September 25th, 2009
Sparta – Taking Back Control
It’s Friday and time for a song of the week from my iPod. This is another of the groups that Beth put on my iPod. This is also the 1,000th entry in my blog!
Sparta is an alternative rock band from El Paso, Texas. The group was formed in 2001 and broke up in 2008. The band members were Jim Ward (vocalist/guitarist), Tony Hajjar (drummer), Keeley Davis (guitarist), and Matt Miller(bass). Other than Miller, the band was a reformation of the group At the Drive-In which had broken up in 2001. Before Sparta broke up, they toured extensively with Pearl Jam, My Chemical Romance, and Taking Back Sunday and appeared in Lollapalooza in 2006.
The group had released three albums, none of which cracked the Billboard top 50. Their final album, Threes, had limited commercial success but received generally good reviews. The song, Taking Back Control, was the most successful single from the album peaking at #25 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was featured in the video game Madden NFL 07.
Taking Back Control
This home, this place
It turns back on time and space
We hope, you pray
But today is still today
Oh we ran ourselves ragged
All these broken backs, tragic
We try, you fail
Another Mark you left in Hell
This cut, will run
But the guilt has just begun
Oh we ran ourselves ragged
All these broken backs, tragic
All these words conciet (Oh!)
All these wasted seeds (Oh!)
Don’t let it go
We’re taking back control (Oh!)
The future needs (Oh!)
All these wasted seeds (Oh!)
Don’t let it go
We’re taking back control
This hole you tore
Left blood on every door
We hope, you find
Tragedy will change your mind
Oh we ran ourselves ragged
All these broken backs, tragic
The future bleeds (Oh!)
All these wasted seeds (Oh!)
Don’t let it go
We’re taking back control
The future needs (Oh!)
All these wasted seeds (Oh!)
Don’t let it go
We’re taking back control
Taking back control
(Oh!) The future bleeds
(Oh!) All these wasted seeds
(Oh!) Don’t let it go
We’re taking back control
The future needs (Oh!)
All these wasted seeds (Oh!)
Don’t let it go
We’re taking back control
