The Living End – All Torn Down (Live Tour of Duty)
“All Torn Down” is the third single off The Living End’s debut self-titled album. It reached number 12 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
The song title and lyrics refer to the rapid development of Melbourne in the late 1990s, with major projects such as CityLink and Melbourne Docklands in progress and being constructed with little regard to whether it was development on parks or historic sites. The cover art depicts a redscale Melway map of the Melbourne CBD and Southbank area. The song has a fast tempo of 133 beats per minute.
Edited Extracts from Wikipedia®
THE LIVING END – All Torn Down – Lyrics
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I see the city and it isn’t what it used to be
A million houses goin’ up and down in front of me
No time to let the concrete set before it’s broken up again
Don’t care if it’s historic
Don’t really care at all
A hidden landscape on the brink of a development
A protest rally never satisfied with development
Both striving for a perfect world
Each having their own opinion
And so the city it grows
It grows on and on…
All Torn Down
All Torn
I see the city and it’s grown into a big machine
The streets are freeways and the parks are just a memory
No time to let the concrete set before it’s broken up again
Don’t care if it’s historic, don’t really care at all
All Torn Down
All Torn
You’ve got no reason
You’ve got no reason
You’ve got no reason
You’ve got no reason
Now