The Dignity of Labour - Common (Demo Instrumental) video free download

Song that was performed during TDOL's later shows. This was the video used as the backdrop. It was cobbled together using various rough 30-second video clips recorded on an old Nikon 995. Someday a proper vocal version of this song will be recorded, but for now - enjoy. More TDOL stuff can be downloaded at conifer-enviro.com/downloads.

Lyrics:

When I look into the mirror

Am I staring at myself

In the way that you perceive me

Or am I someone else?

Deep inside I'm just an echo

Another blind facsimile

Imitating your reflection

In a light that you can't see

I'm common

I'm regular

And I wear the same shoes as you

And I breathe the same air as you

I'm common

I'm regular

And I shed the same tears as you

And I cut the same way

I bleed the same as you

I'm not indestructible

I am naked, I can crawl

Ordinary to be treated in this way

Fascinated in the words you say

Take my hand, it's so familiar

Nothing alien or strange

Reaching out for your connection

in a world we cannot change

I'm common

I'm regular

And I wear the same shoes as you

And I breathe the same air as you

And I fall the same way

I deviate the same as you

And I wear the same shoes as you

And I breathe the same air as you

And I beg the same joy as you

And I feel the same pain as you

And I shed the same tears as you

And I fall the same way as you

And I cut the same way

I bleed the same as you