Do We Stand Or Fall?

With all that is going on across the globe as I type, I can't help but find how this song still resonates with me since I first heard it way back in the mid-80's. It should have been released as a single, but has become a bit of a cult favorite amongst Ultravox fans. It may sound a tad dated now, but the lyrics seem very fitting with all the chaos that has occurred (and still does, sadly) across the pond.

The grids they used for social distancing during these protests gave me an idea for this blip. The grid, ironically, is taken from the Lament single sleeve cover of the same band (and year). I inverted the image as a negative and then erased a singular black square in Photoshop. No particular reason for this particular square, more to do with the rule of two thirds. But I guess that is the whole point: it could be ANY square.

So, do we stand or fall?

When pale turns to pink
With a soft unnerving ease
And all you've built around
May just tumble to the ground

We stand or fall
With your future in another's hands
We stand or fall
When your life is not your own

When white turns to red
In the not too distant days
Will force and misery
Be the life you have to lead?

We stand or fall
With your children in another's world
We stand or fall
When your town is not your own

When crimson takes a hold
When the lights go down on all you've ever known
When all you'll ever do
Is worked out for you

We stand or fall
When the thoughts you have are not your own
We stand or fall
When the freedom slips away

Song: White China
Album: Lament
Artist: Ultravox
(Billy Currie, Chris Cross, Midge Ure, Warren Cann)