Tom Morello - 'Alone Without You' (Inspired by 'SiCKO')

[Hissyspit]

Run time: 03:07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEExcywFkQM   Posted on YouTube: August 17, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: August 18, 2007 By DU Member: Hissyspit Views on DU: 3013

 
Tom wrote "Alone Without You" after seeing an early screening of 'SiCKO' before it was released. He was so inspired that he went back to his hotel and wrote the song that night. It ended up being featured in the closing credits.

[peacebuzzard]

1. I am still waiting for the opportunity to see this movie.

I enjoyed this video !! Tom Morello is very talented.

[Kajsa]

2. This video is great.

He really captured the feelings of 'Sicko'
in his lyrics.

" unforgivable but true"

Thanks for sharing this.

:hi:

[babylonsister]

3. Rec'd. nt

[Bjorn Against]

4. Thank you for posting that.

I am a huge Tom Morello fan, in fact I consider him to be one of the greatest influences in shaping my political views. I had not heard this song before though, and it is a very good one.

If there are people here who are not aware Tom Morello markets his folk music under the name the Nightwatchman, and he just released his debut CD a few months back. There are many great songs on it, it is very political and very powerful.

And for those who want something a bit heavier his old band Rage Against the Machine is one of the greatest protest bands of all time. And luckily for us they just reunited seven years after their breakup, and it looks like I am going to get to see them live for the first time next week in Wisconsin.

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Bjorn Against]

5. The Road I Must Travel

Here is the other video Tom Morello released as the Nightwatchman, which is also very good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrBfPLUm5so

And while unfortunately there is no video for it, I have to post the lyrics to Battle Hymns which is my personal favorite song on the CD.

Artist: The Nightwatchman
Song: Battle Hymns

Battle hymns for the broken
Battle hymns for the misled
Battle hymns for the wretched
The forgotten and the dead
Battle hymns of redemption
Of solidarity and pride
Battle hymns we will be singing
At the turning of the tide

Can you explain to the mothers
And the fathers of those
Who come riding home in coffins
In their military clothes
Shiny medals pinned
To their dead teenage chests
While the trumpets blare
And you lie your best
So ask all you want
From the dusk til the dawn
The answer's still no
Cause brother I'm gone

Battle hymns for the broken
Battle hymns for the misled
Battle hymns for the wretched
The forgotten and the dead
Battle hymns of redemption
Of solidarity and pride
Battle hymns we will be singing
At the turning of the tide

Can you explain away the sleight of hand
And the criminality
Of spending souls for oil
Well in the mirror I can see
I am the path that leads down
I am a dark and bloody hall
I'm the reaper, executioner
Hangman, judge, and the law
So tie a yellow ribbon
Round the oak tree on the lawn
But the cavalry's not comin'
Cause brother they're gone

Battle hymns for the broken
Battle hymns for the misled
Battle hymns for the wretched
The forgotten and the dead
Battle hymns of redemption
Of solidarity and pride
Battle hymns we will be singing
At the turning of the tide

So I'm sharpening my shovel
I'm firing the kiln
I'm blind and I am purposeful
A martyr on the hill
The dream you might be dreaming
Might be someone else's dream tonight
I'm the whisperer of misgivings
I'm the fading tail light
I'm the call for retribution
From the back of the smoke filled hall
I'm the vow of bitterness
I'm the poison in the well
I've a photographic memory
Of the deeds I will avenge
I'm the cold in the river hollow
I've a hatpin, I've a plan
I don't care of cause or consequence
Head shaved and body lean
I'm the go-getter, the score settler
I'm the shadow on the green
There's a flock of blackbirds flying
Nearly ten thousand strong
Who set off this morning
And brother they're gone

Battle hymns for the broken
Battle hymns for the misled
Battle hymns for the wretched
The forgotten, for the dead
Battle hymns of redemption
Of solidarity and pride
Battle hymns we will be singing
At the turning of the tide

[classof56]

6. Okay, I'm crying now, just like I did when I watched Sicko.

Thank you for posting, and thanks to Tom Morello for writing and performing such a beautifully moving song. He has many new fans, I'm sure--me for one!

Tired Old Cynic

[Hissyspit]

7. .

[DeepModem Mom]

8. K&R!

[j995]

9. good one!

Nice! I saw Tom live in his Nightwatchman persona along with The Coup (a great hip-hop act), great show.