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a sample, see the lyrics, and read about the Inspiration
behind the song.
1. Don't Let It Go
2. Independent's
Day
3. She
Made A Woman Outta Me
4. I
Fell For You
5. Fighting
For Peace
6. I Belong
7. Fate
8. Isolation
9. Five Little Minutes
10. Liberty
11. All
My Sisters
12. Independent's
Day (reprise)
'Independents Day' was recorded
in 1995, and the title track was recorded 4 times before we
ended up with the one on the album. We had one hour left to
re-record it on the very day we were due to start mixing,
so we ran in and did it live. This song then went on to receive
commercial airplay on 5AD, the No.1 station in Adelaide. The
song was also picked up by domestic violence groups &
counsellors in Australia as their theme song, and message
of hope, it helped women feel brave enough to escape from
the situations they were in.
'Fighting For Peace' was written
about Alex's hometown Belfast, and primarilly about her sister
Lisa who had never known peace since she was born - the Child
of Circumstance. The biggest fight was the fight to retain
peace once it was decided to have a ceasefire. It still is!
'I Belong' was a song that Jim
first recorded in 1990. Back then, it was in a minor key and
sounded an awful lot like "Simple Minds" with keyboards
and drum machines. The Borderers then changed it to a major
key, sped it up and now sounds like us.
'Fate' is our favourite from this
album, because it sounded like the old
dixieland funeral marches with the trumpet and
the horns wailing away at the end. There is one sax note that
goes for ages that still gives us shivers of excitement!
'I Fell For You' was about an
imaginary couple who don't like each other when they first
meet, in fact the guy's going out with the girl's best
friend. They eventually realise they're more suited
to each other and elope to the famous "Gretna Green"
to get married. It took months to write these lyrics.
The melody and music for 'She Made A Woman
Outta Me' was written in a friend's flat in West
Hampstead, London. This house had a history of rock stars
who used to live there. Phil Lynott from "Thin Lizzy"
had a pad upstairs, and Lemmy from "Motorhead" used
to pop in for some sugar as all he lived on was Mars Bars
& coffee. So maybe their vibe got to us?
The lyrics were written in North Adelaide by all
5 members of the band at the time, with each of us writing
a line of verse on a piece of paper, folding it so we couldn't
see what the other had written and then passing it round in
a circle to repeat the same procedure. That is why the lyrics
are so weird, but we thought it was very funny. It is one
of our best songs live, and people still come up to ask us
what the song means. We wish we had a clue!
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