OBLIVION PROTOCOL - This Is Not A Test (Official Music Video)

Taken off the album “The Fall Of The Shires“ (August 18th, 2023) 🎧 Stream, get it here: Mastermind Richard West explains: “’This Is Not a Test’ is a song about finding out you’ve been conned. We had a great time filming the video last month at rEvolver Studios in Gothenburg (In Flames, Europe). Although most of us already knew each other, it was the first time we’d all met up as a group. Fortunately we got on like a house on fire!“ 🎧 Stream, get it here: ▶ FOLLOW @ATOMIC FIRE 🛒 YouTube Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok ▶ FOLLOW @OBLIVION PROTOCOL Web: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: Music & Lyrics: Richard West Recorded & mixed by Richard West at Eightspace Studio Mastered by Richard West at Eightspace Studio Video produced by Patric Ullaeus OBLIVION PROTOCOL is: Richard West - Vocals, keyboards Ruud Jolie - Guitars Simon Andersson - Bass Darby Todd - Drums Lyrics: It’s easier to fool the world Than show them that they’ve all been had It’s easier to trust what you’re told Than believe that it’s all gone bad And fear is the new religion The doubters are left outside While our minds are slowly narrowed Till the gulf runs deep and wide And we trade and we trade our lives away And you say you’ll keep us safe You can try to censor the written word But you can’t make everything be unheard You can fill the world with your little lies But the truth will always be recognised And it may take a while for the rank and the file To forget about all you professed But they’ll eventually know What the rest of us already know What the rest of us already guessed This is not a test It’s easier to close your windows And block out the wind of change But the storm’s getting wilder and stronger Going to take some time to blow away When all of the tables are turning Everything will be exposed A moment of great unlearning And one more chapter closed And we trade and we trade our lives away And you say you’ll keep us safe You can try to censor the written word But you can’t make everything be unheard You can fill the world with your little lies But the truth will always be recognised And it may take a while for the rank and the file To forget about all you professed But they’ll eventually know What the rest of us already guessed This is not a test And we trade and we trade our lives away And you say you’ll keep us safe You can try to censor the written word But you can’t make everything be unheard You can fill the world with your little lies But the truth will always be recognised And it may take a while for the rank and the file To forget about all you professed But they’ll eventually know What the rest of us already guessed This is not a test #OblivionProtocol #ThisIsNotATest #TheFallOfTheShires #AtomicFireRecords