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Angels & Demons in my Head

from Six Songs from the Inside by The Usual

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Set in an unusual time signature to sound slightly deranged and unsettling. Tom's chunky bluesy guitar opening riff is offset by mbaqanga licks to give this track an odd beauty.

As a South African National #2 hit, 'Angels and Demons in my head' showed that The Usual were capable of producing songs which not only satisfied commercial radio criteria, but also the music critics.

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There are words unspoken
There are things unsaid
There are angels and demons in my head
There are lies that are true
There truths we deny
I can see all the pain in your eyes

And I won't say that I'll find a way
To explain in an ordinary way
There are demons in my head
Won't you see won't you understand
That this silence is my way of holding out my hand
To you, instead.

If you open your eyes
and you see what remains
Just the rise and the fall of the blood in your veins
You will see through the lies
and all those things that you despise
I can see all the pain in your eyes

And I won't say that I'll find a way
To explain in an ordinary way
There are demons in my head
Won't you see won't you understand
That this silence is my way of holding out my hand
To you, instead.
There are angels and demons in my head

credits

from Six Songs from the Inside, released January 8, 2013
Lyrics - James Stewart
Music - James Stewart, Tom Fox, Yoyo Buys & Paul Tizzard
Produced by The Usual for Street Level Records
Recorded by Gravel
Mixed by His Holiness Richard Black
Mastered by Gerrit Karg

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The Usual Cape Town, South Africa

The Usual captured the hearts and minds of South African audiences with national number 1 hits like 'The Shape that I'm in' and multi-SAMA award winning 'Like a Vision' and other chart-topping singles in the early naughties.

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