rock
vocal
original
end b s l
daines
killington
Story behind the song
We set out to write a memorial song for Fudge, a beautiful, gentle, intelligent family dog who was held under BSL for almost a year and then destroyed by the authorities in Merseyside.
As I started writing the lyrics, I was compelled to change direction and express another side of BSL - the human sorrow, the anger, the harrowing suffering. For those who have been dragged through this legislation and whose dogs have not come home, the wounds are deep and they may never heal.
So, this song is for all of the people carrying the immense pain of loss in their hearts for their four legged family members taken by BSL.
Fudge was by his mum's side constantly from a pup until the day he was seized and later killed. He never put a paw wrong but he never reached his 3rd birthday, struck down in the prime of his young, happy life, he was destroyed for no other reason than the way he looked. His mum was his guardian, his carer, his defender and his best friend and Fudge was loyal, gentle and he loved his mum more than anything else in the world. They used to watch TV together and his passing has left a void of loneliness and the question, why?
I hope this song helps to convey to others the hurt caused to human beings when a dog is killed under BSL. The only way to heal the hate inside the political system is to educate and eradicate fear so that we may end this cruel, destructive and pointless law once and for all.
Lyrics
'Heal The Hate Inside'
I could call you all bastards
I could screw you up
If I tell my story
You'd be outa luck
I don't want no glory
I just want the truth
You're plain down n' dirty
I wouldn't wanna be you
I'm gonna tell my people
I'm gonna rock your world
Gonna bring my army
To stop your dirty work
Gonna show my heartache
Gonna rip it all wide
I ain't got no minder
To heal the hate inside
So we reached the courthouse
We thought our day had come
Begged the judge for mercy
To save my gentle son
I told the law my heartbreak
I stood for everyman
But the justice system
They got other plans
Now I'm broke and breaking
But I can sure repay
When you kill my family
You know I'm here to stay
I can wait a lifetime
To stop you in your tracks
I'm the lost and lonely
You better watch your back
I'm gonna tell my people
I'm gonna rock your world
Gonna bring my army
To stop your dirty work
Gonna show my heartache
Gonna rip it all wide
I ain't got no minder
To heal the hate inside
© Maria Daines/Paul Killington
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(mcps) ASCAP
21.3.14