you In those times of happiness In times of trouble too Just like old times to see you smile Songs by P Ramless in keronchong style Muddy lanes, chickens and goats Fishermen in sarongs pulling in their boats And it means chorus More to me than anything etc. To have a friend like you To have a friend like you To have a friend ... |
| LOSING
NATURE lyrics by Chong Sheau Ching, Peter and Markiza My daughter has been coming here Since she was two years old Thousands now will miss it if the truth be told Thousands who cannot afford those club facilities Who value the fresh air, the trees, The quiet and the peace Then one day a rich tycoon Who bought the land for cheap Managed to convert its use so profits he could reap Sold it to a developer who sent surveyors round They fenced it off with ribbons So it was out of bounds chorus: Losing Nature, Losing Nature, lose it so easily They fence it off and build for those Who live in luxury Losing Nature, Losing Nature lose it so easily It times far off the survivors Will write our history The monkeys they are refugees They make an angry noise My daughter says no wonder There's no food for their girls and boys One day someone will be attacked and then they'll come with guns Then there'll be no more monkeys To entertain the young ones instrumental Losing Nature ... etc And so the politicians make promises and vows But nothing ever changes, just the temperature grows Flash floods and water shortage and greenhouse emissions And when elections come we ask "what of future visions?" chorus: Losing Nature ... etc repeat chorus |
CHOICES
I don' wanna be a- Fraid if I speak out don' Wanna live in fear you Know what this is about I don' have to say 'cause Everybody knows but Everyone keeps silent So the problem grows Look what has happened to those who dare speak I prefer to look on 'cause I feel so cowed and weak chorus: So many times you read about it And you feel something is wrong Very very wrong But what can we do to change it That's why I song this song You out there Do you feel the same As me how can we get together Tell them of our shame Think of those who we know Who suffer every day But no-one makes a stand that's Why they get away Justice is our right that's not too much to ask Let the aim be justice - let that be our task chorus: So many times you read about it And you feel something is wrong Very very wrong But what can we do to change it That's why I song this song coda: And you can sing it too We can sing it together Sing against injustice, Don't be silent ever repeat chorus |
1. Markiza & Peter: vocals Markiza: keyboards Peter Brown: acoustic guitars, Harmonica, Zulhilmy Zulkifli: bass, Wong Lip Kee: electric guitars, drum programs
2. Markiza & Peter: vocals Markiza: keyboards Peter Brown: acoustic guitars, harmonica Wong Lip Kee: electric guitars, slide, keyboards Eu Gene Udjinn: bass Tony David: live drums
3. Markiza & Peter: vocals Markiza: keyboards Peter Brown: acoustic guitar,
slide guitar, harmonica, Wong Lip Kee: electric guitar, slide guitar, keyboards
Eu Gene Udjinn: bass Tony David: live drums
4. Markiza & Peter: vocals Markiza: keyboards Peter Brown: acoustic guitars, harmonica, Wong Lip Kee: electric guitar, keyboards Eu Gene Udjinn: bass Tony David: live drums
5. Markiza & Peter: vocals Markiza: keyboards Peter Brown: acoustic guitars, Harmonica, Zulhilmy Zulkifli: bass, Wong Lip Kee: electric guitars, slide guitar, keyboards
6. Markiza & Peter: vocals Markiza: kyeboards Peter Brown: acoustic guitars, harmonica, Wong Lip Kee, electric guitar, keyboards, bass & drums
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE FINE MUSICIANS WHO TOOK PART IN THESE RECORDINGS
Produced by
Markiza and Peter and Wong Lip Kee
Recording
engineer: Wong Lip Kee
Mastered by Peter
Brown and Wong Lip Kee