Name: The Interrogation
Duration: P00H03M50S
Description: This is an updated version of a song inspired by George Orwell's 1984. It was written and demo'd in 1976, and was also broadcast on BBC Radio Leicester in 1977. The track also featured on the Silver Hunter 'Silver Surfers' album.

The Interrogation

from Revisited: The 1970s Demos by Strategy Is

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This is an updated version of a song inspired by George Orwell's 1984. It was written and demo'd in 1976, and was also broadcast on BBC Radio Leicester in 1977. The track also featured on the Silver Hunter 'Silver Surfers' album.

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The Interrogation (Lyrics and music: Tim Hunter)

We always come for you at night
And wake you up with blinding lights.
Our faces never smile
There are no witnesses, no trials.
You’re wiped out, vaporised
And your existence is denied.
Then it’s Room 101, comrade
If you survive.
But the lucky ones always die.

It was your daughter who betrayed you
She was listening at the keyhole.
You were talking in your sleep
And she told the patrols.
You’re a stain that’s gotta be wiped clean
A flaw in the machine.
In Room 101 comrade,
No one can hear you scream.
Do you know what I mean?

It was only a matter of time
Before we found out your crime
We’re always watching you
Should you step out of line.

We’ll torture you until your mind
Is just a hollow, empty shell.
We’ll crush you and torment you
Really put you through hell.
You’ll confess to everything
And you’ll betray everyone.
Then you’ll be ready for Room101.
Room 101.

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from Revisited: The 1970s Demos, released December 10, 2021
Tim Hunter: Synthesiser, Guitar, Lead Vocals
Jonathan McMillan: Drums

Copyright © 2020 Tim Hunter
All rights reserved. This work is registered with the UK Copyright Service:
Registration Number: 284731431.

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Re-worked archive material from Tim Hunter's early recording projects from the 1970s onwards.

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